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"Sherri Berglund's Pink China" rose Reviews & Comments
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Initial post 3 JAN 22 by Patricia Routley
Growing a fair few of the fringed carnation-like “pinks” here, Sherri’s words “ "Red Bluff Oakhill Cemetary, Leak Grave, MP Carnation-like", make me think of my Fimbriata (hybrid china, Jacques, 1827). Photos will be interesting.
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Reply #1 of 8 posted 4 JAN 22 by Margaret Furness
Thinking again about the South Australian mini-China ("Hahndorf midwife's", "Ebenezer-Habermann"). Do "Oakington Ruby" and "Sherri Berglund's" (if it has one) lose the white eye as the flower darkens with age?
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Reply #3 of 8 posted 1 MAR 22 by Paul Barden
Oakington Ruby loses the white center with age, yes. I saw your photos of "Midwife" and that plant certainly seems to be the same as what we grow here as Oakington Ruby.
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Reply #4 of 8 posted 1 MAR 22 by Margaret Furness
Thank you - I'm pleased we have a rose which has been a very significant parent.
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Reply #2 of 8 posted 1 MAR 22 by Paul Barden
I just looked at your photos of Fimbriata. Sherri's plant is a dwarf rose, and the blooms rarely exceed 3/4 inch in diameter.
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Reply #5 of 8 posted 5 APR by Joe
Hi Paul,
Have you noticed if your "Red Bluff Oakhill Cemetary" set hips? I wanted to use Oakington Ruby as a seed parent but it’s pretty hard to find. Hoping to substitute with RBOC instead.
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Reply #6 of 8 posted 5 APR by Paul Barden
Red Bluff Oakhill dwarf China doesn't set seeds, no. At least it never has for me.
Oakington Ruby shouldn't be too hard to find. Have you asked Burling? I sent her a load of cuttings about 2 years ago.
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Reply #7 of 8 posted 11 days ago by Joe
Thank you, Paul! Burling had it. I'm hoping to breed something like your "Priscilla Plumbbob/81-02-01" out of it
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Reply #8 of 8 posted 11 days ago by Paul Barden
Good luck. Be smart and choose a highly disease resistant variety to mate it with. Oakington Ruby is extremely Blackspot prone, and it gladly passes that trait on to most of its offspring if you're not careful.
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