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"Sherri Berglund's Pink China" rose Reviews & Comments
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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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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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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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Thank you - I'm pleased we have a rose which has been a very significant parent.
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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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#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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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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#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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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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