I have yet to come up with a name, any suggestions?

Terry

The colour reminds me of a hair ribbon I had when I was little... the name that sprung to my mind was Satin Bows. Don't know if you like that but it's not registered.

This rose puts me in mind of one of my favorite desserts.
Lemon pie filling mixed with marangue. I don't over mix so it has the yellow of the pie filling and the creamy white of the partly mixed marangue.

It's called LEMON CHIFFON and that's my name for your rose.
I don't know how yoi search to see if it's taken or not

Shazam, I'm doing this for you and all others here on the frozen prairie tundra and beyond.

As for the name, I'm thinking along the lines of something that gives suggestion to the yellow color and prairie heritage ...

Terry

It's been rainy and cool here again this week...although forecasting a few hotter days starting tomorrow. My clems were just bursting with color when a got home. The roses looked pretty messy though, all brown from all the rain we've had over the last month.

Keep us up-date with all your seedlings.

'Alberta Glory', that's definitely more along the lines as to what I was thinking, I quite like that actually :)

Terry

Standing in line for one! :)

Here's another one I'm really liking ...

How about an Alberta theme for your roses? That one can be Alberta Sunrise. :)

Shelley

Hi Lois, thank you for your comments. Tt was a good fifteen years back when I had done my first rose crosses, I had some awesome seedling come forth when using 'Morden Sunrise' ... though, that following winter was snowless and inexperienced Terry had not planted the seedlings deep enough, all were lost, this was not a testiment to their hardiness, though rather to the unfavorable winter conditions. Yes, this is something I do on my own, though it briefly had been discussed hooking up with a facility that would give space and assistance to further along such work, though at this point in time, I don't know if I wish to take things that far. Generally, each spring I set out hundreds of seedlings and out of this only a few will prove to be rather outstanding, though many will be acceptable as keepers within my own garden, the rest are either qickly or slowly winnowed out.

These are the first blooms of rich pure yellow, hopefully form will become better as the plant becomes established.

I hope this new yellow will prove to be good ...

Lois, yes, I do breed other plants, I've done some work with large flowered clematis and also raspberries of all things. Most of the clematis seedlings have yet to come into bloom, though I've been pleased with some of the raspberry hybrids :)

I agree with everyone. The roses are stunning! The first one reminds me of the noonday sun, and the pink, and pink-yellow ones, of the dawning sun on the clouds here in Calgary. We get some awe-inspiring sunrises here, the like of which I have never seen in Edmonton, or NE Alberta. It must be wonderful to see these colours in your roses, knowing they won't be gone within the next two minutes! Keep up the good work!

I am rather pleased with this sunset colored rose, the blooms are long lasting and fragrant.

Terry

And for the second one, I like Alberta Sunrise. On the same theme, I also like Alberta Dawn.

Someday, I'll get to the point of planting roses in my garden (it's still only year one), and when I do, these look like fine candidates.

Thanks for sharing!

Your roses are fantastic! And from an Alberta- girl, your proposed names are too cool! Kudos to you!

Konrad

This is a very beautiful rose, though it sometimes has trouble opening and individual blooms are not long lasting at all and do not smell very prudy either ... but, it should prove to be a very hardy plant and I’ll likely be using it in future breeding work.

This is the same yellow rose as in picture #5, a good clear yellow that shows nice form upon opening. Have already done a few crosses with this one.

Good form and a beautiful coral red coloring, but I’m not yet sure as to how healthy it will prove to be.

I will be watching this one, I’m really liking the color and nice HT form.

The frilly rose in photo #4, this one has impressed me rather much this summer, though it has been moved around so many times that it now needs time to settle in and really show itself.

Joan, it's been terribly dry this summer! We only had that one good rain, this occurred just after your visit ... other than a 20 min downpour, most of which just ran off, we've literally had NO rain this summer!

hykue. I really like the name Alberta Dawn!

crazywateringlady, well, unfortuantely, what I had thought to have been a very good yellow rose, this one later proved to show it's downfall ... and I had thought it was perfect, lol. It really seems to produce the best blooms on old wood, these then hold their quality much better than those later in the season. The plant is otherwise always in flower and is very healthy ... I'm using it in further crosses.

Terry

Terry, what causes blackspot, and if you've had it, how do you treat? Best to wait til Spring now ?

As for blackspot, I do not spray for such, if a plant becomes badly defoliated by midsummer, I then shovel prune it ... if it holds its own till later in the season, then I'm not too concerned if it shows bare legs at the end of the summer. Sorry, for not being more help on the issue.

Connie

This rose had flowered later in the season producing quality blooms on a healthy plant.

Next years seed crop is now ripening upon potted plants ... I should be expecting to see full petaled rich dark reds and lots more salmon colored beauties :)

Connie, in the years to come, I'll probably be looking for a few test sites, especially that being in the unpredictable chinook zone. For now they must pass several years testing here. Due to my yard being rather sheltered from winds, mildew and blackspot have been a problem, thus it's actually a good place to test for disease resistance.

Lois said ... "oh to be a bird on your fence and watch the seasons in your yard" ... Lois, this is a very nice yard to work with, the place has lots of natural conture and interest, and those birch trees! ... oh, and did I say, I like tons of color!

I'm sure there are many of us who'd like to test your roses! :)

A question - my aunt asked me for seeds from Champlain. She said she was going to try to germinate them. Is she likely to get a red rose out of the seeds?

So did I understand correctly, that you potted up some of your roses with hips til the seeds ripen? Do you have to bring them inside to let them stay on the plant long enough to ripen? or leave them outside in a sheltered area. Did you bring in your water lilies yet? They were so pretty.

I harvest the rose hips prior to frost, most are still rather green, these are snipped off just below the hip and placed upon a moistened paper towel where they continue to ripen. But, most of the crosses are done upon potted plants that I bring into the house and then engage in a battle with the darn spidermites and aphids! I'm now deciding upon what new roses to order to incorporate into the breeding work, it's easy to get carried away and want too many! As for the water lilies, I had brought then in about ten days ago, that's the earliest ever ... normally, they're left out till the end of October, but we had such an early cold snap!

Yes, this is an angle shot of a portion of the garden patch, but you wouldn't know there's veggies in there by all the flowers seen here, lol. I've been grubbing out roots and stumps to enlarge the area and add a rustic fence to be covered with clematis and grapes. I'm also developing a location for many evergreens. The new beds here were added in August ... and, yes, I've got my thinking cap on as to what will to there ...

Terry