A new type of rose?

Question

We have, quite by accident, grown a lovely hybrid rose in our garden by planting 2 different roses in the same plot. Can we profit from this new rose?

No, it wasn't grown from seed, there were white roses planted next to red ones and the result is a lovely pink rose plant, growing right up thru the middle of the other two plants. Our gardener noticed it last year and brought it to our attention and this is the first year it's bloomed.

Well, hang on... it is its own plant, is that what you mean by growing from seed?

Answer 1

This isn't a mutation on one of the original roses, but a hybrid you grew from seeds that were only pollinated by the other rose? If it is a true blue rose, you are a very rich lady, Lyn...

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Good luck!

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For you to have a hybrid of the two roses, their genetic material must be shared through sexual reproduction where one's pollen fertilizes the other. The seeds produced by this reproduction are the hybrid. Additionally, unless you are the one doing the manual pollination of the flower, you can't know for certain where the pollen came from to create the resultant hybrid (bees can travel for miles).

The reason I asked if this was a new flower on one of the original bushes is that the DNA compliment of an existing rose bush is already established and doesn't change because of another bush growing nearby. However, spontaneous mutations DO occur, and they may even be passed on to future rose generations. But changes in existing bushes occur because of mutation, not hybridization.

Also, most roses are budded or grafted onto the rootstock of another rose. If your new rose came up between the two roses, it is possible it is a sprout from the rootstock from one of the existing rose bushes.

In any event, it sounds like you have a wonderful new rose, whatever the source, and you should feel very lucky indeed! Happy gardening!

Answer 2

Most likely it may have already been "discovered". You need to check the databases, match the parents then see if it has been done. There are many professional rose hybridizers in the world that mix and match anything and everything in the attempt to create a new rose.

You can get an idea of what is needed if your rose is indeed a new cultivar from here: http://www.stsrv.com/irar/irar.htm .

I have a Canadian friend who just got 10 on the list and I was able to purchase 2 from him before the world release! His name is George Mandar and his site is http://www3.telus.net/georgemander/

Answer 3

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Answer 4

call your local rose society or contact one through the mail or email and add a picture they could best advise you on this and maybe help you by registering your rose as a new color or breed . I hope I helped and congrats on the rose .