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Do these color roses really exist?

16 years ago

I was looking on ebay and I know some people sell seeds on there that aren't what they are suppose to be. I was wondering if these color roses really exist? I thought there was no true blue blue rose and i've never seen the one green one before...ironically those are my favorite colors along with lavender and yellow lol. I'm pretty sure these dont exist but is there anything close to a green rose??

http://cgi.ebay.com/DIY-Green-Rugosa-Rose-Rosa-rugosa-5-flower-seeds-ZZ95-/220673765012?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0amp;hash=item33612e6e94

http://cgi.ebay.com/Blue-Ramana-s-Rose-Rosa-rugosa-5-seeds-flower-ZZ89-/220674215203?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0amp;hash=item3361354d23

Comments (7)

  • 16 years ago

    There's a lot of baloney for sale on ebay. Caveat emptor.

    There is no such thing as a blue rose. There are roses with "blue" in the name and they are all various shades of lavender. Also, much scientific experiment and research has gone into breeding blue roses, and so far they have all failed--the roses produced are all a shade of lavender.

    There IS a rose called "The Green Rose", Rosa chinesis viridifolia, which has flowers made up of sepals rather than petals. There are also a few roses that have a green tinge to the outer petals, (St. Patrick, Table Mountain, one of the roses called 'Limelight') but they are not green all the way through.

    AND, roses don't come true from seed unless they are species roses. The seeds from a cultivated rose will all be different from the parent, and will all be different from each other. The only way to get a duplicate of a cultivar is from cuttings or grafting.

    Caveat Emptor!

    Here is a link that might be useful: Info on The Green Rose

  • 16 years ago

    I don't even know why I really asked lol since mentally I know it doesn't exist but I still hope lol. I've been reading about rose seeds and that they don't come true and you get a mixture of anything and everything when you sow rose seeds but I did get some from a trade just to see what I get, if anything neat lol. To me theres a sorta uniqueness too it and a wondering of what you might get. Thank You hoovb for the info! I wasn't aware even that there were ones with a little green tinge. I'm still new to roses, I only have a "Peace" rose right now and an "Esprit" Kordana Rose..trying to find room for more roses haha

  • 16 years ago

    Try the Buck rose called Blue Skies.
    Many Buck roses have unusual colors.

    Here is a link that might be useful: Blue Skies

  • 16 years ago

    Ralph Moore actually bred a few roses that start white/pink and age to a distinctly green shade.

    2 miniatures, Green Ice and Green Diamond and two small floribundas Rainforest and Wedding Cake.

    They can be difficult to find, I got my from Burlington Roses in California, but I believe Rogue Valley in Oregon also carries some of them.

  • 16 years ago

    I've seen some very pale qreen roses. There is also a mutant rose that produces leaves instead of petals, it's leaf-flowers are a true green and apparently smell good but don't really look like a rose.

    Have never seen a blue rose, only purples.

  • 16 years ago

    This one place a browse sometime has a lime greenish rose - http://www.freshrosepetals.com/jade_roses_174_prd1.htm

    Love to see something like this someday, it'll happen
    http://cdn.vidilife.com/image/2006/4/27/530788/691067L.jpg

    Here is a link that might be useful: FRP

  • 16 years ago

    As is understand it the only two colors not in the rose gene pool are blue and black. All other colors are there. I have the green HT Jade and it is truly a green bloom and very lovely.
    John