Terry, I love how deep and rich looking that red is!! It seems to have a few more petals than Quadra too. So if Quadra provided the pollen, what was the parent plant?
How many other crosses have you been trying? I've been trying a few daylily crosses this year and have a few seed pods coming, but I can't even imagine how exciting it must be for you see your creations blooming. Congratulations!

Congrats Terry. Love the nice red color. Hope you can get us more reliable hardy roses. Keep up the good work. Do you have other creations of yours to show us. Love to see more.

Upon rereading my posting, it should have been stated that Quadra is the pollen parent to the rose ... though you guys knew what I was meaning! The mother (seed parent) is 'Winnipeg Parks' Last year I had set out about two hundred seedlings of various crosses using Canadian roses. I have winnowed that down to approximately fifteen! ... to which this is one of the better ones. Most just did NOT have the quality nor the health I was looking for. Though, I will later post a photo of a nice peachy buff colored seedling derived from Morden Sunrise X white sport of Morden Blush.

Bloororelse, it's my goal to produce a number of desirable hardy roses available to the market, whether I accomplish that is another matter! Have you seen this earlier thread of mine?

http://forums.gardenweb.com/forums/load/farnorth/msg0720173126659.html?6

Terry, would you be willing to share how you pollinate and all of your tips for success. I'd be very interested to know all of the ins and outs.
Shelley

I won't go through all the basic "how to" of cross pollination, as this can be found on the net. Though, depending on the varieties being used and the warmth and length of the summer, some roses are much too late in ripening their hips outdoors. For my seed bearing stock, I have such plants potted, and a solarium provided for the extended period that is sometimes required for ripening. When hips are showing good color up it's time for harvesting, but do so before they turn mushy, as this is said to possibly reduce germination. Seeds can then be sown in good quality starter mix and then covered with plastic and placed in the fridge ( NOT freezer! ) until one begins to see germination, this often occurs in about two months. Oh, one thing ... be very CAREFUL of watering, rose seeds RESENT excessive moisture! Another method is to place the seeds within a plastic bag containing some potting soil OR perlite and place this within the fridge. With this method one can see and remove the seedlings as they germinate ... again, the soil (or perlite) should NEVER be more than slightly moistened, though obviously dry is not good either! Pot up the seedlings, but be careful not to quickly expose to hot sunny temperatures and do watch for any that might wish to wilt. Grow lights work well, but are not necessary. After seedlings have begun to establish themselves, one can begin to give DILUTED waterings of fertilizer ... DON'T over fertilize, they are sensitive little things! It's often amazing just how QUICK the tiny seedlings will come into flower, often around three months! Also, these bitty babies are capable of giving a rather large fist flower! Grow the seedlings on inside until they have well established themselves, then outside and into good garden soil with plenty of SUN exposure! Also plant with a few inches of the stem being below ground level and mound up slightly during their first winter. I only breed with hardy stock and don't go through excessive methods of winter protection.

I also highly recommend that one attempts many of the same crosses and thus has a better chance of something good coming forth! It's often surprises people just how many seedlings will be useless discardable junk! If you are not one that can be ruthless and weed out these losers, then you'll need to have the room to grow all the ugly disease riddled rejects! If after a few seasons a rose does not make your heart go thump and it''s all full of black spot and mildew ... GET RID OF IT! ....

Shown is a very good rose that blooms abundantly ... only drawback being it's rather small foliage.

Thanks Terry. This is a next years project that I would like to try.
Shelley