Hi Tnangela,

Very nice crosses! You have some good ideas on what to cross, too.

I think that Ballerina *could* be a diploid, and Peace is a tetraploid, so you might end up with triploid (mule) seedlings from that cross. Which is OK, as not everyone likes to get seeds from their plants.

The rest of them are definately tetraploids, though.

May I offer you some rose links?

Here is a link that might be useful: Rose propagation and exchange (another GardenWeb site)

Oh, the cross I have this year is Wanderin' Wind x Crested Sweetheart. Crested Sweetheart is bit difficult to find pollen on, but I think it will be well worth the trouble.

Here is a link that might be useful: Helpmefind Roses - a rose index site

Here's the GardenWeb Forums list

Here is a link that might be useful: The GardenWeb forums list

Here's a link to the Rose Hybridizers' homepage.

Here is a link that might be useful: Rose Hybridizers' Association homepage

Paul Barden's "Old Garden Roses and Beyond" index page
(Scroll down for interesting articles)

There are so many more extremely wonderful sites to share, but I don't want to overload you.

Here is a link that might be useful: Old Garden Roses and Beyond - index

Wow, in that last link, I love the cross he made '04-02-06'. It's quite nice. I left one of mine out...I have a large hip of Knockout x John Franklin. I didn't notice it until recently. I believe it will be the only Knockout seed I will receive this year (It was a HORRIBLE year for roses here in TN).

I have crossed this 'John Davis' seedling of mine with 'Morden Sunrise'... in the hopes of obtaining very hardy yellow floribunda types. Terry

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That's absolutely gorgeous. I want one!!! ...where can I buy it :>)
I had left out my comment on 'wonderin wind' and the forum wouldn't let me make a post on top of a post so here goes...I read somewhere else of someone using 'wonderin wind' as a seed parent..so it seems popular for that (got to hand it Griffith Buck). I really like knockout seedlings...I would say they probably get their best attributes from Bucks' 'Carefree Beauty' (seed parent of knockout)...so...
I've got to get me some more Buck roses...Golden Unicorn is absolutely at the top of my list...but all Buck roses seem to be supreme.
BTW: I've harvested a lot of my hips already and they are potted and in for cold treatment.