Sweet flower, with a stunning color. No wonder you are happy with it. And who could not like the name?

Whoa! That's an amazing colour on a great looking bloom. I was wondering if you could post any pics/comments on green ice. I really wanted that one, but decided as a newbie I should rein in my selections. I'm still thinking about it for next year or to overwinter.

I had Teddy Bear for a while and really liked it. It bloomed a lot for me. It didn't make it through the first polar winter though.

A cute little teddy with a neat color. Diane

vaporvac, sure thing!

If I be completely honest, I don't like it that much up to this point, but since my plant comes from a cutting and is barely about a year old, it's too early to tell for sure how it will get, and I've been told the mature plant is very neat, and the mother plant (a neighbor's) is quite cute.

I can say it is definitely a prolific bloomer, being my first cutting to bloom a few weeks after rooting, in contrast with some others which are just now making buds, after sitting in a corner for a year or so.

Here's the teeny thing with its first bloom.

It's very bristly! That's the main reason why I haven't moved it to bigger pot, I'm afraid of the scratches and the weird habit, it throws up these relatively long canes in diagonal.

Recently all of it's leaves got chlorotic, for whatever reason. Hope anyone can comment if theirs does that too.

As for the color, it starts off-white or a very pale salmon, then goes to it's famous, pastel green and finally some sort of light sand-like color, it makes me think of the flesh of a pear.

It has no fragrance that i can tell.

If you're patient, my suggestion would be that you find someone near you who grows it, and ask for a cutting. I tried to find patent info about it, but found nothing, still, being introduced 45 years ago i don't think there's a problem. I f you like it enough, you can purchase another plant from somewhere later.

Oh, and if you're interested in other greens, I can suggest Green Diamond, another by Moore, and in my opinion, prettier than GI. It supposedly keeps the color better, however I haven't found it here in Mexico, so I can't say anything about it's performance.

Our climates are very different, I'm in zone 9, so maybe someone else here can chime in with some details that might be different about it in a chiller climate...

Much luck!

That's amazing how Teddy Bear looks exactly the same color as the pot!! Incredible!! Looks like a lovely rose!

Carol

I've been growing Teddy Bear for a long time. Really like the odd color and the bush shape. Getting to the point where it's hard to find anyone who carries it.