Re: rose recommendations

**"* P* <R*@Comcast.net>**

Another source for information on roses is www.greatlakesroses.com in 
Michigan.

Nancy Lindley has retired, but answers questions through her website and you 
can phone her.

She is very knowledgeable about all types of roses and could possibly point 
you in the right direction.

Sandie Parrott
Freelance Writer and Photographer
Contributor to:
GO Magazine (AirTran)
Michigan Gardener
The Herbarist
the Oakland Press
the Flint Journal
theMulch.com
treemoving.com
Phone: 248-394-1532
email: info@SandieParrott.com
Website: SandieParrott.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "MARY FRAN MCQUADE" <mfmcq@sympatico.ca>
To: <gardenwriters@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2008 1:13 AM
Subject: [GWL] rose recommendations

> Sheri--
>
> Re your search for seeds and sources for old roses: I recently attended a
> lecture by Wilhelm Kordes, of Kordes rose hybridizers in Germany, so I 
> have
> roses fresh on my mind.
>
>>From what he said about breeding roses, I think it would be hard to find
> Gallica and Damascena seed. The parent plant would have to be kept 
> isolated
> from other kinds of roses or the seeds would produce some kind of hybrid. 
> I
> doubt any business would make that effort -- and I suspect the cost of the
> seed would be enormous!
>
> Long ago, I grew a rose from seed I collected. It turned out totally
> different from the mother plant that bore the hips, which supports my 
> theory
> about weird offspring.
>
> For plants, try Pickering Nurseries (http://pickeringnurseries.com) here 
> in
> Canada. They're an old family-run business with a good reputation that
> carries all kinds of roses, including lots of the antique ones. They've
> shipped to Martha Stewart (a gossipy local rosarian told me), so they can
> probably ship to you. If you order now thru winter, they ship bare-root in
> spring.
>
> You can also try Richters Herbs, another local family-run business. Their
> whole operation is US Agriculture-approved, so they're very experienced in
> serving US customers. I haven't had time to check their catalogue, but 
> they
> have an excellent website and should have some of the antique roses and
> possibly seeds.
>
> If you want several plants cheaply, you could try growing them from 
> cuttings
> of the original plant. I haven't done this myself, but
> http://texasroserustlers.com has how-to's.
>
> I don't have wide experience in growing roses, but I've been interested in
> rose history and antique roses for a long time. Maybe some others here can
> comment on growing roses from seed. Since no one else talked about this, I
> thought I'd share what info I've come across over the years.
>
> Mary Fran
> Toronto, Canada
> US zone 5
>
>
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