RE: Variegated Roses?
- Subject: RE: Variegated Roses?
- From: M* D*
- Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 12:29:54 -0700
- Importance: Normal
Hi Chris,
You raise an interesting issue about leaf variegation. Generally speaking,
because variegated leaves have less chlorophyll to support their energy
manufacturing, variegated plants need MORE sun to sustain their energy
needs. Roses are such sun, nutrient and water guzzlers that I wonder if
variegated leaves would supply the amount of photosynthesis that must occur
to manufacture all those flowers?
I wonder if any hybridizers have been playing with this idea since
variegated leaves are so popular right now? Well, I'd call Jackson and
Perkins but they probably wouldn't tell us if they were working on it - it's
a big trade secret I'm sure.
Marilyn Dube'
Natural Designs Nursery
Portland, Oregon
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-perennials@mallorn.com [owner-perennials@mallorn.com] On
Behalf Of Christopher P. Lindsey
Sent: Thursday, May 24, 2001 11:31 PM
To: perennials@mallorn.com
Subject: Re: Variegated Roses?
I agree that variegation would be really nice... I wonder (and
it's not to put down the idea at all -- it's just idle speculation)
if we haven't seen any because the leaves couldn't tolerate the
sun usually needed for flower production, or if the leaves couldn't
produce enough energy for decent blooms.
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