Brindabella Bouquet

I purchased a very young Brindabella Bouquet 2 seasons past and have not been over happy with it up until very recently. Since planting it has never shown any Blackspot, leaves are shiny, deep green and remain evergreen like the Tea's. That's enough to keep it here in our humid condittions but there is more. It grows bushier and lower down than Iceberg. The blooms are very white and remain so in hot sun. They are fuller than Iceberg with a lot more petals and seem to stay forever on the bush looking really fresh. It also makes hips and plenty of pollen due to the masses of blooms at present.

I am new to pollination though practice backyard genetics (Mendels, chromosome counts etc ) and think this rose would make a great breeder. If you like white then Brindabella Bouquet crossed with Peace 1902 seems like a good start.

It's good to get positive feedback about a rose Oz. I wish I could say the same about Brindabella Swirl, but I can't at this stage, it's a BS magnet.

Was just looking at this... I cannot find any references to Brindabella Swirl.... what's it like?

Also, Bruce, have a look at this: http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=2.62007

They've filled in the parentage for 'Brindabella Bouquet'.

Simon, I used it's pollen on Don Juan and unfortunatly no seeds. Did hear somewhere there was a minature in it's pedigree.

I chip budded about 10 for my own use and these grew a lot faster than the original rose .

Being an old chook breeder would think Mendles would be the way to isolate the genes for health. Unfortunatly it is possibly more complex than that. Knowing the parents now will make it easier to find blooms for the pollen.

Simon I do not know Brindabells Swirl and the the red I have is not as healthy as BB.

BB does make hips but very few so I will use it as a pollen parent. Do you happen to know it's Chromosome count?

How would Baby Love go to Gigantea as they both have yellow blooms.
Gigantea turn white but would think there is yellow masked in there also.
Great way to see if minis are dominant or recessive to giants Possibly you know this already, my minature knowledge is just about nil.

Is Baby Love in Australia, then? The pic in Botanica's Roses caught my eye a while ago - looks like Hibbertia scandens.

'Brindabella Bouquet' is most likely a tetraploid.

I think the OP 'Baby Love' seedling I have might be good with gigantea as 'Baby Love' has been recommended to me to counter problems with mildew. A lot of the Teas seem to get their fair share of mildew so putting the two together might be a good idea.

Margaret, I was sent OP 'Baby Love' seeds earlier this year. I performed an embryo extraction on the seeds and was successful in getting just one seedling. It looks pretty close to 'Baby Love' and is a miniature as well.

Should be interesting to breed from, with R davidii in the pedigree.

I love my brindabella 2 pots of them Bouquet good blooms started beginning of this month. bit of yellowing on leaves which could be all the rain in brisbane we've had and oh my Gorgeous smell.

I've just got Gorgeous Brindabella Lamour' flowered today. will take pic tomorrow.

Hi MsMW,
Welcome !!
I have Brindabella L'Amour and I'm very pleased with it. My Brindabella Swirl died which was a shame, it was a lovely colour.

I'm impressed with BB too. No BS. Other roses here have defoliated (no spray).

It hasn't accepted pollen so far, but I have good hips on Maggie from BB pollen.

A big surprise is the DA Windermere. Very clean, with leaves down to the ground. Beautiful cupped blooms too.

WoW pollinating roses....my brain intrigued

Hi Dave thanks for your comments re Windermere. Always nice to see another healthy DA added to the list of DA's that grow clean on the mid to upper east coast.

I used BB pollen on Don Juan last year which was not fertile. Good to see you have BB pollinated hips on Maggie

MsMW, you have to give pollinating a go for it doubles the joy and satisfaction from keeping roses.

Oze
If i've got bees around they will automatically pollen for me??

Yep