I caved & rescued a rose...a green one!!!

How do you know the ID Damian?

The exact same rose - but grown as standards - were at a Bunnings. The name was on a sticker attached to the pots. I took a pic of the bloom wth my phone & a leaf home for comparison.

Hmmm - will have to put up a pic of mine for comparison... I didn't know they grew Poulsen roses as standards there you go...

Do you have "Monte Rosa" Simon?

There are standards of these roses everywhere up here in Bunnings & Big W etc...

I have a patiohit/parade/poulsen rose that I am trying to ID. It also gets a green tinge... closest I could find was 'Andromeda'.

The thing that drew me to the standards were the awful green with pink spots flowers as seen in my first pic here. LOL!!! They also had newer flowers (that I took the pic of) but I had to wait for mine to flower.

Just a quick question for you Simon. Do you know if the rose "Suntan" sets hips/seed?

Oh OK! Is yours pale creamy apricot?

I will get a pic of mine when it is fully open!

I have a pic somewhere... it's struggling to live atm as I moved it into my new mini garden... starting to pick up again... don't reckon I'll get any more flowers this season. It's kinda creamy... maybe apricot tinge... can't remember... thing that stood out was the green cast.

'Suntan' does set a few OP hips. Every attempt at pollinating it has failed for me so far though I have only used 'Mutabilis' and 'Safrano' on it. I have used it's pollen on things and think I have a take on 'Wild Rover' but will have to double check. Most flowers self-clean... so not the most cooperative parent I've seen

The flower is quite a bit bigger than a lot of parade roses from memory.

Oh OK well I will take more pics of mine along the way just in case you wish to compare in the future. I always look for stickers on pots now BTW but they don't appear very often unfortunately.

Thanks so much for the "Suntan" info Simon, it is such a nice little rose. I will give it a go next season. "Wild Rover" x "Suntan" sounds like a cross I would do...imagine the possibilities. I have a few hips swelling nicely on my "Wild Rover" with pollen from "Grimaldi", "Papageno" & "Temple Bells".

Just saw your newest post. The flowers on my green rose/ "Monte Rosa" are a similar size to "Route 66".

'Wild Rover' has been such a fertile breeder for me this year.. everything has stuck... I'll just duck outside with a note-pad and write down all the hips forming on it... am stocked with this one. All it's prunings this year will be going into pots to make more to make more flowers for next season's pollinating season too... this year my real pollinating winners have been 'Wild Rover', "Temple Bells", 'Comtesse de Labarthe' (everything has stuck on this too... am amazed really got a few hips with it and 'Scabrosa' forming nicely too), and 'Route 66'. Others have been hit and miss but these ones have accepted everything. Don't mean much if I can't get them to germinate though LOL

Cool! I agree that "Wild Rover" is easy to work with! Mine was stressed & still set hips...

It seems I have had a great success rate with "MHR", "New Dawn", "Palace Cargasone", "Maggie" & "Remember Me". All of these have multiple crossings on them.

Oh & as for getting them to germinate? *shudders* LOL

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OK... no 'Suntan' on it... must do that...

So far there is:

Hot Choc, Comtesse de Labarthe, Softee, Routee 66, Othello, Honorine de Brabant, Mutabilis, Lorraine Lee, Lavender Jewel, Safrano, Sweet Chariot, Gold Coin, and Ebb Tide hips forming on Wild Rover

Pollen to put on still is "Temple Bells", and 'Suntan'. Should try some 'Golden Chersonese' on it too.

Wow! Your "Wild Rover" has even more crosses on it than my "New Dawn" has (I have pollen from 10 roses on my "New Dawn" LOL).

It'll be interesting to see what comes of both of our "Wild Rover" x "Temple Bells" crosses if you get around to doing it (& I am sure you will!).

I like your "Wild Rover" x "Softee" cross BTW...

I've just run out and grabbed flowers of "Temple Bells", 'Suntan', and the last of a strange flush of 'Golden Chersonese' to get them ready for tomorrow actually LOL... reckon these will be my last ones for the season too.