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Will my rose revert?

Discussion in 'Roses' started by Val.., Aug 3, 2010.

  1. Val..

    Val.. Confessed snail lover

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    Hi gardening friends,
    I have ordered a rose called Burgundy Ice which is a 'sport' of Iceburg, I have read that sometimes a sport can revert :skp: what are the chances of it doing that? I really don't want it to as it is such a lovely colour.

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    Hi Gemini. Don't worry about things that haven't and might never happen.
    Just enjoy your rose when you get it.
     
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    Good morning Gemini A sport is a Mutation and very occasionally they can revert back to the original Rose,It really depends on the stability of your rose, But please don,t worry to much ,there,is always something we can do if it does .Hope this goes someway to answer your very interesting Question:)
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    Sports - or mutations - do not always materialise in the form of colour differences. Sometimes a new shoot with a 'different' characteristic will be just as important. For example, most climbing roses, started life a a sport or mutation on a well known parent rose. That is how we have got 'Climbing Iceberg' and 'Climbing Ena Harkness'. Someone was observant enough to realise that the vigorous shoot sent up by the ordinary floribunda rose 'Iceberg', was not mistaken as a 'sucker' but as a very valuable vigorous shoot that enabled it to 'climb'. The shoot was then propagated by the normal process of budding, and we ended up with 'Climbing Iceberg.
    R. Iceberg. The Climbing Iceberg, started life a a 'sport' of the ordinary Bush Rose - Iceberg.
     
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