'Marmalade Skies' X 'Baby Love'

Here is another brand new (2004 germination) 'Baby Love' seedling that is shrub-sized. It is from another favorite cross of mine: 'Marmalade Skies' X 'Baby Love'. Last year I had several nice seedlings from that cross, so I repeated the cross extensively and came up with 845 seeds to plant this past Spring.

This rose is the best of the lot. What I like about it is its floriferousness and very clean foliage. I have found that 'Marmalade Skies' will give about 10% seedlings with an excellent amount of bloom, but you have to cross it with something clean, otherwise you will have lots of problems with powdery mildew.

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