Distant Melodies

Our friend Michael came over yesterday. Showed him my baby rose. He thinks it is a throw back to the parents of this hybrid. Hmmmm. Yes. 

So I went on the hunt to discover the parentage & grandparentage. 

I look like my Grandma Verna so why can't a rose look like its grandparents???

Parents of White Licorice are 

Distant Drums and Singing in the Rain.

Below Distant Drums…in the category of "unusual color roses" and in my mind stunning.

Distant Drums Rose

From Weeks Roses Website: Wow…certainly THE MOST unusually colored rose from the late Dr. Griffith Buck…and it’s fragrant, too. Very hardy, this rose survives winter under Iowa test conditions…so you can count on it to be present every spring with a show of flowers. Vigorous and beautifully balanced with lots of clusters…more like a Floribunda.

Distant Drums

Next, Singing in the Rain, (below, but both parents look too bronzy and orange to make a white-yellow rose like White Licorice don't they?)

Singing in the Rain Rose

Parents of Distant Drums: 

The Yeoman and September Song.

The Yeoman below …now we are getting into the lighter shades..I love these types of petals,frayed and laying on top of each other. The color is more like my tiny rose, but the petals bear no resemblance. I do see White Licorice in this for sure.

The Yeoman

The Yeoman

Again, my White Licorice for comparison



Finally, the September Song Rose..oh look at those nice pointy petals.



Absolutely fun and fascinating study. 
Gotta go check my roses now.

Tiny Surprise!

Wow!

My "White Licorice" rose has put out a tiny tiny version of itself. I have never seen anything like this…a teeny tiny rose right next to regular sized roses. I guess it is some kind of hybrid thing it decided to do all on its own. What do you think?

Here is the size comparison...

The petals are different on the teeny one...

Also, the stamen color is different 

on the teeny one

Here is some info on the rose I found on line..the fragrance of this rose is intoxicating…just had to have it once I stuck my nose in it…maybe my tiny rose is a child of the parent plant Distant Drum or Singing in the Rain…better look those up.



and hopefully the coloration and bloom my White Licorice may one day display...