Queen of Sheba & others

[Nievesgirl]

Hi Charlie do you know the other parent of QOS ? of is it unknown?

I also would like to know what cross is the Hazelnut seedling used with black jack ? ( saffron x muffin man ) or ( saffron x cranberry muffin ) ? I am going through my notes and I think I don't have the right info.

Thanks in advance

[Charlie]

Queen of Sheba - a super nice large brown and red flower - is Denim Revolution x Unknown pollen parent. It's been blooming a lot lately and the flowers are eye catchers at about 8 inches on average.

Hazelnut is one of the offspring of an unnamed seedling numbered 08-0108. I used 08-0108 (Saffron x Muffin Man) for 2 reasons - first, it does everything right, vigorous grower, beautiful bush, lots of flowers and second because it is a red flower with recessive genes of Muffin Man which are brown with gold spots. I wanted to see if crosses with it would be dominated by red flowers or if the brown genes would come out. Of course, what it is crossed with matters a lot, but using it gave us 12 named varieties most of which are characterized by their good bushes and interesting colors. Some of those offspring are Tea and Crumpets, Sweet Caramel, Spiced Rum, Peanut Butter, Jujube, Eye For Beauty, Chai Tea, and Carnelian (all of these 08-0108 x Black Jack) and others like Fickle Female (x Space Oddity), Dragon Slayer (x Black Dragon), and Earthenware (x Creme de la Creme). Since Muffin Man and Black Jack are fairly small flowers rarely larger than 6 inches it is interesting to see that Saffron's size came through in a number of the above seedlings that can reach 8 inches.

Charlie

[Nievesgirl]

Thank you Charlie for that info.  I bought Queen of Sheba so I can't wait till get gets bigger and blooms. Hazelnut is doing well also. I had a few blooms but nothing for a while ( since bf neglected my whole collection lol ) All are at the new house so I am getting blooms finally.