Ozeboy and Rosemeadow.... Rosa gigantea

My Rosa gigantea cuttings all failed (the grafted buds are still green but are refusing to sprout) so I have just placed an order for one from 'Reliable Roses' as well as a Rosa bracteata. If you don't mind waiting a while I'll still do some once they arrive and establish next year (probably bud them and send them because I've been advised that gigantea can take several years to produce flowers after planting and budding tends to speed it up).

Don't spose anyone has seen another species rose around called Rosa clinophylla?

Hi Simon, I am sorry to Gigantea cuttings didn't do any good. I think I can maybe get some gigantea cuttings or budwood myself in Winter. Thankyou for trying for us.
No, I haven't heard of the other rose you mentioned.

Simon, where do you pluck some of these roses from, my head ,only joking, I can only guess it is the breeding program.

Which ones David? R. clinopylla? Not really expecting this one to be here yet. It's not been grown for long but it's an interesting rose because it grows in boggy conditions and even submerged for part of the year so I'm guessing it's disease resistance would be pretty good. I know there are some people already working with it and gigantea and was hoping it had found its way here

Simon, that's it R. clinopylla, you must do your "homework" before or after school.

Only in the holidays...

Thanks TasV for letting me know, based on that will get some buds in the next couple of weeks.

Our warm seasons are about one month longer in spring and last a month longer in autumn. It's fairly warm here today, 27 to 28C during the day and down to 15 to 17C at night. From the 10th to the 15th of April its quite noticeable that all the hot days are gone.

Bruce... I noticed a single bud on one of the grafted gigantea has started to grow... so I did manage to get one plant going. It won't be big enough to do this year, however. I've also ordered an established grafted plant from Reliable Roses along with bracteata so I don't know how much of a hurry you are in but there is more material arriving soon.

TasV, thanks, I did organise some buds just last monday and if for some reason they don't arrive or the dog jumps all over them will get back to you.

Simon, have budded 12 Gigantea, all buds green and healthy three weeks on, will activate them next September.

I have had a couple of hundred buds from Rustons this season and found them fresh and healthy. They obviously look after their roses very well.

Get back to me if all yours fail.

Thanks Bruce. My gigantea cuttings completely failed but one of the buds I did from the cuttings burst and started growing madly and is now about 5cm long. The multiflora section has been removed about a week ago now and with any luck it will strike successfully. The other bud is still green so fngers crossed when spring comes around it will decide to grow as well. I've ordered an advanced cutting grown plant of Rosa bracteata from Reliable this year too. They said they've found it difficult to bud for some reason so all their plants are cutting grown. I think this is another plant along the same lines as gigantea that might offer some good genes for warm climate roses so if you PM me your address I'll keep some cuttings for you as well. In addition to this... Viru has advised me that Rosa clinophylla IS in the country at the Mt Lofty Botanical Gardens in Adelaide . He's given me a contact name and I've shot off an email asking if there is any possibility of getting some seeds so if the answer comes back positive I'll split the seeds up and send them around. This rose grows in swampy warm conditions so I am hoping there is some significant humidity resistant genes in there that might prove useful as well.