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Hello

I wonder if it is possible to name a rose after my wife? What I am looking
for is one that I can name that will go out to numerous garden centre's etc
and become a "known" variety. I was diagnosed with terminal cancer last
August and wanted to do this before I go, Can anyone here help me, or is
there something similar I can do before too long?

Thank Simon


Simon, naming a rose is easy and cheap, but having a successful variety
is much more difficult, David Austin's strike rate is 1 in 10,000
seedlings. So you have 2 options, if you sow seed you can register the
rose name you want for your selected seedling (assuming it does not
already exist) fill in the forms, you will need to have grown the rose
long enough to be able to describe the plant and flowers and also you
will have had to propagate it so there are at least 3 plants of it in
existence.

The other option would be to approach David Austen (or another rose
grower) and see if they would allow the naming of one of their new
hopefuls, given the circumstances you may be successful.
Good luck its a lovely idea
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea