To start breeding selection of mother plant is very important. Because very few rose show male sterility (I think ‘Charisma’ one of them) but most modem rose variety do not produce seed or produce few seed that it become difficult to breed with these varieties.  

Modern roses are gown in Bangladesh from 1960 or before but it began to spread widely all over the country from 1980. From then at least 1200 varieties are introduced here. But most of them fail to perform their pick performance here—mostly due to high temperature and heavy rainfall (high humidity and water lodging). Now about 450-500 rose verities are found in Bangladesh. I have cultivated most of the available rose varieties in my garden. Of them I have found some varieties, which are very suitable mother plant for the beginner. I have mentioned some of them below.  

A good mother plant for the beginner because it easily produces seed. It’s hip needs longer time to ripe. A fine bedding variety, it produces most of its flower at a time.  

Best red variety available in our country, especially for exhibition and garden. It is susceptible to meldew, but luckily—here we do not have meldew problem in rose. So this variety thrives well. It is one of the few varieties which performing constantly and adapted very well in our country. So it can contribute to raise our climate adjustable rose.  

It produces seed very easily that any beginner will succeed by using it as a mother plant. It has large, exhibition quality bloom with classical shape.Main drawback is die-back— so this bush often suffer from lack of balance.  

It has many good characters. It is vigorous; foliage dark green, large and attractive; hardy; it drops its petals cleanly after finishing flower; disease resistance.  

Best rose for the exhibition in orange-scarlet group in our country. Very few flowers can challenge its superiority in color and size. It has good-looking large foliage, which often occur in its seedling too. But it is a moderate grower and produces very few exhibition quality flowers in winter only. Rest of the year it produce small irregular formed flower. It would be a tremendous thing if can combine vigorousness and weather resistance with it. Lets try!  

It is an important mother plant like Tajmahal that can contribute to produce our climate adaptable rose

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Fusilier (Morey, J & P 1957) oragne-scarlet [known as ‘Fuselia Red’] sport —→ Kusum (V.5. Padhye 1978) pale pink [known as ‘Fuselia Pink’] sport—→ Rare Edition (Kasturi Rangan, 1982) scarlet with white splashes & stripe.

Any way those variety are very vigorous, bearing flower in big trusses and has large lovely foliage and compact bushy growth. They frequently produce new shoot from base.These variety has two problems— they are susceptible to black spot & often attacked by red spider mite. My two fine variety ‘Hementha’ and ‘Ananda’ came from these seed parent.  

Rise N’ Shine

Rainbows End

Magic Carrousel  

                                                 Chatilon Rose
                                                 Priti (known as ‘Dick Koster’ in our country)
                                                 Baharani

You will find more information on rose breeding especially-- Inheritance of rose color, Blue rose, Hereditary factors, Dominant and Recessive Genes, Pigments of roses, Tetraploidy etc in Rose Genetics Page.