If you see Carefree Sunshine sending forth canes about 6 ft tall with flower buds on the end, would you assume this is the climbing sport, or just really vigorous version of the shrub? Someone in town got it from a landscaper who got it from a wholesaler who got it from ...
Very interesting. The one I bought from one of our better nurseries late summer 2004 never managed to reach 2 ft in my yard. And I saw similar potted up in Minneapolis the next year. But these are going absolutely crazy. I wonder if there as some selection process during mass production, or a mis-selection, that led to the climbing sport going out under the non-climber name. Because without the landscaper pruning these things 3x during the year, they'd be about 12 ft tall now (in front of purple barberry and evergreens and front porch).
The parentage is complicated. I received it from a hybridizer friend during the autumn. I hope I've typed it out correctly.
Father = [[(Tampico x Applejack) x Playboy] x Gold Badge] x [[Dornroschen x (Faberge x Eddie’s Crimson)] x [(Golden Jubilee x Applejack) x (Faberge X Eddie’s Crimson)]] x [Carefree Beauty x (Rise’n Shine x Gold Badge)]
Mother = [[(Tampico x Applejack) x Playboy] x Gold Badge] x [[Dornroschen x (Faberge x Eddie’s Crimson)] x [(Golden Jubilee x Applejack) x (Faberge x Eddie’s Crimson)]] x [(Fairy Moss x First Prize) x Spotless Gold] x [(Tampico x Applejack) x Playboy] x Gold Badge]
One of my Yellow Brick road seedlings has nearly the identical color to RADlots, which has a very unusual color. I am guessing it is related to this lineage. It was a very unexpected color.
