zuzu said:'
It's only the name that's trademarked or copyrighted, after all, not the rose.
So, does that mean I can start cuttings of 'Dick Clark' and sell them as 'Kansas Sunset' or some other name?
I've never really understood why the daylily and iris people are such sticklers for name registrations and rose breeders are not. I really appreciate the explanations here! And Margie, for years, our club has bought copies of the rose list, but I never looked at it. It does sound like it would be handy to have. I have several roses in my garden that I can't identify, and if this handbook had specific info, maybe I could tell if my mysery rose was 'Beverly' or 'Pink Don Juan', for example. The hosta people have some very specific books that are a huge help in identification. They count veins, and measure everything. With roses, there's so much variation in climate, I'm not sure if a rose is coral, or pink, or salmon, red, orange, etc. Height registrations likewise mean nothing. My 'Music Box' is now 7 feet tall, and 'Graham Thomas' is only 4 feet tall. I have 'Aloha', but I don't know which 'Aloha'.
Names really really matter to me, and parentage does too. When I get a catalog that lists parentage of the roses, I am way more likely to buy their roses. Right now I have 3 roses with incredible blooms, and no names on them. It is driving me crazy!
