Happy Birthday to a Special Lady . . (Arlene)

I can't make that good a cross, but I will try. Would absolutely LOVE to see those seedlings.

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I'd personally like to see some yellow aurea of some type tossed in that mix as I am partial to smaller flowers, but I have to admit...I'd like to see some suaveolens traits come back into that cross as well. I must say you have me eagerly awaiting the next (Dr.Sues x Ecuador pink) x ( Rothkirch).
Tig, I am biased...I like hybrids with a lot of aurea in the background and just enough suaveolens to make a slight noticeable flare...and a very wee bit of versicolor, but not enough to carry over the versicolor calyx. So, me personally, I'd probably cross (CC x Butterfly) to Rosabelle, or another RK baby and select for hybrids that still retained enough suaveolens traits to make the shape desireable to me, but enough aurea so that the flower was not too big. Of course I would be selecting for brightness of color and or mixes of color with a heavy emphasise on first year bloomers that were highly fertile, easy to root, and of course fast maturing. Baring that, I would think (CC x Butterfly) x (Amber Rose and or Dr.D). I think the latter cross would definitly give you more variations in shape and thats a hard thing for me to give up as well, but I think not enough aurea for my taste so perhaps both crosses and then cross those two together.

I'm certain when I start getting flowers, I'm going to go paintbrush crazy again. I have some RK babies that I can start with.

Eric,
I need to know if you ever gave your Aurea Pink Hybrid a name?...all I know it by is "Eric's Aurea Pink Hybrid".

tiG,
You have RK babies?

well, Pink Beauty and Butterfly and Rosabelle (if it makes it)

Is that the recipe for RK? :)

Glory,
That is not my hybrid...I recieved this pink aurea from native habitat http://www.nativehabitat.com/brug/
b.aurea pink form....so very sorry for that mistake and the ensueing confusion.

Eric,
Thanks...I guess we'll just keep calling it Aurea Pink Hybrid.