Miss Impossible
Senior Member
I only started putting effort into getting hybrids a few months ago. Most of them I managed pretty easily but blue roses and white carnations continue to elude me! I've seen several methods of getting both and I've tried them all for several weeks at a time and it's just not happening. I'm using fertiliser and watering every day too.
The most recent methods I've tried are breeding red and pink carnations together to get white (not happening - I'm only getting more reds and pinks) and to get blue roses I'm using the method I've seen most commonly online, which is to breed purple and orange roses together to get red roses, then breeding those red roses together to get blue roses. It's just not happening! They seem to be producing every other colour except blue.
So, can anyone who's made these hybrids help me by telling me what I need to do? Please only tell me if you've actually done it yourself and can confirm your method works - I've read so many methods online which haven't worked. Thanks so much!
The most recent methods I've tried are breeding red and pink carnations together to get white (not happening - I'm only getting more reds and pinks) and to get blue roses I'm using the method I've seen most commonly online, which is to breed purple and orange roses together to get red roses, then breeding those red roses together to get blue roses. It's just not happening! They seem to be producing every other colour except blue.
So, can anyone who's made these hybrids help me by telling me what I need to do? Please only tell me if you've actually done it yourself and can confirm your method works - I've read so many methods online which haven't worked. Thanks so much!