Re: Official process for naming a rose?

<jason@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message 
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> Hi,
>
> I'm just wondering what is the official process for naming a rose 
> and
> getting it out into the public?
>
> Last year, I planted some seeds from a self-pollinated Monumental 
> rose
> in an open-air planter.  None of them ever sprouted up... at least
> that's what I thought until I got a good look at a plant in my back
> yard that I had previously thought was a briar.  This plant is
> definitely a rose, and while I haven't seen the blooms yet, its
> foliage is GORGEOUS!  My guess is that a bird or squirrel raided my
> planter and dropped a seed.
>
> Anyway, this plant is beautiful and I would like to name it and put 
> it
> on the market.  How do I do so?
>
> Thanks!
> Jason

If you live in the USA, the American Rose
Society website www.ars.org has information
about that.

Gail
near San Antonio TX Zone 8 USA