Search says 224 results then I only get about 30 items listed.

[mockingfisher]

Search says 224 results,  then I get about 30 items on one page to choose from, no more pages.

I also get lag on my android tablet, on eBay, more than I get with buffering a 4k movie, on YouTube.

Could you stop consuming my whole CPU and take your nose out of my butt, with the research and stalking, just far enough that I can brush my teeth? 

[go-tazz]

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@davewil1964 wrote:

Maybe list something other than rainbow rose seeds? 

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I was going to post on a certain thread that's about 5 years old,(that's still relevant as you can see,but I

know it's pointless as eBay simply don't care about ethics and as long as the money keeps coming in they'll

keep encouraging sellers to sell fake items).

Messaged one of the Aussie sellers selling the fake **bleep** seeds and asked them why they are scamming fellow

Aussies with these fake listings and I haven't had a reply yet,(they've listed some of the most ludicrous

"coloured" Rose seeds),

That search is now from 30 to 1043 and not likely to go as it has it's own category,

[chameleon54]

Just checked them out Taz.

One very interesting listing was titled " Polyantha 3 coloured rose tree seeds."  The picture illustrates a standard ( ball on a stick ) rose with three different coloured flowers grouped by colour on top of the standard rose. It looks fake and screams photoshop and scam, but the interesting thing is it could theoretically be done. After studying the photo you can see the main trunk has three seperate trunks entwined and if the heads of each standard was trained correctly you could achieve the look.

The seller notes that buyers should follow the cultural notes provided, so technically they are probably sale, but it is highly unlikely a buyer would achieve the effect, as most standard roses are grafted onto a sperate briar root stock. The grower would need to grow and entwine 3 briar canes and then graft the coloured roses once the briar stem was established. I found the idea quite interesting and might  give it a try when I retire.

[go-tazz]

But they are only selling the seeds and none of those can grow from one seed only,(there is no separation of

the colour varieties and it can't be done randomly),

If I had the time,space,inclination and was back into gardening I might have experimented with something similar

as certain colours and plants grown together in different colours would have made an impact statement,(as

it takes time,patience and knowledge to "pull" of something like that off),

[chameleon54]

Agreed, it would be very difficult to pull the whole thing off, just with the seed, although even that may be possible if the roses just happened to be briar type with different colour flowers, or maybe climbing roses with strong stems. You wouldnt achieve the look in the photos though, as briar roses dont flower profusely like the picture.

The only realistic way you could achieve the result from seed, would be if some of the seed was briar rose, and some a compatable small flowered rose such as a miniature or carpet rose. You would need to select suptle briar canes ( grown from your seed ) and cut them to length when they had lost their leaves. Next step would be to entwine three lengths of cane and strike roots on the base. Then graft buds from other roses to each cane and when they where growing succesfully, prune and train small branches to shape within the larger head. Three or four years from starting, you may actually have something resembling the picture..

I just looked at the photos and thought, hey you could actually do that if you went about it the right way and it would be an interesting project if you had plenty of time and patience. A bit like growing bonsai..........

Spoiler

Might just have to buy a pack of the seeds...........