What's the Difference Between a Variety and a Cultivar?

In this video, guest Bob Osborne explains the difference between varieties and cultivars. Bob is the author of “HARDY ROSES: THE ESSENTIAL GUIDE FOR HIGH LATITUDES AND ALTITUDES, and president at Corn Hill Nursery Ltd. in New Brunswick, Canada. His book is one of the most thorough treatments that I think you might be able to find on growing and maintaining roses, and it also offers an exhaustive list a description of a wide range of hardy roses - essential reading for rose lovers in cold climates.
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[@trollforge]

The Seeds of a variety, give you a variety of genetics, but you cultivate the identical genetics of a cultivar... the number of times I have repeated this to myself before I talk about plants...

[@SimplyGarden]

Great information. Thank you for sharing

[@maritimegardening4887]

Glad it was helpful!

[@northeastslingshot1664]

Thanks bub! Down here in NH. Stay safe!

[@maritimegardening4887]

Thanks, you too!

[@scotchcrofter9964]

Interesting info thanks.

[@maritimegardening4887]

Glad it was helpful!

[@tyronesart]

This was interesting , could have listened for hours

[@maritimegardening4887]

Oh but you can with the full podcast :)

[@tyronesart]

Maritime Gardening oh sweet , going to check that out , thanks 👍

[@delatroy]

Do any website sell cultivar cuttings?

[@maritimegardening4887]

I think they typically sell whips - that's cutting grafted to root stock and grown for about a year.

[@delatroy]

If a scion is taken from an old tree, will the air iayered / grafted new tree suffer from “early” old age it will it be like resetting its age back to the age of the branch ?

[@maritimegardening4887]

All the Macintosh apples in the world are from one original tree that has been perpetually re-grafted to root stock since John McIntosh discovered the original McIntosh in 1811. So yes - it becomes young again :)