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“The breeding is Margaret Merril x Sexy Rexy and has the best traits of both. Foliage, colour and sweet fragrance of Margaret Merril and vigour, health and flower power of Sexy Rexy are evident.
PAMMY Bred by Marilyn Tynan of Palmerston North. A floribunda with large clusters of blooms on a healthy plant that grows to 1 metre high Bred from Sexy Rexy x Mem”
BEST FRIEND
(MEI-sionver). This rose has a fairly large HT. Form flowers of 30 odd petals, a clear deep rose pink. These are borne on healthy, clean very upright bushes with lettuce green foliage. The flowers have fair form, however it as a very desirable new rose with the magnificent fragrance that it has. Varieties, which have this “super smell” factor, only show up now and again.
GOLDEN PRIZE FOR A GLORIOUS ROSE!
THE ROYAL NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL AWARDS FOR 2001 included from the trial in the city of
Glasgow: PADDY STEPHENS (MACclack) the salmon orange blend hybrid tea from Sam
McGredy 1991; Solitaire x Unnamed Seedling. Where has this rose come from? How did it come by that name? Why should it be winning
awards long after its release in 1992? Sam McGredy writes of this rose: “Named for my daughter Clodagh’s
godmother, a lady to whom I will always owe a huge debt of friendship.”
Sam McGredy’s Favourite Roses. The rose first appeared in NZ Rose Annual’s Top Favourite Roses in New Zealand 1994-95 Season in the Hybrid tea section at number 10. For next year’s favourites, Nola Simpson remarks how this rose jumped to fourth ahead of Sylvia. Fourth, fifth and now it has held third place behind Loving Memory and Elina for the last two years. Nola Simpson writes of this rose in 1996 – “Very widely grown all over the country and most reporters rate it highly with few detractors. With no exception all extol the lovely dark glossy foliage, which for the most part is free of any disease and is borne on a strong bush with excellent growth habit. The salmon orange blooms are of exhibition shape in the spring but tend to be smaller and flatter on in the season”. She goes on the say, “A Central Hawkes Bay reporter sums it up well by saying, this glowing rose is just tops and is a must in every rose garden.” TRADESCANT
Tradescant (AUSdir) This rose has a huge damask scent and grows on a low bush with arching canes LITTLE NUGGET
Frank
Schuurman introduced this miniature rose in 1992.
It s golden yellow flowers keep well and the many blooms on the bush have
stems that are long and good for picking. Lorena
x Firefly (Our apologies - the Just Joey photo is on its way) Just Joey Cants
of Colchester, England introduced this large flowered Hybrid Tea Rose in 1972.
It is the choice of the World Federation of Rose Societies Hall of Fame for
1994. FragrantCloud x Dr. A.J.Verbage very fragrant;
foliage glossy, leathery, growth moderate. GM,James Mason, 1986. OUR PICK OF THE ROSE OF THIS CENTURY
PEACE
Peace is known by several names according to the country it was released in. It
would have to be the most popular Hybrid tea rose of this century having lasted
over 50 years. It
was first grown in 1935 and budwood was sent to various countries just on the
outbreak of World War II.
It was introduced in the United States in 1945 on the day that Armistice
was signed. Peace
flowers vary in colour but are in the yellow pink to yellow red range.
It has a very delicate scent. It is because of its vigour, size and name
that it has been most successful.
Some say that through successive buddings and cutting grown bushes it is
considerably different today to the original.
IRRESISTIBLE (TINresist) Bennet, 1989, Tiki x Brian Lee, white, miniature rose. This rose has only been available for a few years in New Zealand, but has made a big impact. In the last 3 years it has been in the top five in the Miniatures Top Favourites list, and was second after MinniePearl in the 98-99 season. In general it gets glowing reports, both as a general garden rose and as an exhibition rose. It makes an excellent show rose with perfect exhibiton form, long stems, clean and healthy foliage, good repeat and grows to be a big bush. Also reported to do well when cut and used in floral arrangements or in vases. Photo of Irresistable courtesy of Southern Cross Nurseries |
