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Twenty years after his death in 1949 Alister Clark remained the most important Australian rose breeder. A.S. Thomas was the Australian registrar of roses and president of the National Rose Society of Victoria. The 1967 edition of his Better Roses prints a list of eighty "highly prized cultivars" from Australia and New Zealand. Twenty of them ...
This is a list of the known roses of the Australian breeder Alister Clark (1864–1949). It is an attachment to the main page on Alister Clark as a rose breeder. The list of surviving roses has been compiled from Peter Cox's Australian Roses; [1] the online list established by Help Me Find Roses for Clark, Alister; and from the Govanstones' The Women Behind the Roses. [2]
Hennessey operated a commercial rose nursery from the 1930s to the 1960s. He published a column on rose cultivation in the Oregon Journal, starting on July 28, 1940. [1] He participated in the American Rose Society's Proof of the Pudding program, in which professional rosarians evaluated new rose cultivars, from 1934 to 1941.
The National Rose Society of Western Australia is a rose growing association in Western Australia established in 1932. [1] It was formed on the model of the earlier established National Rose Society of Victoria. Membership growth in the 1930s was notable. [2] [3] It has conducted annual shows and competitions. [4] [5] [6]
By 1992, Irvine had named after her mother 'Niree Hunter', a Rugosa rose she had discovered at Bleak House. [30] In 1994 she received the Australian Rose Award from the National Rose Society of Australia. [31] A Hybrid Gigantea rose called 'Susan Irvine' was introduced in South Australia in 1996. [32]
Hollis is prominent in rose-growing circles and has served as president of the NSW Rose Society and the National Rose Society of Australia. He was awarded the Australian Rose Award in 2019. [9] Hollis has been involved in creating, and maintaining, the rose beds in Peace Park Kiama . and is currently the co-ordinator of the Volunteers of Peace ...
Olive Fitzhardinge (1881–1956) was an Australian rose breeder, the first to patent her work. Her four surviving roses are held in Australian collections. [ 1 ] Her roses were well received in the 1930s but after the Second World War favoured styles of roses changed significantly.
The concept of an Australian Rose Garden in Canberra dates back to 1926 when it was proposed by the National Rose Society of NSW to the Federal Capital Commission (FCC). Plans for the National Rose Gardens were prepared by 1932 and, through the Horticultural Society of Canberra, Rose Societies in each State were approached to contribute roses.