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Thomson was born in Scotland and trained with Alex Cocker of Cockers Roses in Aberdeen, also completing an apprenticeship at Kew Gardens. [1] In 1958, Thomson emigrated to South Australia, settling in Willunga, near Adelaide. He is considered to be one of Australia's most productive rose breeders, planting over 350,000 seeds each year. [2]
Alister Clark (1864–1949) was the best known and most influential Australian rose breeder.His roses were the most widely planted in Australia between the World Wars and made an enduring difference to the appearance of Australian cities.
Hilda Murrell (1906–1984) was an English rose grower, naturalist, diarist and campaigner against nuclear energy and weapons. She led Edwin Murrell Ltd from 1937 to 1970 and was an internationally respected rose-grower and authority on rose species, old-fashioned varieties and miniature roses.
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]
Ruston's Roses in Renmark, South Australia houses the National Rose Collection of Australia (since 2005) and displays more than 4,000 modern and old garden varieties. The garden, which started life as a commercial fruit orchard, began supplying the cut flower trade and by the mid-1970s it focused entirely on supplying roses as both cut flowers ...
For beautiful summer roses in USDA Hardiness Zones 6 and lower, plants need protection during winter temperatures. Learn how to protect roses in winter.
rose-grower Anne Sowerby Ruston (born 10 June 1963) is an Australian politician who served as Minister for Families and Social Services in the Morrison government from 2019 to 2022. She has been a Senator for South Australia since 2012.
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]