Book  (23 Feb 2010)  
 
Name: ‘Mary McKillop’
Synonyms: ‘Mother Mary McKillop’
ARS Approved Exhibition Name: ‘Mary McKillop’
HT, pb, Swane; flowers shell pink, edged rose pink, dbl., high-centered, borne singly or in clusters of 2 or 3, slight fragrance; free-flowering; foliage dense; growth medium
Introductions: Mary MacKillop, 1989

Book  (2008)  Page(s) 237.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Mary McKillop’ Fragrant pink floribunda, Armstrong, USA, 1989. Blessed Mary Mckillop (1842-1909), the South Australian nun who devoted her life to educating poor outback children.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 400.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Mary MacKillop’. Syn. ‘Mother Mary McKillop’. Modern, large-flowered hybrid tea. Pink blend. Repeat-flowering. Mary MacKillop was the founder of the St. Joseph’s Order in Australia. The variety produces enormous quantities of well formed, soft pink roses over a very long period – no sooner is one crop over than another is on the way, which makes ‘Mary MacKillop’ a superb rose for bedding and borders. The flowers are produced both singly and in small, well-spaced clusters on a plant that is extremely dense and well foliaged, and has an excellent resistance to disease. There is some fading in the older blooms. Zones 5-10. Swane, Australia, 1989. Parentage unknown.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 59.  
 
‘Mary MacKillop’ Armstrong, USA. 1989. floribunda. Pink. [available from] Brundrett, Comley, Cottage, Dawson, Duncan, Evans, Fuchsia, Knight, Magic Garden, Melville, Minirose, Mistydown, Monbulk, Morton, Rocklyn, Rose Company, Sevton, Showtime, Spring Park, Stonacres, Stoneman’s. Stratford, Swane, Swiss, Treloar, Trewallyn, Wagner.

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 400.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mary MacKillop ('Mother Mary McKillop') Large-flowered/Hybrid Tea. Swane (Australia) 1989. Parentage unknown. Description... Mary MacKillop was the founder of St. Joseph's Order in Australia... well-formed, soft pink roses...

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 86.  
 
‘Mary MacKillop’ Armstrong, USA. 1989. floribunda. Pink. [available from] Bleak, Cottage, Dawson, Evans, Golden Vale, John’s World, Meadow, Melville, Mistydown, Monbulk, Ross, Silkie, Simms, Swane, Swiss, Treloar, Trewallyn, Wagner.

Book  (1995)  Page(s) 76.  
 
Ross Heathcote, Victoria. New Roses in Victoria. ‘Mary MacKillop (89). Pale pink lightly fragrant blooms. Grows and looks well and has an abundance of flowers (1 report).

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 279.  Includes photo(s).
 
Mother Mary MacKillop dedicated her life to educating children in Australia's outback. Description. Armstrong, California, 1989. Parentage unknown.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 279.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Mary MacKillop’ cluster-flowered. Mother Mary MacKillop dedicated her life to educating children in Australia’s outback, and her reward is that she is set to become Saint Mary of the Cross, Australia’s first saint. The rose dedicated to her is a charmer, with fragrant shell-pink blooms with deeper touches. Perfectly formed, they are of medium size and are borne in clusters of up to half a dozen on a sturdy, glossy-leafed bush. Raised in California by Armstrong, it was introduced in 1989. Parentage undisclosed. Repeat flowering. Fragrant. `

Book  (1992)  Page(s) 31.  
 
Valerie Swane. ….I certainly did not raise them, but by the time you see them in gardens those I’ve introduced have become “mine”. I look at them with pleasure because so many other people are delighting in them. Examples are …. and ‘Mary MacKillop’.