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'Mrs. Hugh Dettmann' rose Reviews & Comments
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For Nadene and Deborah at the Old Parliament House Gardens, Senate Tennis Courts.
Mrs. Hugh Dettman
1987. Trevor Nottle in hinted at the possibility of an Anlaby foundling being a gigantea. I have no idea of what happened to this rose.
1991. Nieuwesteeg finds a rose at the Dettman property and I think introduces it as ‘Mrs. Hugh Dettman’ because in
1996. A rose called ‘Mrs. Hugh Dettman’ was available at six Australian nurseries.
1997. Susan Irvine was cautious about the identification of Nieuwesteeg's 1991 foundling as being ‘Mrs. Hugh Dettman’.
1998. Botanica’s Roses calls it a hybrid gigantea but does not explain why they thought so. The Australian contributor was the deceased Kevin Hughes I believe.
2001. John Nieuwesteeg called it a Climbing Hybrid Tea in his 2001 catalogue.
I would err on the side of caution and call it a Hybrid tea Climber for your set-in-stone label.
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This rose seems to have two long flowering seasons: late spring into early summer; then late autumn into winter.
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I wonder how many Alister Clarks have a good display of autumn hips. Mrs Norman Watson has striking hips like small inverted pears. But Mrs Hugh Dettmann has the best I have seen, brilliant orange set against the warm apricot colours of the autumn flowers.
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Lorraine Lee makes lovely hips.
The waterlily one - Daydream - sets beautiful big hips - one for every untrimmed bloom.
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Oh, I'll check. In my opinion 'Daydream' is one of the best roses of all time anyway.
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Melanie Kinsey interviewed John Nieuwesteeg for “Genus” Volume 22 No. 1 February 2010.
“On Tuesday, 9th November 1991 Susan Irvine and I went to Hugh Dettman [sic] and Dr. Grove's gardens, both of which were in Kyneton. From the Dettman garden we collected 18 varieties. R. "Sunny South" was there and an apricot variety which turned out to be R. "Miss [sic] Hugh Dettman", the same as one I had already collected in Berwick.“
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Thanks Eric. We've added this as a reference. I can't see anything about a rose that John collected in Berwick, but it will probably turn up one day.
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