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(Austijus)  The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild
Deeply cupped flowers, filled with crisp, upstanding, fuchsia petals.  The fruity rose fragrance has hints of raspberry, peach and mint.  A well-rounded, mounded shrub, its flowers nicely poised on its branches.  Named after Thomas Fairchild, who made the first recorded flower hybrid.  David Austin, 2003. [...]
Named after Thomas Fairchild, who made the first recorded flower hybrid in 1720.  This was a cross between a Sweet William and a carnation, which became known as ‘Fairchild’s mule’.  With thanks to Michael Leapman for the name, which was the title of his excellent biography on Thomas Fairchild.

Magazine  (Feb 2005)  Page(s) 38.  
 
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'Austijus', S, pb, 2005 (The Ingenious Mr. Fairchild™) Austin, David, parentage undisclosed... description