Newsletter  (May 2015)  Page(s) 10. Vol 36, No. 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
Peter Holmes, President Bermuda Rose Society.
"Alton". (Watlington, 2007). A chance seedling found growing at Alton, horne of Rosemary and John Talbot. Ronica Watlington was given one tiny slip, (cutting) from which she propagated many new plants. When a cluster of blooms is only half spent, new growth with buds is already well-developed, starting from just below the cluster already in flower. This feature makes it difficult to obtain good slips. "Alton" is useful in petite floral designs as blooms and hips are small, bright and perky and last well.