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'Souvenir de St. Anne's' rose Reviews & Comments
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The obituary in 'Irish Gardening' of January 1918 seems to confirm beyond a doubt that Andrew Campbell, the Head Gardener at St. Anne's, Clontarf, was the raiser of 'Souvenir de St. Anne's'. The tribute written by Lady Ardilaun ends with her relating his final wishes, and, considering this, it would be wonderful if his name could be added here as the raiser to finally acknowledge and recognise his connection to the rose.
"He suffered terrible tortures during his long illness to my great sorrow, but he bore it all with unfailing courage and patience. I saw him the day before he died, and he said his great desire was that I would continue to love the garden, and to take care of all the plants that he had raised, and to remember him in connection with them."
There's also a very nice photo of him as well.
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Is S. de St. Anne thought to be a sport or seedling of SDLM?
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#2 of 4 posted
4 SEP by
 HubertG
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Although it isn't impossible that it's a seedling from a rare hip of 'Souvenir de la Malmaison' which Campbell planted, in most likelihood it's a sport. I've grown neither but there are enough opinions from others that they are the same except for the petal count. It's triploid too; a seedling might have more likely reverted to a diploid or even possibly jumped up to a tetraploid.
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#3 of 4 posted
5 SEP by
jedmar
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Andrew Campbell added as Discoverer, thank you!
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#4 of 4 posted
5 SEP by
HubertG
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That's wonderful, thank you. I feel like we've contributed to fulfilling his dying wishes. :-)
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