The Australian breeder Richard Walsh gave me this rose WALglory and said to name it for our grandson who since 21 July, 2011 when he was a 12 year old getting ready for school was struck down with a medical diagnosis of ‘Severe Life Threatening Epilepsy of Unknown Origin” in not being able to finish primary school nor attend high school. His nickname before he took ill was ‘Mr please and Thank you’ and now even on his darkest days he is still grateful to the medical teams that rescue him.almost every week.So I named this beautiful, joyous yellow rose ‘Loveable Lachlan’. It is virtually disease free and the bush is well clothed with foliage and blooms regularly.

I thought it was Palsy until I read walsy and realised it meant being friendly with someone. Reminds me of Mutabilis..

My plant which is 12 months old is forever in flower. It is growing in a 500mm pot in premium potting mix. The pot required 50 litres of potting mix to fill it. Chopped lucerne mulch was added.

We have had an unusually rainy and humid summer here in Toowoomba's mild temperate climate. Black Spot has been very severe. In fact in 22 years of rose growing here I have never seen
so much black spot. 'Lady of Australia' has suffered terribly from black spot but has kept flowering.