Website/Catalog  (2022)  
 
Gentle Touch .... DIClulu ....
Year of UK Introduction: 1986
Parentage: (Liverpool Echo x Woman's Own) x Memento
Awards: Rose of the Year 1986
Bred By: Colin Dickson

Website/Catalog  (2021)  
 
Northern Ireland Office ourstoryinthemaking.com: "Colin from the Dickson Family"
Colin himself has bred seven ‘Roses of the Year’ - Melody Maker, Gentle Touch, Dawn Chorus, Sweet Magic, Irish Eyes, Harvest Fayre and most recently, Lovestruck.

Book  (Aug 2002)  Page(s) 42.  
 
Gentle Touch
Miniature 1986
Rated 7.8

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 204.  
 
Gentle Touch. Miniature, light pink, 1986, (DIClulu); ('Liverpool Echo' x 'Woman's Own') x 'Memento'; Dickson, P. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 286.  Includes photo(s).
 
Gentle Touch Dwarf cluster-flowered patio. (DIClulu) Parentage: 'Liverpool Echo' x ('Woman's Own' x 'Memento'). Northern Ireland 1986. Description... pale pink...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 235.  Includes photo(s).
 
Gentle Touch Miniature/Patio. Dickson (Northern Ireland) 1986. Flowers continuously. Height: 30 cm (1 ft.) Some scent.

Book  (1991)  Page(s) 56.  
 
Gentle Touch... one of the first roses to receive the unofficial classification of 'Patio rose'... a very pretty, soft pink rose...

Book  (1987)  Page(s) 116.  
 
Colin Horner, What's New in the U.K.
Since then I have seen and admired the newer so-called dwarf clustered flowered or patio roses arrive from Newtownards in 'Gentle Touch'  (Diclulu). the Rose of the Year 1986, ....which I am sure will impress all who like the shorter free flowering varieties.