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Initial post 28 MAY by Cal Schroeck
Rose Listing Omission

Lauren Claire

Commercially available (newly registered)
Registration name: Lauren Claire
Bred by Calvin W Schroeck (United States, first observed in 2020).
Introduced in United States by Freedom Gardens in 2025 as 'Lauren Claire'
Polyantha.
White/white blend. Mild fragrance. Average diameter 3 cm. Single (40-50 petals), in small clusters bloom form. Blooms continuously throughout the season. Very disease resistant.
Bushy. Glossy, medium green foliage.
Height: up to 3' (up to 90cm).
Patent: Not filed.
Voluntary seedling growing in the area near 'The Fairy"
Source: 'Lauren Claire' - from Freedom Gardens
Named after breeder's grandaughter.
(Photos will be provided once it is listed in HMF)
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Reply #1 of 1 posted 29 MAY by jedmar
Added, thank you!
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Initial post 29 MAY by AGBTG
Strong sweet violets fragrance from fully petalled (no open center) blooms on a so far healthy bush.
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Reply #1 of 1 posted 29 MAY by AGBTG
Forgot to mention that it's also sold as "Parade Berna", why I couldn't find it here the first time.
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Initial post 29 MAY by eihblin
Thank you both.
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Initial post 29 MAY by HubertG
In the book 'Old-Fashioned Gardens' by Trevor Nottle, (1992, Kangaroo Press, viewable online) on page 158 is the following entry under 'Squatter's Dream':

"Squatter’s Dream (1923) A rose bred in Australia by Alister Clark and propagated from plants found growing, complete with labels still attached and legible, at Old Anlaby homestead, near Kapunda in South Australia. The bushes are spreading and covered in dense dark green foliage that is glossy and disease resistant. Masses of single yellow and old gold flowers bloom early and late on a plant that is everblooming in warm areas."

So the original bushes at Anlaby were labelled? This should put any doubts about 'Squatter's Dream' being correct to rest. What seems a little odd to me is that this book was published in 1992, yet the 1995 reference here of how Nottle came across the rose mentions no labels and that would obviously be a crucial factor in identifying the rose. I know from the Tea Rose book that the Anlaby garden was big on labels so it's very plausible that old metal labels were found marking the old bushes, but it just seems odd that this is the sole reference to labels.
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