Magazine  (2014)  Page(s) 32, No. 47.  Includes photo(s).
 
?Acting editor, Charles Quest-Ritson. The Mystery of 'Mrs. Honey Dyson'.
The new Head Gardener at Sissinghurst Castle, Troy Scott Smith, is keen to plant all the roses that once grew in this iconic garden at the time of Vita Sackville-West.....However, there is one cultivar that defies discovery - 'Mrs. Honey Dyson'. Google it, and you may find it sold by one or two nurseries, but it does not make its way into the RHS Plant Finder and it does not feature on the www.helpmefind/roses website. The truth is that it is a 'found' rose that was given its name as a temporary measure, probably in the 1950s, pending the discovery of its real name. 'Mrs. Honey Dyson' is not a rose that I have ever grown or even seen, but Troy Smith's search reminded me that the Historic Roses Journal published a photograph of it in its Autumn 2004 edition. One glance at it was enough - I think it is 'Auguste Gervais', a delicious Wichurana Rambler introduced by Barbier of Orleans in 1918 that I have grown for many years. Its colour is variable, and the flowers are both double and semi-double, but it is close enough to Milton Nurse's 2004 photograph for me to be sure of this attribution. Do any of our members grow 'Mrs. Honey Dyson'? .....

Magazine  (2004)  Page(s) 33, No. 28.  Includes photo(s).
 
Milton Nurse. A more modern rose which is also rarely encountered is the climber 'Mrs. Honey Dyson'. It is seen here at Hunts Court. Photo Milton Nurse.

Magazine  (1999)  Page(s) 11, No. 17..  
 
Deirdre Gordon. Roses on Chalk.
....and the mysterious 'Mrs. Honey Dyson'. I obtained this rose about four years ago from Mr. Marshall of Hunts Court in Gloucestershire, where I obtain so many of my roses, and he told me that it was found by a neighbour of his, Mr. Keith Steadman, in a friend's garden. I have recently discovered from Mr. Nori Pope of Hadspen Gardens, (which has just started to offer it), that it is a seedling of a Tea rose, but the identity of this remains a mystery...... I would add that in cooler weather the flowers emerging from the elegantly pointed apricot buds are a pale peachy pink. it is vigorous and extremely healthy.

Book  (Sep 1996)  Page(s) 165.  
 
Peter Beales (at) Wretham Lodge, Near Thetford, Norfolk, England.
Two other climbing roses admirably enhance this building.... and a rose I have never before seen called 'Mrs. Honey Dyson'. It is exquisite in both blossom and behaviour. Its flowers are creamy-white and fragrant, loosely cupped in form and produced in drooping clusters. I intend to see much more of it in the future.