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'Hero ®' rose References
Book  (Jun 1999)  Page(s) 37.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 215.  Includes photo(s).
 
Hero (AUShero) English Rose. Parentage: 'The Prioress' x unnamed seedling. David Austin 1982. Description... very pretty, deeply cup shaped, fragrant and a lovely shade of clear pink... Hero was the girl for whom the Greek hero Leander swam the Hellespont...
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 243.  
 
Shrub, medium pink, 1983, (AUShero); 'The Prioress' x Seedling; Austin, David; David Austin Roses, 1982. Flowers glistening medium pink, double (20 petals), deeply cupped, large; very fragrant; foliage medium, medium green, semi-glossy; spreading growth.
Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 266.  Includes photo(s).
 
Hero (AUShero) Modern shrub. Parentage: 'The Prioress' x unnamed seedling. England 1982. Description and cultivation... medium-sized, semi-double blooms. These simple, willowy flowers are a soft pink in colour, and are strongly scented...
Book  (1993)  Page(s) 53, 112.  Includes photo(s).
 
A good choice for pegging
p. 112: [Photo] 'The Prioress' x Seedling, 1982. Description. Pink. Myrrh fragrance.
Book  (1993)  Page(s) 154.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (1988)  Page(s) 119, 120.  Includes photo(s).
 
Hero (AUShero) English Rose. Austin 1982. The later flowers tend to be semi-double rahter than double. Description. Parentage: 'The Prioress' x Unnamed seedling.
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