Website/Catalog  (1997)  Page(s) 11.  Includes photo(s).
 
Gay Vista. 1957. Polyantha. Clusters of single deep pink blooms, centred white, on a low-growing and free-flowering bush to 1m x 1½m. Slightly fragrant.

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 230.  
 
'Gay Vista' achieved some measure of fame. Released in 1960 it, too, bears large trusses of single pink flowers with a white centre, as many as fifty blooms to a cluster. It, too, was described as being suitable for hedges. Thanks to Deane Ross, it is now obtainable again. Mine has not yet attained hedge proportions, but it is doing well. The great German rose breeder, Wilhelm Kordes, in his book entitled simply Roses and published in 1964....but he speaks favourably of ‘Gay Vista’ .....

Book  (1996)  
 
p64. Mr. Peter Burton, South Australia. Gay Vista. Polyantha rose hybridist Frank Riethmuller of N.S.W. Clusters of single deep pink blooms, centred white, slightly fragrant, low growing, ideal to use as we have, cascading over moss rocks.

p67. Kelvin Trimper, South Australia. Gay Vista. 1957 Riethmuller, Polyantha. A magnificent shrub, with large clusters of single, mid-pink blooms, centred white. The bush will grow to 1½ metres x 1½ metres, with long, arching stems. It flowers freely, and deserves a place in all gardens.

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 55.  
 
Gay Vista. Riethmuller, Australia. 1957 Polyantha. Pink/white [available from] Cottage, Golden Vale, Gretchen, Hedgerow, Honeysuckle, Reliable, Ross.

Magazine  (1995)  
 
Heritage Roses in Australia - 2nd National Conference, Orange. Proceedings.
p101. Susan Irvine. Australian Bred Roses. Reithmuller also bred roses admirably suited to our climate. .... Reithmuller used ‘Gartendirektor Otto Linne’ extensively in his breeding program and instead of Hybrid Teas he produced a number of cluster-flowered shrub roses, most of them long-flowering and many of them almost thornless. Still readily available are ‘Gay Vista’ and ......

Newsletter  (1995)  Page(s) 18. Vol 4, No. 4.  
 
Gay Vista. H. Poly. 1955. F. L. Riethmuller.

Book  (1992)  Page(s) 120.  
 
David Ruston. ....and of Riethmuller of Sydney with his contribution of Gay Vista and .... now only gaining the popularity they deserve in cottage gardens.

Magazine  (1988)  Page(s) 24. Vol 8, No. 2.  
 
Market Place. Wanted. Budwood or cuttings. Peter Cox, Cox’s Nursery, ....Thirlmere, NSW, seeks budwood or cuttings of three not-very-old roses no longer in production, to fill requests from HRA and Australian Garden History Society members. The roses are: Gay Vista, a shrub rose with pale pink recurrent clusters and....

Website/Catalog  (1987)  Page(s) 11.  
 
‘Gay Vista’ Reithmuller 1957. Single soft pink with pronounced white eye, in fragrant clusters.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 344.  
 
Gay Vista. Shrub. Riethmuller, 1957. Light pink, very large, in large trusses, recurrent; growth tall, 1m / 3.3ft.