Website/Catalog  (2012)  
 
Website

Red Flower Carpet ('Alcantara', 'Noare', 'Vesuvia'), S, mr, 2001, [(Evelyn Fison × Paprika) × Flower Carpet], Noack, Werner; buds pointed; flowers pure velvet red with bright yellow stamens, 2 in., 25 petals, cupped to flat, borne in large trusses, none fragrance; recurrent; foliage dark green, glossy; prickles medium; growth spreading (2½ x 3 ft.)

Book  (2007)  
 
Velvet Flower Carpet syn. Red Velvet. Shrub, medium red, Noack. Intro.: 2002. Includes description.

Book  (2001)  Page(s) 126.  
 
Colin P. Horner. The 2000 Trial Ground Awards in Great Britain. '1030-89' Ground cover (TG2451); crimson, bears very many clusters of single blooms, growth spreading up to 2ft x 4ft. Light scent. Seedling x NOAtraum Flower Carpet Pink. Noack. Germany.

Magazine  (2001)  Page(s) 7. Vol 95, Part 1.  
 
Noack Roses, breeders of the highly popular 'Flower Carpet'  easy-care ground cover roses, introduce their latest variety 'Red Velvet' in March this year......'Red Velvet' was awarded one of the four Trial Ground Certificates won by Noack Roses....is set to become one of the most popular in the 'Flower Carpet' collection....

Article (magazine)  (Dec 2000)  Page(s) 110.  
 
Awarded a Trial Ground Certificate. No. 2451 '1030-89' (Noack). Ground cover, crimson.