Magazine  (2016)  Page(s) 20. Vol 38. No. 1.  Includes photo(s).
 
Richard Walsh: Feature Breeder - Eric Welsh.
I became aware of his breeding when Megan Louise (named for his elder daughter) was first mentioned in the mid-eighties and royalties from it were donated to the National Rose Society of Australia. Roy and Heather Rumsey were instrumental in making it a success. Eric and Ira were devastated by Megan’s loss.

Book  (15 Nov 2009)  
 
'Megan Louise’. HT, pb, 1981, Erich Welsh Roses; bud ovoid; flowers silvery pink, deep pink petal edges, large, 48 petals, high-centered, borne in clusters of 1 - 5, intense fragrance; foliage matte, green, tough; prickles red-brown; short, bushy growth
[Red Lion × Silver Lining]
Introductions: Australian Rose Society & Roy Rumsey Ltd., 1983

Book  (2004)  Page(s) 109.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Megan Louise’ (next spread) Hybrid Tea. Bred by Welsh (Australia and introduced in 1981, this repeat-flowering rose bears ovoid buds that open to silvery pink, exhibition-style, high-centered flowers with deeper carmine pink on the petal edges. There is an intense fragrance. Foliage is tough and matt green on a short, bushy shrub. It is not available outside Australia which is a pity. (‘Red Lion’ x ‘Silver Lining’). Zones 6-10

p110-111 ‘Megan Louise' [ close-up photo].

Website/Catalog  (2000)  Page(s) 8.  
 
‘Megan Louise’ Hybrid Tea. 1981, Australia. Double, fragrant, large flowers, cut flowers, recurrent. 1.3m x 1.2m. mp.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 43.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Megan Louise' – 1981. ‘Red Lion’ x ‘Silver Lining’. Large Flowered Bush rose. Large, ovoid, deep pink bud. Double, high centred, fragrant, silvery pink flowers, deep pink at edges, fully recurrent. Matt green foliage, reddish new growth. Bushy growth. Flower: 48 petals, 90 mm, 1 to 5. Bush: 1.25 m x lm.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 406.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Megan Louise’. Modern, large-flowered hybrid tea, pink blend, repeat-flowering. This rose has oval buds that are strong pink, deepening at the petal edges. They open to high centered, double flowers with 48 petals and are of true exhibition form. The blooms are borne singly and also in small, well-spaced clusters. There is a strong fragrance and they make lovely cut flowers. The foliage is matt green and tough but a little dull and the plant is short and bushy. The flower production is adequate and the repeat bloom is fair. Zones 5-10. Welsh, Australia, 1981. ‘Red Lion’ x ‘Silver Lining’.

Book  (1996)  
 
p49 Mrs. Con Ryan. Western Australia. Australian Raised Roses symposium. I have persevered with ‘Megan Louise’ although the growth is rather spreading and many of the flowers have split centres. However I have had one champion rose of the show with this cultivar and have pleasant memories of the lovely girl after whom it was named, the daughter of Ira and Eric Welsh.

p51 Mr. Doug Bowerman. Tasmania. ‘Megan Louise’. HT. A medium sized bush with dark green foliage the blooms are dark pink, fragrant and appears in clusters.

p53 Allan Read, NSW. Large-flowered varietes such as ‘Megan Louise’ are still excellent show blooms.

p55 Mr. Len Johnstone, Queensland. ‘Megan Louise’ (Welsh). A lovely well-formed pink exhibition rose that Eric named after his daughter. A good grower, plenty of blooms, good form, its only fault being split-centre at times. Eric generously donated the royalties from this rose to the National Rose Society of Australia.

p59 Mr. Morrice Duce, Queensland. ‘Megan Louise’. Bred in 1981. From ‘Red Lion’ x ‘Silver Lining’. The blooms are silvery-pink, with deep pink edges. About 48 petals with a strong fragrance. A good exhibition-type rose.

p61 Mr. Maurice Daw, Western Australia. ‘Megan Louise’. The climate experienced in W.A. appears to be too severe for this rose. The bush grows to 1 metre tall, and is spreading in habit. The shapely exhibition blooms in shades of deep pink are carried on strong stems, but flowering is inadequate.

p66 Mr. Peter Munro. Tasmania. I probably have the only surviving ‘Megan Louise’ in southern Tasmania. I’ve had mine for ten years and had few good flowers. Would you believe? I planted another last year (budded from a good flower). There’s first something about the colour, the texture and the promise of such a lovely flower, before it splits, that keep me ever hopeful.

p129 Allan Read. Roses for Exhibition. Tried and proven old faithfuls such as ‘Megan Louise’…. will all demonstrate their worth of show days.

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 88.  
 
‘Megan Louise’ Welsh. Australia, u>1981. HT. Pink. [available from] Cottage, Golden Vale, Roworth, Swiss, Trewallyn.

Newsletter  (1996)  Page(s) Vol 5, No. 3.  
 
‘Megan Louise’. HT. 1980 E. Welsh. .

Book  (1995)  Page(s) 67.  
 
Philip Sutherland. Australian Raised Roses. Of late, ‘Megan Louise (by Eric Welsh) and …. have been well received.