MRIV says of Silver Star. Shrub. (Undritz, 1919). Silver Moon X Marie Van Houtte. Semi-dbl, Fragrant, white tinged cream, golden yellow stamens. Vig. (4 ft. high; 4 ft across); recurrent bloom.
In the 1966 ARA, Silver Star was determined extinct.
When the ARA "determines extinct", then one can be sure that one of the major nurseries was intending to issue a new rose with the same name. Indeed, in this case it was Kordes in 1966. Many of these "extinct" roses are well and alive in some garden.
An entry in the American Rose Annual, under the heading New Roses Registered in 1919, has " It is bushy in habit with a climbing tendency". I wonder if anyone ever thought to use it for breeding repeat blooming ramblers?
