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Newsletter  (2009)  Page(s) 7. Vol 18, No. 3.  Includes photo(s).
 
Photo. ‘Australian Sunrise’.
Book  (2008)  Page(s) 64.  
 
Symposium. My Most Bullet-Proof Roses. Ian Spriggs. ‘Australian Sunrise’ (Spriggs). Normally, I do not include one of my own varieties in a symposium, but with this one, there has to be an exception. It flowers very early and continues right up until pruning time. It is only a single variety, but lasts particularly well on the bush or when cut. The blooms are cherry red with a yellow center and a spicy fragrance.
Book  (2003)  Page(s) 45.  
 
New Rose Registrations. ‘Australian Sunrise’. Shrub. Ian Spriggs. Year of Registration: 2002.
Book  (2001)  Page(s) 157.  
 
Thomas for Roses advertisement ‘Australian Sunrise’. Shrub. Light red, yellow centre, fragrant.
Book  (2000)  Includes photo(s).
 
cover photo. ‘Australian Sunrise’

p5, front Cover ‘Australian Sunrise’ Raiser – Ian Spriggs of Narre Warren, Victoria. Transparency: Macbird Floraprint.

p23 Ian Spriggs. ‘Australian Sunrise’. In the Aboriginal Dreamtime Legends, the sun is looked upon as a woman, who rises every morning, to provide light and heat for the world. An Australian Sunrise is born. I can think of no better way to express how I feel about the creation of a lovely new day with its sense of tranquility, peace and renewed hope for the future - or the raising of a new seedling rose..... The rose which I have called ‘Australian Sunrise’ is a seedling of Altissimo x (Munchen x Erfurt). The plant would be classified as a Modem Shrub and flowering is very proliferous. Although the flower is only single (five petals), it is fragrant and lasts a very long time when cut for indoor decoration. Colour could best be described as light red with a yellow centre, which fades to lilac as it ages -- colours that are often seen in the rising sun.

p156 Thomas for Roses. ‘Australian Sunrise’. Shrub. Light red, yellow centre, fragrant.
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