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500 Popular Roses for Australian Gardeners
(1997) Page(s) 74. Includes photo(s). Hugo Roller. Tea. The parentage of ‘Hugo Roller’ is unknown, as it came from a batch of mixed seed. It was introduced by William Paul in 1906. Hugo Roller has very double creamy, yellow flowers with crimson edges; they have also been described as canary yellow with claret shading! Color descriptions are multifarious in the rose world. It is not the commonest of roses, perhaps, because it requires shading and high culture to do well. It has compact bushy growth with very few thorns and is repeat flowering.
(1997) Page(s) 80. Includes photo(s). Lady Roberts. Tea. Introduced in England in 1902 by the firm of Cant's of Colchester, which was founded in 1765, and is still going strong. It is a sport of 'Anna Olivier'. A bushy elegant rose with remarkably pretty well-shaped flowers which are apricot and reddish-orange, high centered in the bud and opening loosely (30 petals). The stems are a little weak, so it is perhaps best as a standard. A virtue is that it does not ball or spoil in rain. The bush grows to 4 x 3 feet (1.2 x 1 m). Lady Roberts was the wife of 'Bobs', Lord Roberts, the victor of the Boer War, so this was an astute name to give to a rose in 1902.
(1997) Page(s) 253. Some of the best in the true patio style are 'Tinkerbell', 'Mini Champagne', 'Opal' ('Little Opal') and 'Gem' ('Little Gem')
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