Book  (2009)  
 
p129. Doug Grant. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2008-2009 Season
'Benardella's Pearl' (BENfig) Benardella: 17 Reports: 35 Plants: Garden 7.2, Exhibition 7.6: Medium/Tall: Health 6.5: Fragrance 3.0: Blush pink blooms. Northland: Very good mini, makes a good dec, always in flower. Auckland: Have to watch for rust, very robust, nicely shaped blooms. Waikato: Spreading bush has lots of blooms, quick repeat, black spot annoys. Matamata: Lots of blooms, nice decs, rust can be a problem. BOP: A free flowerer of soft pink with darker outer petals, bad rust. Manawatu: Good health, fast repeat, stems can be wonky, has a lovely sweet fragrance. Feilding: Excellent for showing in a vase, inclined to be leggy, but keeps on flowering. Hutt Valley: Good decorative, opens very quickly. Marlborough: Very free flowering, prone to downy mildew and black spot. North Otago: Beautiful mini decs.

p132. Doug Grant. Final Analysis 2009
'Benardella's Pearl' (BENfig), Benardella: Miniature: 78 Reports: 169 Plants: Garden 7.4, Exhibition 7.8. Medium/Tall. Health good, slight fragrance. Blooms blush pink. An exhibitor's rose, great decorative blooms, fast repeat, spreading habit, prone to rust and has some black spot.

Book  (2008)  Page(s) 130.  
 
Doug Grant. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2007-2008 Season.
'Benadella's Pearl' (BENfig) Benardella: 19 Reports: 39 Plants: Garden 7.5, Exhibition 7.6: Medium/Tall: Health 6.4: Fragrance 3.3: Blush pink blooms. Northland: Good all round rose, good decs for showing. Auckland: Outstanding buds, bushes always get rust so getting the spade. Waikato: Perfect exhibitor's rose, quick to repeat, large crops of bloom, blackspot can annoy. Matamata: Lots of blooms, quick repeat, will get rust. Bay of Plenty: Always in flower, good form, has a rust problem. Manawatu: One of the few true decorative minis, rust prone, habit not the best, flowers can be large. Feilding: Has flowered all summer, no rust this year, thank Heaven. Kapiti: Good decorative, too big once opened, some rust. Wellington: Lovely healthy rose, spreading habit, vigorous, not so shapely for exhibiting. Marlborough: Always in flower, great colour but prone to downy mildew, some blackspot.

Book  (2007)  Page(s) 124.  
 
Doug Grant. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2006-2007 Season.
'Benardella's Pearl' (BENfig) Benardella: 23 Reports: 51 Plants: Garden 7. Exhibition 7.6: Medium height: Health 6.7: Fragrance 2.7: Blush pink blooms. Kaitaia: many many blooms, well shaped, exhibitable. Northland: always something to pick from, a good repeat, coarse stems if overfed, can get a bit of rust but a very good rose. Waikato: good exhibition or decorative, good in bad weather, good repeat, rust can annoy. Matamata: blooms can get a bit big, good repeat, but hit with rust and downy. BOP: one of our favourites, always in flower, a good all rounder. Manawatu: superior decorative form, state of the art, sometimes has wonky stems, rust prone, requires conscientious spraying for disease control but responds. Feilding: grows quite tall, has perfect decorative blooms, bad rust. Hutt Valley: best in decorative form, opens quickly, prolific flowering and generally healthy. Marlborough: some health problems, gets powdery mildew.

Book  (2005)  Page(s) 114.  
 
Peter Bamber. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2004-2005 Season.
'Benardella's Pearl' (BENfig) Benardella: Garden rating 7.8., Exhibition rating 8.2: 25 bushes. 9 reports. Some health problems: Light fragrance: Medium height: Blush pink flowers. Northland - a large growing plant gives nice decoratives, makes a good garden display. Gisborne & East Coast are impressed with the health, repeat, is good at shows. Otago - lovely form but downy mildew loves it. Always dropping leaves. Waikato - lovely decorative flowers but foliage large and prone to rust and mildew. Hutt Valley - soft pink buds make good decoratives. Flowers profusely, good for floral work. Paeroa - lovely well formed pink blooms would make a nice vase. BOP - medium pastel pink outer petals with light pink on the inside. Nice decoratives and stems, but burns in the sun. Repeat is excellent, vigorous, mid-green foliage.

Book  (2004)  Page(s) 114.  
 
Peter Bamber. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2003-2004 Season.
'Benardella's Pearl'. (BENfig) Benardella: Garden rating 7.5, exhibition rating 7.9: 19 bushes. 10 reports. Some health problems: No fragrance: Tall: Blush pink flowers. South Canterbury - very promising on the show bench; lovely slender decs to dream for. A very pretty pink; leaves are a bit big. Going to buy more. Otago - lovely form in decorative stage; large foliage; bad for downy mildew. Manawatu - a good toned pink decorative, grows tall and wayward, rust can be a problem. Northland beautiful pink flowers, useful as a dec or in vase classes, repeats quickly; lots of blooms. Waikato - excellent show rose; beautiful dec form. Also from Waikato - slow to repeat; good for exhibition bloom and can be used for fully open. Foliage can be a bit coarse. Canterbury grows it in a pot; produces flowers too large for exhibiting. A little mildew, may have fed too much. Manawatu - shining pink blend dec form. Good though angular bush, free flowering; some mildew and rust but does not detract from mostly superior qualities. Good repeat; top show dec.

Magazine  (Aug 2003)  Page(s) 34.  
 
Registration
'Benmfig', Min, lp, 1996, (Jilly Jewel) ... description

Book  (Aug 2002)  Page(s) 51.  
 
Jilly Jewel
Interim rating 7.7

Article (misc)  (Jul 2002)  Page(s) 7.  
 
Jilly Jewel
Miniature
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