Alister Stella Gray
- To: m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Alister Stella Gray
- From: H* P*
- Date: Tue, 12 Oct 1999 11:01:19 -0700
Adding to Trevor's comments, if anyone happens to be in Italy in September,
it is worth a trip to the garden of Ninfa, south of Rome, to see this
fabulous rose spilling out of a tall dark green cypress. There are other
OGRS in bloom then also.
Helene Pizzi
Rome, Italy
> Dear Tim,
>
> It most certainly is Alister Stella GRAY. It is a Noisette rose, tho'
> sometimes listed also as a Tea-Noisette (eg by GS Thomas) but
> many would think that overly inclined to hair splitting. Introduced (ie
> not bred) by George Paul of Paul's Cheshunt Nurseries (UK) in
> 1894. Recieved an Award of Merit from the RHS in 1893 when
> exhibited by the raiser, AH Gray. Early refs quote things like - 'late
> to get started', 'slow starter', 'flowering period is long', 'the strong
> point of this rose is its autumn flowering'. I don't have any Royal
> National Rose Society journals from England so cannot go back
> looking for bios and obits to check out Mr A H Gray.
>
> It is one of my favourite roses.
>
> trevor n
> Trevor Nottle
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