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Alister Clark
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Alister Clark was the best known and most influential Australian rose breeder. His roses were the most widely planted in Australia between the World Wars and made an enduring difference to the appeara
'Nancy Hayward.' Big single flowers on a six-metre climber. Werribee Park.
'Nancy Hayward.' Big single flowers on a six-metre climber. Werribee Park.
'Sunlit' 1937. Intensely scented medium-size flowers on a low bush, flowering all year in a hot climate. Margaret Furness photo.
'Sunlit' 1937. Intensely scented medium-size flowers on a low bush, flowering all year in a hot climate. Margaret Furness photo.
'Cicely O'Rorke' 1926, released 1937. Big, lightly scented flowers on a tall climber.
'Cicely O'Rorke' 1926, released 1937. Big, lightly scented flowers on a tall climber.
'Billy Boiler' 1927, lost for many years. A strongly scented 3-metre climber. Werribee Park
'Billy Boiler' 1927, lost for many years. A strongly scented 3-metre climber. Werribee Park
Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden
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The Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden is the most complete collection in Australia of the surviving roses of "the great Australian rose breeder, Alister Clark". It is situated near "Glenara", his old
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…Lorraine Lee' in particular, bred ninety years ago, can be seen in every temperate town and city. Sixty-seven of his available roses are collected at the Alister Clark Memorial Rose Garden in Bulla, the township next to "Glenara." This collection should not be confused with that of the same name in the Botanic Gardens in St Kilda, a…
The path to the old shire hall and the front gate. The roses in the middle distance are 'Kitty Kininmonth' and 'Amy Johnson'.
The path to the old shire hall and the front gate. The roses in the middle distance are 'Kitty Kininmonth' and 'Amy Johnson'.
Amy Johnson, 1931, Hybrid Tea. Named after the aviation pioneer who had made the first one-woman flight from England to Australia the year before.
Amy Johnson, 1931, Hybrid Tea. Named after the aviation pioneer who had made the first one-woman flight from England to Australia the year before.
'Australia Felix' 1919, Hybrid Tea. Low growing but not a dwarf. Possibly not Clark's original. Australia Felix ("happy Australia") was the name given
'Australia Felix' 1919, Hybrid Tea. Low growing but not a dwarf. Possibly not Clark's original. Australia Felix ("happy Australia") was the name given by Thomas Mitchell the explorer to lush parts of western Victoria.
'Baxter Beauty', discovered by Russell Grimwade before 1927 at Baxter, Victoria, is a sport or seedling of Clark's 'Lorraine Lee'.
'Baxter Beauty', discovered by Russell Grimwade before 1927 at Baxter, Victoria, is a sport or seedling of Clark's 'Lorraine Lee'.