"Brisbane Blush"

Hahaha they are probably just bluffin' ... it is a veeeeeeeery nice rose though! These days it takes a lot to turn my head but this one sure did & it is simply a pink HT afterall LOL! Its scent is up there with the best my nose has ever encountered & everything else seems to be well above average too (health, colour, size of bloom)! Really lovely...

FWIW I recently found out that 'The Southern Highlands Rose' was bred in France (but I still don't know by which breeder) so it is not an Australian-bred rose!

So is SHR a study name?

I'm not sure what you mean by study name Simon?

It is the name it is marketed under (on the tag) but the rose has no code name like most other new release roses!

I want to use this rose in a couple of crosses this coming season but info on it is very limited!

I saw the 'Firestar' rose today & will go back & buy one tomorrow; it looks nice!

A study name is a name given to an unknown rose so that it can be known as something while it is being identified. It usually denotes information about a person or place where it was found (a little like provenance I guess).

Oh OK (& of course, LOL @ my own stupidity). As far as I can tell - from the little I have been told - the rose is new to Australia & has never had any previous name here other than the one it has now! I'll find out more oneday I'm sure...

Simon, keep in there, I am sure you will make it for you have youth and knowledge. I can't imagine going right back to the species at my stage of life but there are some better roses appearing. One is at Trewallyn called Carefree Wonder, I think it has Prairie Princess in its pedigree. ( Memory failing , check for yourself)
They seem to be concentrating on healthier roses for east coast of Oz where the greater population is.
About time we had healthy roses that don't need proping up with chemicals to keep them looking reasonable. There are some good ones out there apart from the Tea's, Chinas and Noisettes, just a matter of finding them.

Bruce

We had a Carefree Wonder once but it did not perfrom all that well for us though this was early in our rose growing experience.

In saying this I doubt that many of our teas etc receive much more attention than it received.

Simon, it takes money and a lot of time to source the breeders and a lot more time to get future breeders bred from these.
I usually measure my progress by the numbers bred that are better than the parents, as good as, equal to or worse.
I am beginning to see how much more difficult rose breeding is compared to chook breeding as it takes so long to be able to grade a plant and bring it to market.
Perhaps investigating all the short cuts would be very worthwhile, embryo extraction and budding very young plants onto a two year old Multiflora would be worthwhile. The latter I will do this season.

Tell me about it I reckon I have spent about $3000 over the last 4 years trying to buy roses for specific projects and goals... and there are more that I would like to throw into the fray as well... that's why I think the Rose Hunter's section here is vital so we can help each other source material. I'm all for supporting specialist rose nurseries but don't want to do it single-handedly Have you checked your 'Australian Beauty' cuttings? I'm going to check mine tonight to see how things are shaping up.