There are presently no U.S. commercial sources listed for this rose. That's unfortunate, because photos show it as a really lovely thing. 'Lady Roberts' is one of the roses offered in the special Silent Auction' at the Sacramento City Cemetery. Margaret Furness was kind enough to send me photos of the rose (taken in Australia) for the catalog, and so you can see it there. I think it may be on the last page of listings. Jeri Here is a link that might be useful: Sacramento City Cem Sale Catalog

Unless someone in the US already has it, helpmefind.com only lists vendors in Australia/New Zealand, and we cannot import roses from those countries into the US at all.

debn, I really would like you to get your 'Anna Olivier' because the roses from a Santa Cruz bush, of an Anna Olivier that were brought to the Old Rose Celbration were full of petals, a marvelous blend of deep peach, apricot-yellow and rich pink roses, the most fragrant Tea rose I've ever smelled, of fruit and rose. I encourage you to ask for permission to take cuttings, and from my own experience, I've learned to tell a little about myself so that the supervisor will be assured I will not be hacking a rosebush. I've been given permission to take rose cuttings by the supervisors of 3 out of 3 public rose gardens, that I asked, after writing to them and telling them that I've grown hundreds of different roses over the years and that I'm interested in propagating and conserving Old Roses. -I'd treat their rosebushes with the utmost care and respect. -I promise to take no more than 3 cuttings per square yard of plant. This is far less than is removed when most roses are pruned, and the little growth I would take, will typically grow back by summmer. -I promise to take cuttings from only non-patented roses. I ask the supervisor to sign the paper so I can show it to the groundskeeper or whoever is in charge on site at the garden. signed___________________________________________ all three supervisors at the 3 gardens, let me take as many cuttings as I wished and one man told me I could return year after year to take cuttings. I've propagated more than 80 rosebushes from those cuttings and given many new plants away. Best wishes Luxrosa

Agreed! Though it can be confusing at times. I wonder when color stability became more reliable? I don't think we are completely there yet. I remember that when we moved to our current home about 18 years ago, I tried to identify an existing climbing rose, and probably planted in the 1940's. Eventually I did. It was the pernetiana Climbing Shot Silk. Talk about variable! Yellow, pink, or almost any combination of the two. We lost the original plant during a repair and remodel. I have since replaced it. It seemed to belong here. Rosefolly