Jack Harkness wrote about
hulthmia persica in his book,
Roses and said that this roses and other hybrids are a member of the sub-genera of roses, Simplicifoliae.
H. persica was named in memory of a botanist of the Netherlands, Van Hulthem.
The species is a "native Iran and neighbouring areas of Afghanistan and Russia.
H. persica was brought from Iran to France in about 1788. It has a rich assortment of names, as one botanist after another wondered what it was, and between them christened it as
R. simplicfolia, R.berberifolia, Lowea berberfifolia, Hulthemia berberifoliaand finally
Hulthmia persica . (page 29)
Here is a link for more references about the rose:
http://www.helpmefind.com/rose...
Harkness intoduced three roses that can be classified as hulthemias to commerce, 'Euphrates', 'Tigris' and 'Nigel Hawthorne'. Ralph Moore was fascinated with hulthemias and his Halo series is a part of that breeding line as well as some of his other introductions.
Ralph was often quoted as saying breeders stand on the shoulders of the breeders who have gone before them. Ralph mentored Jim Sproul as well as several other breeders. Ralph loved sharing what he had learned through his experiments which bred many break-through roses.
The 'Eyeconic' series of roses being introduced in recent years is the result of one breeder carrying forward the work of another breeder.
Larry ... information about the color of stamens and anthers are rarely recorded in rose literature, but that information is included in the rose patents as part of the distinguishing characteristics of the roses along with a lot of other information not generally available.
I've worked with a lot of rose patents and have often seen information about roses with different colored anthers and stamens as part of the description of the reproductive parts of the plant being patented. I cannot think of one place where you can find a list of roses with these plant characteristics.
The rose 'Dainty Bess' is one that is well known and loved for it's red anthers:
Rose (Rosa 'Dainty Bess')
Just one example.
Smiles,
Lyn
