I found a light apricot Noisette-liked rose in a rose garden without a label. All of its trait is very similar to ‘Blush Noisette’ except for color. An rose expert suspect it’s ‘Snow Goose [AUSpom]’, but I found it’s also similar to ’ Alister Stella Gray’ . Its Hypanthium is hairy like ‘Blush Noisette’. Since I don’t have either ’ Alister Stella Gray’ or ‘Snow Goose’, anyone can give an idea? And what’s the difference between ’ Alister Stella Gray’ and ‘Snow Goose’?
Between those two, the flowers are more like ‘Alister Stella Gray’, and the foliage also looks right. I haven’t grown Snow Goose, but I would say that it looks less like the photos of that rose to me. Among some other subtle differences, SG doesn’t appear to have the button eye (or partial button eye) that ‘Alister Stella Gray’ does. Another possible contender might be Malvern Hills, but I don’t grow it myself.
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I discovered a new treasure which is very difficult to find in my area, and I plan to graft it as my breeding stock.
I’m very sure that is not ‘Malvern Hills’ because I have it. MH is light yellow rather than apricot, and it tend to bloom along new canes, form a very large panicle rather than corymbose.
In case they help, I found some old photos of an ‘Alister Stella Gray’ plant that I had here a little over 10 years ago (it later died, but I have another rooted from a cutting now). The older flower doesn’t have the button eye, but not all of its flowers do that. The apricot center is characteristic of the opening blooms:
