Website/Catalog  (22 Oct 2023)  Includes photo(s).
 
4 to 6 feet   Z6-11 R mr. The bright scarlet flowers of "Old Gay Hill Red China" are like those of the China, ‘Martha Gonzales’, but of this bush grows to a more commanding size. This extremely tough rose produces clusters of two inch, semi-double blooms of scarlet red with white eyes. It provides vivid color throughout the growing season and is highly effective when massed in plantings. It was found in Old Gay Hill, Texas where Thomas Affleck had his famous nursery in the last century.

Booklet  (2009)  Page(s) 37.  
 
Another group of suspected synonyms and sports that the result of this study support is a red, semi-double flowered group based on the China Rose cultivar Fabvier (syn. 'Colonel Fabvier'). 'Fabvier' [ex Vintage Gardens], 'Martha Gonzales', and 'Old Gay Hill Red China' [both ex Antique Rose Emporium] (C40, C10, and C16) all had identical SSR profiles. Based on catalogue descriptions of the plants in commerce...the results suggest that the found rose 'Martha Gonzales' is actually 'Fabvier', and that 'Old Gay Hill Red China', also a found rose, is a taller growth form sport of 'Fabvier'.

Booklet  (2009)  Page(s) 29.  
 
Triploid...Old Gay Hill China [Provenance: Antique Rose Emporium]

Website/Catalog  (2005)  Page(s) 3.  
 
“Old Gay Hill Red China” (Found, Parentage, Introducer, & Date Unknown) Flaming red single blooms are further brightened by a contrasting white eye. This tough, heat-tolerant rose was discovered in Old Gay Hill, Texas. A continuous bloomer, it (like many other find “found” roses) was re-introduced by the Antique Rose Emporium of Brenham, Texas.

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 35.  
 
Mike Shoup: At the nursery we gave our finds household names like "Old Gay Hill Red China" (for the town where we found it)....