Book (1992) Page(s) 225. Includes photo(s).
‘Francesca’. Pemberton, UK 1928. ‘Danae’ x ‘Sunburst’. Large sprays of semi-double, apricot-yellow flowers on strong, dark stems with glossy dark green foliage. Useful, since its strong yellow colour is rare amonst shrub roses generally. Continuous flowering. Tolerant of poor soils. Suitable for hedging. Tolerant to shade. Suitable for pots. Slightly fragrant. Availability limited. 4’ x 4’ 1.2 x 1.2m.
Newsletter (1991) Page(s) Vol 12, No. 1.
p55. Sally Allison, Thirty Years in a Country Garden.
(Slide 49) Francesca – floppy, tall, one of the few yellows, and strong yellows are rare among shrub roses.
p103. Hazel le Rougetel A Quartet of Rosarians.
….At this time Joseph Pemberton’s sister, Florence was sort of administrating the nursery and interestingly at this time we get some F. roses coming out. This is Francesca I have got growing beneath a big R. cantabrigiensis and it’s going to grow up through the rather bare stems at the bottom and decorate that and bang through it.
Book (1990) Page(s) 124.
'Francesca'. Hybrid Musk, 1928. Semi-double, apricot to yellow flowers produced continuously throughout the season. Foliage is glossy, dark green and, with the stems, makes a pleasing foil to the flowers. Withstands hard pruning to create a formal hedge. 4 x 4 ft (1.2 x 1.2m)
Book (1988) Page(s) 91. Includes photo(s).
'Francesca'. A Hybrid Musk raised by Pemberton in 1922. This graceful bush produces arching stems bearing the nodding flowers which fade from apricot yellow to a paler shade in hot sun. Richly scented. Parentage ‘Danae’ x ‘Sunburst’.
Book (1988) Includes photo(s).
p62 [photo] ‘Francesca’, one of the Pemberton roses that eventually came to be known as the Hybrid Musks.
p222 ‘Francesca’ (Hybrid Musk). Pemberton, UK 1922. ‘Danae’ x ‘Sunburst’. Very large semi-double flowers of rich yellow, produced in clusters on an upright plant with dark glossy foliage. Continuous flowering. Suitable for hedges, Slightly fragrant, Suitable As a climber. Suitable for pots. Tolerant of shade. Availability limited. 4 x 4’ 1.2 x 1.2m.
Book (1983) Page(s) 123. Includes photo(s).
'Francesca'. (922). This beautiful variety grows to 2 metres and is attractive by reason of its glossy dark foliage and arching branches which are covered in large nodding, almost –single flowers of yellowish-apricot, fading to paler shades. Fragrant. Medium-sized greenish fruit.
Article (website) (1982) Page(s) 17.
Francesca (Hybrid musk) Single to semi-single apricot flowers in large sprays on strong stems. Scented. Good foliage. Vigorous. 1921. H. (C) 5 x 4’.
Book (1980)
p140 ‘Francesca’, 1922. ‘Danae’ x ‘Sunburst’. Fine scent and rather loosely-formed flowers in yellow and apricot tints, fading cream. Robust, long-stemmed growth. 1.8 x 1.8m (6 x 6ft).
p186 The older, Pemberton-type Hybrid Musks can also be used with great advantage for perimeter hedges, although they are much less regular in growth than the Rugosas and certainly cannot be clipped over in the same way. Varieties like…. and ‘Francesca’ (apricot-yellow) …will all form reasonably bushy plants up to 1.5 – 1.8m (5-6ft tall with a profusion and continuity of bloom hardly matched by any other rose. They do, however, have a tendency to send out very long shoots in quite unexpected directions in late summer, bearing enormous heads of flowers which only a barbarian would dream of cutting off to keep his hedge tidy-looking.
Book (1965) Page(s) 493.
'Francesca'. 1922. 'Danae' x 'Sunburst'. Growing to 6 ft tall and the same across, it has plenty of good, dark foliage, and bears its double flowers of apricot-yellow along its branching stems.
Book (1961) Page(s) 32.
'Francesca'. Hybrid Musk shrub. Pemberton, 1922. ‘Danae x ‘Sunburst’. Yellow to cream, single, large clusters, large leathery foliage, 6 feet. Specimen bush.
