Newsletter  (2021)  Page(s) Winter issue, p. 17.  
 
[From "Dad and his Roses", by Mary Buck, Spring/Fall 2008, pp. 14-21]
Country Song – “pink butterflies”

Website/Catalog  (19 May 2018)  
 
Country Song (1984) Light pink shrub. The ovoid-pointed buds of pale azalea pink (RHSCC 38B) open to double (25-30 petals), shallow-cupped, 4-5 inch blooms which retain their color until the petals drop. The blooms are borne in clusters of 1-5 and have a pleasing myrrh fragrance. The abundant, leathery foliage is dark green. The thorns are brown and awl-like. the erect, bushy plant is moderately vigorous and free-flowering from June until killing frost. The plants are winter-hardy in Iowa without protection.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 114.  
 
Country Song Shrub, light pink, 1984, 'Carefree Beauty' x 'The Yeoman'; Buck. Description.