Website/Catalog  (1998)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Spring Song. Polyantha. 1954. Australia.Double, slightly fragrant, recurrent 1.0m x 0.9m.Deep pink.

Website/Catalog  (1997)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Spring Song 1955 Floribunda (Gartendirektor O. Linne x.) Clusters of old-fashioned pink blooms on a low-growing bush.

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 100.  
 
Reithmuller left us other shrub roses ideally suited to our climate and conditions....’Springsong’, a cheerful deep pink with the blooms borne continuously in great clusters.

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 231.  
 
Then there is 'Spring Song' - as joyous as its name suggests, a vigorous bush, tirelessly producing great clusters of small rich carmine-pink blooms....

Book  (1996)  
 
p53 Allan Read. Australian Raised Roses. Although not for exhibition roses, a breeder whose roses always appealed to me was Frank Riethmuller.... ‘Honeyflow’ and ‘Spring Song’ were discarded due to their semi-climbing habit and the space they occupied.

p60 Richard Walsh. NSW. I still enjoy the Riethmuller shrubs Honeyflow and Springsong. I had been growing the latter on its own roots from a cutting given to me by a friend for years before I even knew it was Australian raised. I subsequently lost it after moving house, but received another plant, also on its own roots, from another friend and enquiries confirmed that this one had been passed around and I was able to trace it back to the original one I had.

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 142.  
 
Spring Song. Riethmuller, Australia. 1954. Polyantha. Pink [available from] Fradee, Golden Vale, Gretchen.

Magazine  (1995)  
 
Heritage Roses in Australia - 2nd National Conference, Orange. Proceedings.
p101. Susan Irvine. Australian Bred Roses. Reithmuller also bred roses admirably suited to our climate. .... Reithmuller used ‘Gartendirektor Otto Linne’ extensively in his breeding program and instead of Hybrid Teas he produced a number of cluster-flowered shrub roses, most of them long-flowering and many of them almost thornless. Still readily available are ‘Spring Song’ and ......

Newsletter  (1995)  Page(s) 18. Vol 4, No. 4.  
 
Spring Song H. Poly 1955 F. L. Riethmuller.

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 158.  Includes photo(s).
 
Edna Walling Rambler. Description. Edna Walling was a leading designer of gardens and writer of gardening books in Australia during the 1940s and '50s... clusters of rose-pink blooms. Parentage unknown.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 131.  Includes photo(s).
 
Spring Song Description... A semi-double, fragrant, rich carmine-pink rose...