Book  (Feb 2009)  Page(s) 206.  
 
‘Perdita’: Roses anglaises. Parents: semis non dénommé x semis non dénommé. Obtenteur: Austin, 1983. Description.

Website/Catalog  (22 Dec 1998)  Page(s) 36.  Includes photo(s).

Website/Catalog  (22 Dec 1998)  Page(s) 36.  
 
Perdita® (AUSperd) English Rose. Austin 1983. Description... The changing blooms open from hybrid tea-like buds to quartered cups and finish as neat rosettes... Perdita was the daughter of the King of Sicilia in Shakespeare's The Winter's Tale...

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 64.  
 
Perdita (AUSperd) Large-flowered shrub. Description... cupped to flat, double flowers of apricot-blush, 3.5 in (9 cm) across... RNRS Trial Ground Certificate 1984... Named for the heroine of A Winter's Tale.

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 442.  
 
Shrub, apricot blend, (AUSperd); 'The Friar' x (Seedling x 'Iceberg'); Austin, David; David Austin Roses, 1983. Flowers blush apricot, very full (41+ petals), large (7+ cms) blooms borne in small clusters; very fragrant; foliage medium, medium green, semi-glossy; some prickles; medium (100 cms), bushy growth.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 273.  Includes photo(s).
 
Perdita Modern shrub. Parentage: Seedling crosses. England 1983. Description and cultivation... large showy blooms... like a deep bowl in shape with the petals arranged in a circular fashion. They range from a delicate ice-pink to a buttery-pink and produce a strong scent...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 27.  
 
Notable for its resistance to disease.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 122.  
 
'The Friar' x (Seedling x 'Iceberg'), 1983. Description. Blush-pink. Awarded a medal for fragrance by the British Royal National Rose Society in 1984.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 122.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 170.  Includes photo(s).