Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 9.  
 
Floribunda, apricot blend, 1959, 'Circus' sport; Wheatcroft Bros. Flowers apricot flushed crimson.

Book  (May 1992)  Page(s) 259.  Includes photo(s).
 
Alison Wheatcroft Floribunda. Wheatcroft (UK) 1959. Description.

Book  (1978)  Page(s) 126.  
 
'Circus'  The neat flowers, small and shapely, had their yellow all flushed towards golden apricot, and marked with pink or red flushes, mostly on the outer petals. It came as a sensation in 1956, from Herbert Swim of Armstrong Nurseries; the parents were 'Fandango' x 'Pinocchio' . Although it was to prove a valuable parent, its career in cultivation was strange, for it divided into at least three separate types; one was vigorous and coarse growing, with too many buds in an ugly cluster, and pale flowers; the second was the true ' Circus' ; and the third was much deeper in colour, not quite so strong as the true one, and with fewer petals.   Before these variations were appreciated, those who collect wood for propagation in nurseries had not unnaturally taken much from the  most vigorous and least desirable of the three, as being the easiest supplier; and there followed a painful period of trying to get rid of it.  But no matter how one selected the propagating material, that brute would come back; The attractive colour of the third type caused Harry Wheatcroft to introduce it in 1959 as 'Alison Wheatcroft'.  A similar but more double sport, and I think a better one, was found in Livermore, California by F. B. Begonia and Paul De Vor, and introduced by Armstrong Nurseries in 1963 as 'Circus Parade'. For some reason these two sports are not so liable to revert as was the true ' Circus' .

Book  (1961)  Page(s) 21.  
 
Roy and Heather Rumsey, NSW.  New Roses. 
Alison Wheatcroft  Floribunda.  Deep apricot with a flush of crimson. Very beautiful. Good growth.

Book  (1961)  Page(s) 118.  
 
W. C. Thorn. What's In a Name. the Wheatcrofts have used family names for a few of their many introductions. The latest introductions are.... and 'Alison Wheatcroft' for his grand-daughter.