Newsletter  (2018)  Page(s) 9. Vol 43, No. 2.  Includes photo(s).
 
Africa Star.  Olga West (nee Sohr) was born in South Africa......

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 66 (photo)-67.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Africa Star’ = Hybride de Thé – mauve, remontant. … comptent jusqu’à 65 pétales. La plante est saine, buissonnante, avec un beau feuillage cuivré. …se multiplie par écussonnage. Son nom, qui rend hommage à son continent natal, rappelle qu’elle a été créée par Olga West à Que Que, dans ce qui était alors la Rhodésie. West, Zimbabwe, 1965. Ascendance inconnue.

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 67.  Includes photo(s).
 
Africa Star Large-flowered/Hybrid Tea. Raised by Olga West (of Que Que in what was then Rhodesia) 1965. Description... very large, mauve, double blooms...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 4.  
 
Hybrid Tea, mauve, 1965, West; Harkness. Flowers mauve, double (65 petals), large (3 1/2 - 4 in.); foliage coppery; bushy growth.

Book  (1969)  Page(s) 28.  
 
Roy and Heather Rumsey, NSW.  New Roses. 
Africa Star Floribunda. (West)  An interesting deep mauve with small trusses of flowers on a compact bush - of not more than passing interest.

Magazine  (1968)  Page(s) 1. trimester, p. 13.  
 
lEn Afrique du Sud il existe d'excellents hybrideurs. Dernièrement en 1965, il nous est venu de Rhodésie un floribunda mauve, AFRICA STAR, obtenu par MM. Olga WEST.

Magazine  (1967)  Page(s) 21, vol 162.  
 
Two floribundas deserve mention. 'Lilac Charm', the custodian of a Royal National Rose Society Gold medal has charm indeed. The single flowers of lilac-mauve open to reveal golden-yellow anthers on red filaments, and the effect is very pleasing. The other, 'Africa Star', was raised by Mrs. West, a Rhodesian house-wife. The very full blooms of lilac, shaded magenta, are most attractive and will delight the ladies. It is a pity the parentage of both remains the secret of the raisers.

Book  (1966)  Page(s) 175.  
 
East Malvern "Idaho" Nurseries, Victoria.  Latest Novelties. 
Africa Star