Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 162, 163.  Includes photo(s).
 
Nancy Hayward Large-flowered climber. Parentage: 'Jessie Clark' x unknown. Australia 1937. Description and cultivation... The blooms have a very striking colour, the shade of ripe tomatoes. They are glowing, large, open and single...

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 220.  
 
Nancy Hayward A. Clark, 1937. Hybrid Gigantea. Parentage: 'Jessy Clark' x ?. Color described variously as rose-pink and cherry-red.

Book  (1949)  Page(s) 116.  
 
Mr. W. A. Stewart.  Glen Iris, Victoria.  Six Indispensables.
Nancy Hayward. If I could grow but one rose, it would be this variety, raised by our old friend, Mr. Alister Clark, and sent out by him in 1937. I planted one in the first season and it has been a constant source of delight ever since.   I have no hesitation in putting it first on my list. In our Victorian climate it is a veritable wonder rose. A single I know. A climber, and a very vigorous one. It must have plenty of room, but will well repay the space given to it. No other rose has its beautiful colour; a vivid, glowing carmine pink, and although the flower is a single, it will out-last, when picked, most other full-bodied varieties, and it makes a great show in the garden. With me it is always in flower, spring, summer, autumn and winter, and that is the experience with all who grow it.

Website/Catalog  (1947)  Page(s) 44.  
 
General List. Climbing Roses.  Nancy Hayward (H.G. Alister Clark, 1937) 5.  A lovely single rich pink pillar rose which has been greatly admired whenever exhibited in Melbourne.  Not only is it one of the most beautiful, but it is continuously flowering which is a definite gain in this class.  E. 

Book  (1944)  Includes photo(s).
 
p31 Alister Clark. An Extraordinary Season. Many years ago in England I entered a long tent at a Rose Show in Bath, and at once noticed a vase of a glorious coloured Rose in the distance. It proved to be Mad. Suzanne Rodoconachi, and at our recent Autumn Show I was also similarly attracted by a splash of colour when entering the hall; this proved to be Nancy Hayward, shown by Mr. W. A. Stewart. Such results I do not get. This is only another proof of the value of the Gigantea breed, as it is a seedling from Jessie Clark, which also gave me Lorraine Lee. The gigantea blood seems to clear up any dullness or muddiness in otherwise good Roses.

p32 ….[amongst the most treasured “Glenara” seedlings] Nancy Hayward.

p74 Black and white Picture caption: Nancy Hayward, H.G. (Alister Clark). Vivid rich pink, single, climber. Best bunch of Australian Roses, Autumn Show, Melbourne. Exhibited by W. A. Stewart. By courtesy Proprietors “Home Gardener”.

p81 Editor: Nancy Hayward. One of the outstanding features at recent shows in Melbourne has been the amazingly beautiful displays of this Rose made by the Secretary of the Victorian Society (Mr. W. A. Stewart). His garden is at Glen Iris, and he has been asked to tell us more of this remarkable Rose than which, with its vigour and beauty, there can be no more desirable single Rose in cultivation. This is what he says:
The Rose that has given me greatest pleasure and has been more generous with its flowers in the past two or three seasons than any other has been Nancy Hayward, raised by Mr. Alister Clark and sent out by him in 1937. Like many others, I had been struck by its remarkable colour when displayed by him at the shows in the Melbourne Town Hall, and purchased a plant the first season it was available. It is, as most Rose growers know, a single variety of a most striking colour, and described by Mr. Clark originally as a rich pink, which does not seem to me an adequate description. With me it is most vivid, a glowing rich carmine pink that seems alive. It always comes true to colour, summer or winter, although, of course, the sun will, like with most other Roses, soon take the colour from it. I know of no other variety of Rose just that shade of colour, and I have frequently been asked to recommend some double variety of the same colour, but the answer is that there is none. Its most remarkable characteristic is its lasting power. Unlike most singles, which drop after a very short time, it will outlast most double varieties. I frequently have a bunch in the house for over a week in cool weather. The colour will fade after a few days and the petals droop, but they do not drop. Another of its excellent qualities is, in addition to being most generous with its blooms in the normal flowering periods, Nancy carries on right through the winter, not in any great quantity, but there always seems to be a bud or two which, if picked, will open up inside and brighten up a room with their vivid warm colour. In the spring, it is one of the first to flower and is probably then at its best. During the past season numbers of bunches were given away, and at last year’s Spring Show I was able to take in between 30 and 40 blooms, all off one plant. My plant is just concluding its fifth season. It is a most vigorous grower – a climber, of course – not of the bushy type, rather leggy if anything. It sends out long canes which should be trained along a fence or wire as they grow, and from these it will send up laterals on which will come the flowers. My plant at one stage measured 30 feet from tip to tip, and would have gone further if it had been allowed; however, it has since been brought back to more reasonable limits. It is growing on a fence around my vegetable garden and gets no special attention or treatment, although, no doubt, it receives the benefits of some of the cultivation that goes into the vegetables. The fact that the plant comes from one of Mr. Cl

Book  (1943)  
 
p45 Alister Clark. Evidently single Roses are gaining in favour, as witness the number of gardens that grow Nancy Hayward…..

p65 J. M. Forsyth Connelly, Vice-President National Rose Society of New Zealand …Of the other pinks, Nancy Hayward, in its second year, has flowered and the single rich pink is most enchanting.

p81 Dr. A. S. Thomas. An exhibitor’s Opinion. Nancy Hayward: Very strong climber. Quite a sensation in single Roses that has received inexplicably late attention. Has been freely staged at recent Melbourne shows.

Book  (1939)  
 
p65. S. J. Bisdee, Tasmania. Melbourne Roses Through Tasmanian Eyes. His (Alister Clark's) Nancy Haywood is indeed a good thing, a deep pink single pillar Rose; it is most striking, and I hope it will be grown largely.

p127 S. J. Bisdee. Tasmanian Roses. Nancy Hayward – In spite of the tender ministrations of a cow over the fence, this gave every indication of being a splendid single pillar Rose. Its colour is outstanding and growth very good.

(30 Apr 1938)  Page(s) 40.  
 
Some of the Newer Australian Roses [...] Nancy Hayward will be liked where it is tried out. A useless rose to the man who grows roses only for exhibition, but valuable to the gardener who grows for garden decoration and cut flower value.

Book  (1938)  
 
p87 T. A. Stewart. The Beauty and Value of Single Roses. Then, finally we have Nancy Hayward, which, with its unique colouring, promises to be one of the most remarkable of all the single roses. It is modestly described as a rich pink, but this fails to give an adequate idea of its vividness and attractiveness. Those who had the privilege of seeing the displays made by Mr. Clark of this Rose in the Melbourne Town Hall will remember the vivid effect produced, particularly under artificial light.

p129. Mr. J. Dixon Kinvig of Hawthorn, Vic. Nancy Hayward – I am delighted with the growth of the first year. It is an Australian native, raised by Mr. Alister Clark and is a single variety of a strikingly rich pink shade. I shall be surprised if it does not command strong support from the public before long.

Book  (1937)  
 
p22 Alister Clark ‘My New Roses’. Nancy Hayward (H. Gig.) is perhaps the most beautiful in colour of all the Gigantea hybrids. It is a pillar Rose, and not only flowers in spring but carries on. It is a seedling from Jessie Clark, and is very healthy.

p108 T. A. Stewart, editor. Roses of Australia. Nancy Hayward. H.G. (Alister Clark), 1937 – A very lovely single, rich pink pillar Rose which has been greatly admired whenever exhibited in Melbourne. Not only is it one of the most beautiful, but it is continuously flowering, which is a definite gain in this class.

p110. Editor [?] A new single rose of great beauty. Among the roses being sent out by Mr. Alister Clark this year is a new single variety, Nancy Hayward, which has been shown by him on several occasions and always attracted considerable attention for its remarkable colouring. Mr. T. G. Stewart, who is distributing the Rose on behalf of the Victorian Society, describing it, says.” I consider from what I have seen of it that it will compare more than favourably with any other single Rose grown. It is a most unusual shade of colour, which has to be seen to be fully appreciated. Although catalogued as a rich pink, even this description does not give any indication of its vividness and attractiveness. It is a hybrid Gigantea, consequently should be a vigorous grower, but unlike others of this class, blooms both in spring and autumn, which is an added attraction in a single Rose. It should add fresh lustre to the achievements of Australia’s great hybridist.”

pi. Glenara Seedings – advertisement: New Australian roses. Nancy Hayward (H.G.).