Website/Catalog  (20 Jan 2013)  Includes photo(s).
 
'Lest We Forget' (Mattzac) Truly lovely rose with opulent blooms of rich velvety red that repeat well throughout the season and last well in a vase. Your own special tribute to a loved one or comrade who gave their life in the service of their country or just a personal way of remembrance. Height approx 80cm.

Book  (2010)  Page(s) 36.  
 
John Paviour-Smith. Roses in Schools. Bob Matthews of Matthews Nurseries named a red rose 'Lest We Forget' for the RSA and ANZACs.

Magazine  (2010)  
 
p17. Doug Grant. Review of Newer Roses for the 2009-2010 Season. Floribundas.
'Lest We Forget' (Mattzac) Red. Parentage: 'Sexy Rexy' x 'Precious Platinum'. Breeder: Matthews 1998. Garden: 5.1. Exhibition: 4.3. Height: Short to Medium. Health: 4.9. Fragrance: 2.8. Waikato: Very good picking rose. Hastings: Did not do well in sunny Hawke Bay, just seemed to struggle to survive. Wellington: Nice red frilly blooms but r would not recommend this rose. Moutere Hills: Lovely red, not very robust but has good clusters which last well. Central Otago: Good sized clusters of flowers, but slow growth, wouldn't recommend.

p25. ibid. Final Analysis for 2010.
'Lest We Forget' (Mattzac) - Matthews 1998. Floribunda. Reports 33. Plants 57. Garden 5.9. Exhibition 5.2. Height short to medium. Health average. Slight fragrance. Blooms are red. A garden rose which makes a mass display of blooms in a flush. This floribunda has had mixed results from throughout the country with many reporters not recommending it.

Book  (2009)  Page(s) 122.  
 
Doug Grant. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2008-2009 Season. Floribundas.
'Lest We Forget'. (MATtzac) Matthews; 6 Reports: 7 Plants: Garden 5.5, Exhibition 5.2: Short: Health 5.4: Fragrance 2.5: Blood red blooms. Auckland: Overall a poor cultivar, have had mixed results from other rosarians, would not recommend. Feilding: Grows well in shady spot, always covered with large clusters of flowers vigorous. Moutere Hills: Flowers last well, makes good mass display, has taken time to establish. South Canterbury: Would not recommend to anyone, poor doer. Central Otago: Not over robust, bit disappointing, good sized heads. Southland: Abundance of flowers, haven't considered it for showing, good red for smaller garden.

Book  (2008)  Page(s) 124.  
 
Doug Grant. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2007-2008 Season. Floribundas.
'Lest We Forget' (MATtzac) Matthews: 8 Reports: Plants 12: Garden 6.1, Exhibition 5.1: Short: Health 6.1.Fragrance 3.4. Blood red blooms. Waikato: Strong disease free rose. Gisborne: Everyone has ripped out their plants, it was a poor doer. Moutere Hills: Showy as mass display, flowers last well. Canterbury: Not bad garden rose, though gets rust badly. South Canterbury: Lovely garden rose. Central Otago: Clusters of flowers but ordinary, health could be better, a bit disappointed in this one.

Book  (2007)  Page(s) 122.  
 
Doug Grant. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2006-2007 Season. Floribundas.
'Lest We Forget'. (MATtzac) Matthews. 7 Reports. Plants 12. Garden 6.4, Exhibition 5.7. Medium height. Health 6.3. Fragrance 3.6. Blood red blooms. Waikato: very showy, large clusters of flowers, lasts well in a vase. Moutere Hills: makes good mass display, healthy and flowers last well. Central Otago: flowers in clusters, low growing, needs to be in the front of the garden. Southland: lots of bloom, can droop with the weight, healthy at first but now has blackspot.

Book  (2006)  Page(s) 59.  
 
Hayden Foulds. Rose Breeding in New Zealand.
An interesting floribunda bred by Bob is 'Lest We Forget' (MATTzac) a velvety red quartered bloom bred from 'Sexy Rexy' x 'Precious Platinum' and named for the New Zealand Returned Serviceman's Association

Book  (2004)  Page(s) 112.  
 
Peter Bamber. Review of the Newer Roses for the 2003-2004 Season. Floribundas.
'Lest We Forget'. (MATtzac) Matthews: Garden rating 6.6, Exhibition rating 5.6: 21 bushes, 7 reports. Some health problems: Light fragrance: Medium height: Blood red flowers. Waikato - largish heads of smaller frilly flowers that do not have good conformation, but a nice splash of colour in the garden. Also from Waikato - looks like it will have a walk in a wheelbarrow. And another Waikato grower is also not very impressed. Moutere Hills - second year bush, some die back and black spot. Gisborne says it performs well in container.

Book  (2002)  Page(s) 44.  Includes photo(s).
 
p44 At the National Rose Society's Spring Convention in Christchurch, November 2001, a quilt competition was run in conjunction with the Rose Show......'Lest We Forget', the blood red ANZAC rose has a special significance for many Australians and New Zealanders and Ruth Marshall chose this rose to tell the story of her father's war service. Stitched in memory of Ivan Penwell, this small quilt.....

p16-17 Photo [of the rose and quilt by] Tom Devlin

Book  (2001)  Includes photo(s).
 
p21 Peter Elliott. New Zealand International Rose Trial Ground. Trial 30. 1998-2000.
Variety 98.4112. 66.8 points. Fl. ''Lest We Forget (MATTzac) Breeder: Matthews. Agent: Matthews. Colour: blood red.

p80 Photo. 'Lest We Forget' F1. (MATTzac) N.Z. 1998. Transparency June Hocking.