'Betsy Broughton' rose References
Book (2012) Page(s) 92. Includes photo(s). 'Betsy Broughton'. This is another of Ken Nobbs' lost roses. With unknown parentage, but probably a cross between a rugosa seedling and Rosa moyesii. It is described as being like a spinosissima with tiny fern like leaves. It is recorded as being bred in 1984. The flowers are small, single and cupped and a blush pink. It has a short spreading habit growing to a metre high, and flowers from October to early December.
Newsletter (1986) Page(s) 18-23. Vol 7, No. 3. 'Betsy Broughton'. (Boyd), 1809. Blush pink cupped blooms. Fine fern-like foliage like a Scotch Brier. Diameter 4cm. Single. 5 petals. October to early December. Prob. Rosa rugosa. Very thorny, about 1m high.
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