Book  (2003)  Page(s) Table 11.  
 
Awards at the International Rose Trials Dublin...
1985 'Holstein' Floribunda, Kordes

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 165.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘City of Birmingham’/KORholst/’Esprit’/’Holstein 87’/’Kordes’ Rose Holstein’ /’Petite Marquis’ = Arbuste. Sain et vigoureux… feuillage satiné… grands bouquets de fleurs à 12 pétales, d’un beau rouge écarlate profond, au parfum léger… Kordes, Allemagne, 1987.

Website/Catalog  (31 Dec 1998)  Page(s) 58.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 165.  Includes photo(s).
 
City of Birmingham (KORholst, 'Esprit', 'Holstein 87', 'Kordes' Rose Holstein', 'Petite Marquis') Modern Shrub. Kordes (Germany) 1987. Description... large clusters of semi-double flowers... deep scarlet... It was named to celebrate England's biggest industrial city... in Germany, it was named to acknowledge the province of Holstein...

Website/Catalog  (23 Oct 1998)  Page(s) 15-16.  Includes photo(s).
 
City of Birmingham (KORholst) Floribunda. Kordes 1989. Well-shaped clusters of bright crimson-scarlet blooms borne in great abundance...

Book  (Mar 1995)  Page(s) 146.  
 
Esprit (KORholst, 'City of Birmingham', 'Holstein '87'; 'Petit Marquis') Kordes (Germany) 1989. Shrub. Description... disease-free... semi-double, red blooms...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 164.  
 
Esprit® Shrub, deep red, 1987, (KORholst; 'City of Birmingham'; 'Holstein 87'; 'Kordes' Rose Holstein'; 'Petit Marquis'); Seedling x 'Chorus'; Kordes, W. Description.