Booklet  (2008)  
 
Seedling books Books NZ 1972-85. 1982-1983. p10
1975. 21 Spike Macspice. (Anytime x Otto Linne)

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 432.  Includes photo(s).
 
Macspice Miniature. Sam McGredy 1983. Description... The unique 'Macspice' produces its flowers in foot-long, larkspur-like sprays, as many as fifty tiny mauve-pink flowers to the spray...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 332.  
 
MACspice Miniature, mauve, 1983, (MACspike); 'Anytime' x 'Gartendirektor Otto Linne'; McGredy, Sam. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 237.  Includes photo(s).
 
Macspice (MACspike) Cluster-flowered floribunda. Parentage: 'Anytime' x 'Gartendirektor Otto Linne'. New Zealand 1982. Description and cultivation... An unusual modern rose growing more like s delphinium. Long, gently arching stems carry 25 cm (10 in) long fragrant spikes of lavender-pink flowers gently shading to lilac-mauve with age...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 432.  Includes photo(s).
 
Macspice MACspike. Miniature. The unique 'Macspice' produces its flowers in foot-long larkspur-like sprays, as many as fifty tiny mauve-pink flowers to the spray. The effect of the spreading arching bush is total charming. Foliage is bright green. It was a Sam McGredy introduction of 1983. 'Anytime' x 'Gartendirektor Otto Linne'. Repeat flowering. Fragrant.

Book  (1985)  Page(s) 88.  
 
Macspice. 'Macspike'. McGredy 1983. 'Anytime x Otto Linne'. The long flowering spikes are tipped with many small mauve blooms. The plant has small medium green foliage, and the growth is spreading. This variety is sometimes classified as a shrub rose.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 137.  
 
Nola Simpson. The Trial Grounds 1980-81.
In the shrubs there were only two, a mini shrub MACspike, an unusual rose with flowers up the stem like a delphinium, very pretty in mauve pink.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 162.  
 
The Rose Trials. The following are varieties planted in autumn 1977 or spring 1978 and which finished their trial in 1980. T.G. 3883. Macspike McGredy, Floribunda. pink