Article (misc)  (2005)  Page(s) 110, Table 5.1.  
 
Max Graf : diploid

Website/Catalog  (31 Dec 1998)  Page(s) 42.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 56.  
 
Max Graf Ground cover shrub. Description... single cupped 3.5 in (9 cm( pink blooms, with paler centres...

Book  (1995)  Page(s) 112.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 186.  
 
'Max Graf' Bowditch, U.S. 1919. Rosa rugosa x R. wichuraiana. 'Lady Duncan' was of similar parentage. For many years lingering in obscurity, this rose has sprung into the limelight for two reasons. First because it spontaneously produced tetraploid seeds, the progeny qualilfying for specific status as R. kordesii. Ot had been sterile for years but the fertile tetraploid has been the ancestor of many new roses raised by Kordes. Secondly, because we now welcome roses that are satisfactory, attractive, weed-smothering ground-covers. it makes a dense mat of trailing branches, seldom reaching above 2 feet until thoroughly mounded up with its own growths, and well covered with bright green leaves. I have grown two forms, presumably sister-seedlings, one with rather dull leaves and the other with more glossy leaves of darker green; the two appear to lean toward either parent in this respect. Although they flower only once, it is a very long season, and the contrast of the nearly single pink blooms with white centres and yellow stamens over the greenery is pleasing, and they are sweetly scented of green apples. It is a most valuable plant, rooting as it goes and creating a dense mantle over the ground; presumably with unlimited scope there would be no stopping it, for its subsidiary layers would ever produce new and vigorous plants. No weeds come through it. It is ideal for the fronts of shrub borders, for clothing banks and for hanging down walls, and no double could also be trained upwards, on banks and fences.
Gibson, Plate 36

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 282.  Includes photo(s).
 
James H. Bowdich, Connecticut, 1919. Description. Spring flowering … in the hands of Wilhelm Kordes, gave rise to the highly cold- and disease-resistant Rosa kordesii. R. rugosa x R. wichuraiana.

Book  (11 Jun 1993)  Page(s) 35, 36.  Includes photo(s).
 
Page 35: R. rugosa x R. wichuraiana. Bowditch (USA) 1919. Description... As a parent of the extensively bred R. kordesii, 'Max Graf' holds an important place in modern rose history... The groundcover growth habit derived from R. wichuraiana is the most significant aspect of 'Max Graf'. This rose roots freely along its prostrate canes to form a dense and effective ground cover.... The single, clear pink blossoms pale to near white at the center.
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Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 368.  
 
Max Graf Hybrid Rugosa, bright pink, center golden, 1919, Probable hybrid of R. rugosa x R. wichuraiana; Bowditch. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 104.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 121.  Includes photo(s).