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The other rambler he is growing is in the wilder part of Chris’s nursery it is a chance seedling supplied to him by Marron Cheshire a member of the Amateur Rose Breeders Association. The Rose named for Marron’s daughter Amanda Saborn is not in commerce to date. It was found in her garden when she moved in, about 17 years ago. It is thought to be a chance seedling cross from Kiftsgate and Rambling Rector which was growing nearby in the vicarage garden. It has much more attractive flowers than Kiftsgate as can be seen from the picture and is highly fragrant but equally as vigorous as Kiftsgate It was entered in ARBA trials a few years ago without success because ramblers need a much longer period than the two-year trial period. At Chris Warner’s nursery it was growing into a Mountain Ash tree which it eventually felled and is now free standing.

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Chris Warner however has given me information about two new Rambling Roses he thinks worthy of a mention. He is usually known for his world-famous Patio roses but tells me he did a little breeding with rambling roses a few years ago. He raised an orange-salmon pink Rambler as the picture shows about 15 years ago. He has never released it and it has been growing on his nursery ever since. The seed parent was Mary Sumner with pollen from Kiftsgate he says it is very healthy with shiny foliage and fragrant too. It is growing through a holly tree on his nursery and has reached twenty-five feet in height. He had previously tried to hybridise this colour into ramblers by using a chance seedling found at Picton Castle. It was named Leo’s Eye and is an orange pink shade, but he found it to be of poor health, so he discarded it and made the deliberate cross. Leo’s Eye is still listed in specialist catalogues but a new healthy Rambling Rose in this shade should surely be worth growing