Book  (2002)  Page(s) 34.  
 
1961. Rated 8.3

Article (magazine)  (2002)  Page(s) 409.  
 
Cocktail  Chromosome number 28  [Provenance: Guillot]

Magazine  (2001)  Page(s) 23. Vol 95, Part 1.  
 
Peter Harkness.  Favourite Singles.
Cocktail. Cluster-flowered shrub / climber, 1957.   The dainty bright red flowers with their gay yellow-centred flowers show up to brilliant effect in warmer climates.  In Britain they are dulled by greyer skies, and the plants do not seem to grow or flower half so well.  Plants seen in Japan provided the most resplendent display of single roses I have ever seen, and justify its inclusion in this list.  

Book  (2000)  Page(s) 170.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Cocktail’/ MEImick: Arbuste. Pour l’éclat du coloris, ‘Cocktail’ est virtuellement imbattable… en larges bouquets… boutons pointus… rouge géranium éclairé d’un oeil primevère… subtil parfum épicé… un rosier sans égal pour illuminer un coin de jardin bien exposé, un sol plutôt riche. Meilland France 1957.

Book  (Nov 1998)  Page(s) 101.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 290.  Includes photo(s).
 
Cocktail Modern Shrub. Meilland (France) 1959. Description... clusters of burnished red, single flowers each with yellow centres...

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 124, 125.  Includes photo(s).
 
Page 124: Cocktail (MEImick) Cluster-flowered. Parentage: ('Independence' x 'Orange Triumph') x 'Phyllis Bide'. Meilland 1957. Description... When they first open the flowers are scarlet with gold at the centre, but age turns them crimson... You can grow it as a climber, on a pillar, or prune it hard to make a moderate-size shrub...
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Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 101.  
 
Cocktail® Shrub, geranium-red, base primrose-yellow, single, 1957, (MEImick); ('Independence' x 'Orange Triumph') x 'Phyllis Bide'; Meilland, F. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 154.  Includes photo(s).
 
Cocktail (MEImick) Cluster-flowered climber. Parentage: ('Independence' x 'Orange Triumph') x 'Phyllis Bide'. France 1957. Description and cultivation... Produces a very bright, single, red flower with a primrose-yellow centre and yellow stamens...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 200.  Includes photo(s).
 
A low Climber or Shrub Rose, which makes a superb standard. Meilland (France) 1959. (('Independence' x 'Orange Triumph') x 'Phyllis Bide') Flowers continuously. As a Shrub it will grow to 150 cm (5 ft.) Not very hardy. Scented.