Website/Catalog  (2016)  
 
Registered Name: 'Patricia Neal'
Synonyms: 'Paragon'
ARS Approved Exhibition Name: Patricia Neal
HT, mr, 1970, Macres; flowers bright cerise, large, dbl., high-centered; foliage dark, leathery; vigorous, tall growth. [sport of Better Times]. Introductions: Paragon Greenhouses, 1968

Book  (2007)  
 
p375. Paragon HT. mp, 1964. Macres, T.; bud large, long pointed; flowers brilliant cerise; 5 1/2 in. 36-50 petals, high-centered, borne mostly singly; foliage dark green, leathery; few prickles; growth very vigorous, erect tall; [sport of 'Better Times']; int. by Paragon Greenhouses 1963.

p378. Patricia Neal HT. mr. 1970. Macres; flowers bright cerise, large, dbl., high-centered; foliage dark, leathery; vigorous, tall growth; [sport of 'Better Times']; int. by Paragon Greenhouses, 1968.

Book  (1974)  Page(s) 104.  
 
.....The rose that carries her [Patricia Neal] name, a bright cerise, high-centred HT was named for her after she had put on a magnificent performance in a much neglected film, The Subject Was Roses. "I was in New York at the time", she remembers, "and they sent me an enormous bunch of them. I thought they were extremely nice, but not in any way exceptional." Time passed, and then one day Patricia Neal tried to get some plants of the variety for her garden - but it had never gone into commerce in England where her home now is - and seems to have slipped away in America.

Book  (1970)  
 
p143. New Roses of the World
Paragon  Not introduced into commerce; renamed 'Patricia Neal'. 

p144. New Roses of the World
Patricia Neal HT (IIIA) mr (Thomas Macres; int Paragon Greenhouses, Inc. '68). Large, long pointed buds. Large, double, cerise, full blooms borne singly on long stems. Slight fragrance. Normal amount of dark, green, leathery, medium sized foliage. Disease resistant. Few thorns. Very vigorous growth. Abundant, continuous blooming. (Formerly named 'Paragon').

Book  (1965)  Page(s) 322.  
 
Paragon HT. (Macres; int. Paragon Greenhouses, '63). 'Better Times' sport. Bud long pointed; fl. large (5 1/2 in.) dbl. (30-50 petals) high centered, bright cerise. Fol. dark, leathery. Vig., tall. A greenhouse variety, mr.