Newsletter  (Dec 2015)  Page(s) 26.  Includes photo(s).
 
[From "A Rose Island in the Sky", by Mia Gröndahl, pp. 23-27]
We stop in front of ‘Rebecca’s Choice’, a lovely light pink rose where wilderness, R. gigantea, meets an old British tea rose, the pink ‘Mrs. B. R. Cant’, cultivated but disease resistant. The crossing, which can easily be viewed at a “table-top” pergola, did not at first catch Viru’s interest. But, as always, in the spirit of the teamwork of the Viraraghavans, Viru consulted Girija. “Girija pointed at a single rose and said: ‘See how beautifully the petals are reflexed; it looks like a butterfly in flight!’, ” says Viru, and adds with a smile: “Her opinion is often somewhat different from my own, which I highly value.” The flowers of ‘Rebecca’s Choice’ have that silky, see-through quality that Viru tries to achieve in his crossings. Sustainability has to come with beauty.

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'Virchoice', LCl, lp, 2012, (,strong>Rebecca's Choice), [Mrs. B.R.Cant × Rosa gigantea], Viraraghavan, M.S.; flowers 4+ in., single, borne in small clusters, moderate fragrance; foliage large, dark green, glossy; prickles downward pointing, numerous, red when young; growth spreading, vigorous climber, tall (10+ ft)