HelpMeFind Roses, Clematis and Peonies
Roses, Clematis and Peonies
and everything gardening related.
DescriptionPhotosLineageAwardsReferencesMember RatingsMember CommentsMember JournalsCuttingsGardensBuy From 
'Händel' rose References
HelpMeFind's future is in your hands - Please do not take this unique resource for granted.

Your support of HelpMeFind is urgently needed. HelpMeFind, like all websites, needs funding to survive. We have set a premium-membership yearly subscription amount as low as possible to make user-community funding viable.

We are grateful to the many members who have signed up so far, but the number of premium-membership members remains too small for us to sustain the current support and development level. If you value HelpMeFind and want to see it continue we need your support too.

Yearly membership is only $2.00 per month and adds a host of additional features, and numerous planned enhancements, to take full advantage of the power and convenience of HelpMeFind. Click here to start your premium membership..

We of course also welcome donations of any amount. Click here to make a donation. Donations of $24 or more receive a thank-you gift of a 1-year premium membership.

As far as we have come, we feel HelpMeFind is still in its infancy. With your support we have so much more to accomplish.
Website/Catalog  (2015)  
 
Name: 'Macha'
Synonyms: Haendel®, 'Händel', 'Macha'
ARS Approved Exhibition Name: Handel®
LCl, rb, 1965, McGredy, Sam IV; flowers cream edged red, large, 22-30 petals, slight, honey fragrance; recurrent bloom, on both old and new wood; foliage glossy, olive-green; climbing growth
[Columbine × Gruss an Heidelberg]
Garden Rating: 7.9 Introductions: McGredy
Awards: Gold Medal, Portland, 1975
Booklet  (2008)  
 
An Information List of all Varieties. p4
1965. Handel - Macha
Book  (2004)  Page(s) 252.  Includes photo(s).
 
'Handel'. Modern Climber. Syns 'Haendel', 'Handel', MACha. Bred by McGredy (UK) and introduced in 1965, this is one of his best climbers. The flowers come singly and in well-spaced clusters. The color is creamy white with a cherry pink flush to the petal edges. Spiraling buds open slowly to high centered flowers that later become cupped and show amber stamens. There is not much scent. After a profuse spring display it repeats well. Blooms are at their best in cool weather. Foliage is mid-green and glossy and growth is vigorous, stiff and branching. It has occasional problems with black spot. It is at its best in a warm, dry climate, growing on a pillar, high wall or fence. ('Columbine' x 'Heidelberg'). RNRS Trial Ground Certificate 1965. Portland Gold Medal 1975, RHS Award of Garden Merit 1993. Zones 6-9.
'
Book  (Aug 2002)  Page(s) 46.  
 
Handel
Large-flowered Climber 1965
Rated 8.0
Book  (2001)  Page(s) 48.  
 
Handel Large-flowered Climber, red blend, 1965. Rating: 8.1
Website/Catalog  (31 Dec 1998)  Page(s) 21.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 293.  Includes photo(s).
 
Handel (MACha, 'Haendel', 'Händel') McGredy 1965. Description... blush flowers rimmed with pinky red...
Website/Catalog  (23 Oct 1998)  Page(s) 29.  Includes photo(s).
Magazine  (1998)  Page(s) 14. Vol 92, Part 1.  
 
Peter Harkness. Climbers in the Modern Garden.
'Handel' .....
Book  (1996)  Page(s) 66, 67.  Includes photo(s).
 
Page 66: Handel (MACha) Climber... one of the most photogenic of all roses...
Page 67: [Photo]
© 2025 HelpMeFind.com