Book  (6 Jan 2010)  
 
‘Rod Stillman’ HT, lp, 1948, Hamilton; flowers light pink, base flushed orange, large, 35 petals, intense, melons and peaches fragrance; foliage dark green; vigorous, tall growth
[Ophelia × Editor McFarland]
Roses in Review: Garden Rating: 6.0 Exhibition Rating:

Magazine  (2003)  
 
Heritage Roses in Australia. 7th National Conference, Hay, NSW, proceedings.
p37 John Nieuwesteeg. Australian Roses. In 1948 Bob Hamilton released ‘Rod Stillman’ a large bush of which still grows in the center of town at Birchip in the Wimmera.

Website/Catalog  (2002)  Page(s) 19.  
 
‘Rod Stillman’ (Hybrid Tea) 1948 An Australian bred rose. Light pink flowers with the base flushed orange, large, double, very fragrant, recurrent. Vigorous growth.

Website/Catalog  (2000)  Page(s) 10.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Rod Stillman’ Hybrid Tea. 1948. Australia. Double, fragrant, large flowers, cut flowers, recurrent. 1.3m x 1m. Light pink; orange pink.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 26.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Rod Stillman’ 1948 ‘Ophelia’ x ‘Editor McFarland’. Large Flowered Bush rose., large buds. Large, double, fragrant. Well formed light-pink flowers flushed yellow at base, fully recurrent. Dark, leathery, smooth foliage, large leaflets. Flower 35 petals, 100mm 1 to 5. Bush 1.25m x 1m.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 512.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Rod Stillman’ Syn: ‘Red Stillman’. Modern, large-flowered hybrid tea. Light pink. Repeat flowering. This variety has light pink flowers that are flushed with orange at the base. Extremely fragrant, they are large and have 35 petals. Vigorous in growth and with dark foliage and well shaped blooms. ‘Rod’Stillman’ is repeat-flowering and is suitable for bedding. Zones 4-9. Hamilton, Australia 1948 ‘Ophelia’ x ‘Editor McFarland’.

Book  (1997)  
 
p61 Mr. R. T. Hamilton. Looking Backward. ….Another stalwart exhibitor was Roderick Stillman, after whom I had the great pleasure to name my new seedling in 1948 – ‘Rod Stillman’. Rod was a big man, foreman for a big construction company. A great society man, if someone was wanted to do a job, perhaps visiting an outer suburban horticultural society to lecture on roses, Rod was always ready to volunteer although he didn’t drive a car and had to depend on public transport to get him there and back. He was always ready, even though he was busy with his own roses to help the novice, me in particular. Unfortunately, he did not see the rose I named for him. He died in middle age.

p102 Mrs. M. Bushby. ….Returning to ‘Rod Stillman’, I shall describe it as a silvery pink, fragrant rose with blooms carried elegantly on upright stems. This rose has beautiful form and is most useful to pick for indoor decoration and exhibition in the ‘garden rose’ class.

Book  (1996)  
 
p52 George Thomson. Mt. Barker, SA. ‘Rod Stillman’ another very good show rose hybrid tea very fragrant medium growth salmon pink bred by the late Bob Hamilton.

p53 Mr. Allan Read. North Nowra, NSW. Robert Hamilton had a number of roses to his credt, but none better than ‘Rod Stillman’, 1948. a light pink on long stems it was excellent for bunch classes and graced my garden for over 30 years.

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 129.  
 
‘Rod Stillman’ Hamilton, Australia, 1948. HT Pink [available from] Golden Vale, Minirose, Ross, Roworth, Simms, Swiss, Thomas.

Newsletter  (1995)  Page(s) 19. Vol 4, No. 3.  
 
‘Rod Stillman’ HT. 1948. R. T. Hamilton. ‘Ophelia’ x ‘Editor McFarland’.