Griffith J. Buck
... characterized by its tolerance to cold winter temperatures, its continuous and profuse vase-life production of very large, delicate pink flowers throughout the growing season, and its adaptability for use as a low shrub or as a mass effect, low-maintenance bedding plant... originated as a seedling resulting from breeding efforts carried on by me since 1949 at Iowa State University with the object of producing winter-cold resistant everblooming garden roses suitable for use either as bedding plants or small shrubs, the new plant resulting from a cross of an unnamed seedling derived from "Applejack" (unpatented); "Dean Collins", P.P. 1279; "Queen Elizabeth", P.P. 1259; "Independence", P.P. 1036; and "Improved Lafayette" (unpatented) as the seed parent, and "Prairie Princess" (unpatented) as the pollen parent... the new plant was discovered in 1969