Website/Catalog  (2010)  Page(s) 16.  
 
‘Sir Winston Churchill’. Salmon pink. Orange center, strong fragrance, upright growth.

Book  (2008)  Page(s) 227.  
 
‘Sir Winston Churchill’. Fragrant pink HT. Alex Dickson, UK. 1955. The great wartime British Prime Minister (1874-1965) was a keen rose lover and it’s a pity his rose is rarely seen now.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 550.  Includes photo(s).
 
‘Sir Winston Churchill’. Modern, large-flowered hybrid tea. Orange-pink, repeat-flowering. This bush produces large, high centered, double flowers filled with 45 salmon-pink petals that are orange in the centers. There is a strong fragrance. The glossy dark green foliage on this vigorous and upright plant is a nice backdrop to the single flowers, which are sometimes carried in small clusters. The bloom is adequate with a rather show repeat, and the disease resistance is good. ‘Sir Winston Churchill’ is still a good bedding variety, but has vanished from most catalogues. A tendency of the blooms to ball in wet climates may be the reason for its disappearance. Zones 5-10. Dickson UK, 1955. Seedling x ‘Souvenir de Denier van der Gon’. National Rose Society Gold Medal 1955.

Book  (1999)  Page(s) 93.  
 
‘Sir Winston Churchill’. Dickson, UK 1955. HT. Orange/pink. [available from] Magic Garden. [Victoria].

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 554.  
 
Sir Winston Churchill Hybrid Tea, salmon-pink shaded orange, 1955, Seedling x 'Souv. de Denier van der Gon'; Dickson, A. Description.

Book  (1989)  Page(s) 78.  
 
David Ruston. A Tour of Rose Gardens in Europe and England 1988. ….were outstanding and so was the exhibition variety bred by the Melle Experiment Station ‘Lily de Gerlache’ named for our hostess – in colour a little like ‘Sir Winston Churchill’.

Book  (1972)  Page(s) 86.  
 
Joan Hillary, Mt. Pleasant. WA. …. And outside my kitchen window is a plant of ‘[Sir] Winston Churchill’. This is a lovely shaped rose with a delightful fragrance. Now that it has reached a height where it blooms above the window sill, there are roses there during most of its flowering period.

Book  (1971)  Page(s) 54.  
 
Dr. John Watts, Cheshire. Roses for Rainy Districts. 'Winston Churchill', 'Montezuma' and 'Queen Elizabeth' were amongst the first to ball. Every bloom of 'Winston Churchill' was spoiled independent of the state of opening. By a strange coincidence the second flush of blooms, starting on Sep 27, had a very similar sequence of weather, i.e. three dry days, a range of temperature 38-75 degrees F. and 0.94 inches of rainfall. Today, October 4, very few of the roses show signs of bruising, let alone balling and even one bloom of 'Winston Churchill' (the only flower) is unaffected..... If 'Winston Churchill' can be persuaded to bloom without balling, under slightly adverse conditions, by some modification in the growing technique, then I think that balling in other varieties can be almost eliminated.

Book  (1969)  Page(s) 130.  
 
Mr. R. J. Bell. Victoria. Split Centre Symposium. Split centers seem to occur in most of our full petalled roses, but to varying degrees of frequency and the worst affected would include …. and ‘Sir Winston Churchill’ in my experience.

Book  (1967)  Page(s) 106.  
 
David Ruston. A Visit to Tasmania. ….Our next port of call was at Mr. Bisdee at Bagdad….I could not believe that ‘Sir Winston Churchill’ and ‘Lady Mandeville’ could produce such huge refined blooms.