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PS Rose Toby Tristram 'cream, ages to white' should be 'cream, ages to white and then to pink'
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How interesting, so good to hear the origins of this rose, as I first saw it at Peter Beales rose garden many years ago, labelled correctly as 'Toby Tristram', and I was in awe of it, a magnificent rose... I also saw it later on a wall at Mannington Hall in Norfolk, England.. a huge specimen, I think it's still there..
I think your Grandfather bred one fabulous rose, albeit a rather large growing one, that should be better known, where roses like Rambling Rector, Kiftsgate etc are grown..
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Rose 'Toby Tristram' (or per a typo in an entry within your listing, 'Toby Tristam'. Your entry says it was bred by Mrs Targett c.1970. She may perhaps have had a role in introducing it to commerce, I don't know, but it was actually bred by my grandfather Major Guy Tristram who died in 1963. He named it after his second wife Kathleen who was known in the family as Toby. Guy bred a number of roses including one he named after my grandmother Ruth, but I think Toby Tristram is the only one that got into the trade and is still marketed. His son, my father David, continued the family tradition of breeding garden plants, such as Scabious Pink Mist, Spiraea Magic Carpet, Hellebore 'Rosemary'.
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