Newsletter  (Aug 2021)  Page(s) 9.  Includes photo(s).
 
Two years after Ms. Willmott’s death, the hybridizer of ‘Dainty Bess,’ William Edward Basil Archer, introduced another single Hybrid Tea he named ‘Ellen Willmott.’ A cross between ‘Dainty Bess’ and ‘Lady Hillingdon’ (an unusually hardy apricot yellow Tea), the Archer version of ‘Ellen Willmott’ is creamy white touched by a hint of lemon yellow with a pale frosting of pink around the edges of the petals, especially in cooler weather. Its stamens consist of red filaments topped with golden anthers, and are a prominent and attractive feature as evidenced by a comment recorded by Daphne Filiberti, “If roses had eyelashes this one could certainly bat her eyes.” The wavy petals occasionally have scalloped edges. In my garden it is upright growing with long cutting stems

Book  (2006)  Page(s) 193.  
 
Ellen Willmott...HT...rrr/f/5...Archer, 1936...[Luhn]....
Single, large, cream-white Hybrid Tea flowers, blushed with pink, on a strong growing bush...

Book  (1997)  Page(s) 422.  
 
'Ellen Willmott' Archer...UK...1936
A charming, single cultivar. Pronounced golden anthers framed by wavy petals of cream and pink. Growth vigorous and bushy with dark green foliage...4' x 3'...

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 157.  
 
Ellen Willmott Hybrid Tea, yellow blend, 1936, 'Dainty Bess' x 'Lady Hillingdon'; Archer. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 183.  Includes photo(s).
 
Ellen Willmott Large-flowered hybrid tea. Parentage: 'Dainty Bess' x 'Lady Hillingdon'. England 1936. Description and cultivation. Flowers: Single cream blushed pink, wavy petals centred with bright golden stamens...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 198.  Includes photo(s).
 
A delicate, single Hybrid Tea which makes a good bushy plant. Archer (Britain) 1936. ('Dainty Bess' x 'Lady Hillingdon')

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 263.  
 
Ellen Wilmott Hybrid Tea. Archer, 1936. Parentage: 'Dainty Bess' x 'Lady Hillingdon'. [Author cites information from different sources.]

Book  (Jun 1992)  Page(s) 326.  
 
Ellen Wilmott Hybrid Tea. Archer 1936

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 125.  Includes photo(s).
 
Ellen Willmott Hybrid Tea. Archer 1936. Parentage: 'Dainty Bess' x 'Lady Hillingdon'.

Article (website)  (1982)  Page(s) 15.  
 
Ellen Wilmott (Hybrid tea). A charming, single variety.  Pronounced golden anthers framed by wavy petals of cream and pink.  Upright growth. Foliage and stems tinted purple 1936. (C) 3 x 3’.