Clarence House' was the name chosen by The Queen Mother for this special rose on the occasion of her 100th birthday. Her Majesty will be a the Show to receive a bloom of the new rose from Peter Beales. The rose, a climber bred by Peter's daughter Amanda, has very full double white flowers flushed with lemon in a tea-like style. Clarence House' is available through mail order and bare-rooted plants will be dispatched from November to March.
Stocks are limited.
The RHS Lawrence Medal Peter and son Richard went to collect the prestigious Lawrence Medal at the RHS AGM in June for their exhibit at the 1999 Chelsea Flower Show, judged the best exhibit out of all the RHS shows in 1999. Bliss' was launched in royal style at the Chelsea Flower Show in May by HRH The Duchess of Kent who is patron of the Rhys Daniels Trust. Sales of 'Bliss' will help the Trust's 'Home from Home' appeal project which provides specially adapted accommodation for families of sick children who are being treated at hospital miles away from their family home. Four year old Bliss Daniels, who the rose was named after, launched the new rose with HRH The Duchess of Kent. A surprise new introduction at Chelsea was 'Evelyn May'.