Alister Clark

Alister Clark  (1864-1949)  Most of the roses he raised were given to charities and friends.  Clark did not commercially distribute his roses.   Because the roses were kept in private gardens, they were lost in time.  Clark kept his breeding notes on a black notebook that was left out in the rain and destroyed.  A renewed interest in his roses has led individuals to search for his roses in the private gardens.

 One of his goals was to produce rose that would thrive in the heat of Australia.  He used R. Gigantea is his rose breeding program that does well in the hot climate.

The Alister Clark Memorial Gardens are maintained by volunteers Bulla, Australia with 60 of his roses. Clark produced 

over 120 roses.

                                                                       In our garden we grow Lorraine Lee (1924).