Creator: Dickson, Northern Ireland, 1924Origin: “Hugh Dickson” x “Sunstar”
Flowers: 11 cm
Height: 1, 25 m
Upon introduction "Shot Silk" was very well received seeing that it was one of the first Hybrid Tea rose "Pernetianas" (with yellow and orange flowers), strongly scented. And indeed, the flowers of this rose is typical of hybrid tea, quite elegant and well formed that comes as solitary or in groups of two to four.
The inner petals are short and few in number, but that does not diminish the beauty and class of these flowers. In fact it is quite the contrary. The color varies: sometimes a cherry red with orange tones, yellow and salmon, and sometimes yellow and orange predominate in relation to red. The colors are more intense in temperate climates, and the flowers are very resistant to rain. The foliage is of a medium green, and the branches have few thorns. It is a healthy shrub, erect, and produces flowers continuously until the end of autumn
The Dickson family is the oldest British dynasty of rose breeders. After six generations Colin Dickson, born in 1956, continues today to lead the family company in Newtonwards, near Belfast, Northern Ireland.
George Dickson (1832-1914) was the first British to follow the methods of Henry Bennet, in what refers the hybridization of roses. In 1892 he obtained the first results, a Hybrid tea rose called "Mrs W. J. Grant. Later on he obtained two other highly successful roses: "Liberty" (1902) and "George Dickson" (1912). He also produced some Hybrid Perpetual roses: "Tom Wood" (1896), "J. B. Clark 'and' Hugh Dickson 'in 1905.
