The Fairy

This rose's location in the garden is SW 011.

• Classification: Polyantha   
• Flower Color:  light pink
• Flower Size: 1 inch
• Flower Form: small, double, rosette-like, borne in clusters
• Petal Count:  25
• Fragrance: no
• Repeat Bloomer: yes
• Foliage: glossy
• Plant Height:  3 feet
• Plant Width:  4 feet
• Growth Habit: compact, arching, spreading
• Disease Resistant: yes
• Hybridizer: Ann Bentall (U.K.)
• Registered: 1932
• Parentage: ‘Paul Crampel’ x ‘Lady Gay’
• ARS* Rating: 8.7 (a very good to excellent rose)
  *American Rose Society Rating

Awards:

• 1993 Award of Garden Merit of the Royal Horticultural Society (U.K.)

Notes:

• “Hybridizer Ann Bentall was a passionate and experienced gardener and rose breeder. She and her husband John Bentall bred and sold roses commercially in the late 1920s and 1930s. The Reverend Joseph Pemberton, Anglican clergyman and rose hybridizer, bequeathed John Bentall and another nurseryman his rose fields at Pemberton Nursery in Essex (1926).  The hybridization of 'Buff Beauty' has often been attributed to John Bentall or Joseph Pemberton, with Ann credited only with the introduction of the rose in 1939, after her husband's death.  Ann Bentall is currently recognized as the creator of 'Buff Beauty'. According to author Peter Schneider, "Even though she (Ann) bred two of the five most widely grown roses in the world today ('The Fairy' and the pink-and-white hybrid musk 'Ballerina'), Ann Bentall has never been admitted into the pantheon of 'Great Hybridizers'.” --- (Wikipedia, “Rosa ‘Buff Beauty’”) retrieved March 2021.