the vigorous honeysuckle Lonicera periclymenum 'Graham Thomas' and the 1983 David Austin rose 'Graham Thomas'. He influenced a number of other notable rose growers, including Peter Beales, who worked with him for a short time at Hillings. Books Books written by Graham Stuart Thomas include: The Old Shrub Roses (1955) Colour in the Winter Garden (1957) Shrub Roses of Today (1962) Climbing Roses Old and New (1965) Perennial Garden Plants (1975) Plants for Ground Cover (1977) Gardens of the National Trust (1979) The Art of Planting (1984) Complete Flower Paintings and Drawings of Graham Stuart Thomas (1987) The Rock Garden and its Plants: From Grotto to Alpine House (1989 Sagapress/Timber Press) Ornamental Shrubs, Climbers and Bamboos, (1992) The Graham Stuart Thomas Rose Book, (1994) (republication of Old Shrub Roses, Shrub Roses of Today, and Climbing Roses Old and New) Cuttings from My Garden Notebooks (1997) Treasured Perennials (1999) Graham Stuart Thomas' Three Gardens of Pleasant Flowers: With Notes on Their Design, Maintenance and Plants (2001) The Garden Through the Year (2002) Recollections of Great Gardeners (2003) References External sources 2001 Graham Thomas interview with Carolyn Parker for Journal of the Heritage Rose Foundation (reproduced on Rosesfromatoz.com in 2006) Graham Stuart Thomas botanical drawings at RHS website Graham Stuart Thomas article on his favourite roses, from Historic Rose Journal, 2000 1909 births 2003 deaths English gardeners People from Cambridge English landscape and garden designers English garden writers English rose horticulturists Officers of the Order of the British Empire Victoria Medal of Honour recipients Veitch Memorial Medal recipients