Data specific to Roses (Edit)
| Bloom size: |
Small: under 2"
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| Bloom shape: |
Other: Rosette
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| Petal count: |
double: 16-25 petals
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| Rose bloom color: |
White and white blend
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| Extra Bloom Info: |
Double to full, in clusters |
| Rebloom: |
None
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| Class: |
Other: Species, wild
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| Growth Habit: |
Arching canes, up to 20-30 feet |
| Fragrance: |
Moderate
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| Misc: |
Thornless or almost thornless
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| Hybridizer & year: |
Wild rose |
| Optimal growing zones: |
USDA zone 6 and warmer |
General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Shrub
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
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| Soil pH Preferences: |
Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
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| Plant Height: |
Up to 20-30 feet |
| Plant Spread: |
Up to 10 feet |
| Leaves: |
Deciduous
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| Flowers: |
Showy
Fragrant
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| Flower Color: |
White
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| Flower Time: |
Late spring or early summer
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| Uses: |
Cut Flower
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| Wildlife Attractant: |
Bees
Butterflies
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
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| Pollinators: |
Bees
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| Containers: |
Not suitable for containers
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- White Lady Banks
- Rose
- Lady Banks White
- Evergreen Multiflora
- Rosier de Lady Banks
- Accepted: Rosa banksiae
- Synonym: Rosa banksiae var. banksiae
- Synonym: Rosa banksiae var. albo-plena
- Synonym: Rosa banksiana
- Synonym: Rosa fragariiflora
- Synonym: Rosa inermis
Posted by
jathton (Oklahoma City, OK - Zone 7a) on Oct 19, 2019 2:04 PM concerning plant:
After reading the statistics and description for this plant, as well as the comments and threads some of you initiated, I can only say I am surprised and confused by all of it.
Are all of you simply keeping quiet about this particular rose, or don't any of you know its story?
A young couple named Gee moved to Tombstone, AZ in the early 1880's from their native Scotland. In 1885 Mary Gee received a box full of plants, seeds and bulbs from a friend back home. One of the plants was a Lady Banks Rose. Mary and a friend planted the rose in a courtyard behind the hotel they were staying in.
One hundred thirty four years later the rose is not only still alive it is, according to the Guiness Book of World Records, the largest Rose in the world. Its canopy now covers a 9,000 square foot arbor... and it takes two people with their arms outstretched to encircle the trunk of this majestic plant.
The Rose is known as the Shady Lady of Tombstone and she might well be the only single plant to have an annual Rose Festival named after her. If you go to YouTube and type in "Shady Lady of Tombstone" you'll get to see a 60 minutes segment on the plant. It's worth the digression.
Posted by
Lavanda (TX - Zone 8a) on Feb 23, 2014 6:53 PM concerning plant:
Here in our neighborhood, the songbirds, notably cardinals, love to build their nests in this bush. The rose bush can grow taller than a one-story home, and can house numerous cardinal families.
Posted by
porkpal (Richmond, TX - Zone 9a) on Oct 17, 2011 7:23 PM concerning plant:
This rose survived the worst drought Texas has ever had this summer without being watered at all. It also has occasional repeat blooms here near the Gulf Coast. In spite of our normally high humidity it never suffers from black spot.
Plant Events from our members
| SRMc207 |
On April 12, 2018 |
Obtained plant |
| gwenmason |
On May 28, 2016 |
Transplanted
5 on north wall - southern exposure |
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