Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Petal count: semi-double: 8-15 petals
Rose bloom color: White and white blend
Extra Bloom Info: Semi-double to double
Rebloom: None
Class: Other: Hybrid spinosissima
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 3-7 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Unknown, before 1808

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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)
Plant Height: 3-7 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Burnet Double White'
  • 'Double Scotch White'
  • 'Elegans'
  • 'Rosa pimpinellifolia alba flore multiplici'
  • 'White Spinosissima'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: Blenheim New Zealand

Date: c. 1913
photo from the 1913 catalog, Biltmore Nursery Roses, Asheville, N

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