'Frühlingsschnee' Rose

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'Frühlingsschnee' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of David Elliott

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

9 favorite votes.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Hybrid Spinosissima.
Registration name: Frühlingsschnee

Origin:

Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, 1954).

Class:

Hybrid Spinosissima.

Bloom:

White. Opinions vary fragrance. Average diameter 3". Large, single to semi-double, cluster-flowered, in small clusters bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Spreading. Wrinkled (rugose) foliage.

Height: 5' to 6' (150 to 185cm). Width: 4' (120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Very hardy.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

Golden Glow (climber, Brownell 1937) × R. spinosissima var. altaica (Willd.) Rehder

Notes:

Some difference of opinion about respective seed and pollen parents, see References.
Possibly bred before 1950 - see References.