Rosa pimpinellifolia ‘Double White’ syn. Rosa spinosissima ‘Double White’, ‘Double White Burnet’ The flowers are pure white produced over a long season in early summer; well scented. The growth is rather untidy and suckering, thus making it ideal for as hedge, height to 2m. The date of introduction is not known. Zone 5, will survive down to –25°C. Little was known about the Scots or Burnet roses until recently when Mary McMurtrie published her book on the subject, Scots Roses, and she writes about this one: ‘This rose was for long rare and expensive, but in time it was stocked by almost all nurseries under the name “White Pompon’’’.
She says the record shows that pimpinellifolia takes precedence over spinosissima.