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| synonyms: 'Blanche Superbe', |
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| colour: White |
| height: Shrub above 5 feet (1.5 m) |
| scent: Good or wonderful old rose scent |
| introduction: 1801 - 1825 |
| usda zone: Zone 4 (-27ºC/-16.6ºF to -33ºC/-27.4ºF) |
| flowers: Fully Double |
| repeat: Once Flowering |
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An alba, raised by Vibert in 1817. A medium-sized, bushy shrub to 1.5m. Leaves grey-green. Flowers in nodding clusters, white, around 8cm across, fully double with a characteristic tight central rosette of small petals blocking the centre of the flower. Scent very good, likened by some to hyacinths. Zone 3, surviving -25°C, and probably less. Photographed at the garden of Richard Rix Kent UK. |
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Availability
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'Blanche de Belgique' is available from the following nurseries:
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| Flora Linnea -Sweden |
| Vintage Gardens Antique Roses -United States |
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