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| synonyms: 'Suaveolens', | ||||
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| colour: White | ||||
| height: Shrub above 5 feet (1.5 m) | ||||
| scent: Good or wonderful old rose scent | ||||
| introduction: 1700 - 1800 | ||||
| usda zone: Zone 3 (-33ºC/-27.4ºF to -36ºC/-32.8ºF) | ||||
| flowers: Semi Double | ||||
| repeat: Once Flowering | ||||
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An Alba rose. This rose is usually considered a synonym of ‘Alba Semi-plena’, and is a name used for the rose grown for perfume in Bulgaria. When Roger and I visited the rose fields near Isparta in Turkey, we did not see any alba roses being grown there. Our illustration of ‘Alba Suaveolens’ comes from a plant grown by Richard Rix in Kent, and shows flowers with more petals than ‘Alba Semi-plena’ but less than ‘Alba Maxima’. Gerry Kreuger records that ‘Alba Semi-plena’ has anthers on the inner petals, while ‘Alba Suaveolens’ does not. Zone 3, surviving -25°C, and probably less. Photographed at the garden of Richard Rix Kent UK. | ||||
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