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)
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Alba'
  • 'RSM 76'
  • 'White Turkistan Rose'
  • 'Weisse Apfel-Rose'
  • 'Shirobanahamanasu'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: Breezy Knees garden, York, UK
Date: 2020-06-20
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2012-06-21
vigorous grower.
Location: Eagle Bay, New York
Date: 2021-07-25
Rose (Rosa rugosa 'Alba') with Delphinium Pacific Giant
Location: charlottetown, pei, canada
Date: 2012-06-21
very hardy and fragrant .

Date: c. 1913
photo from the 1913 catalog, Biltmore Nursery Roses, Asheville, N
Location: Belmonte Arboretum (Wageningen, The Netherlands)
Location: Belmonte Arboretum (Wageningen, The Netherlands)

Date: c. 1892
illustration from the 1892 catalog, Brown Brothers, Rochester, Ne
Location: Kalama, Wa.
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Location: Belmonte Arboretum (Wageningen, The Netherlands)

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