Rose Sneeuwwitje
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Other names: Iceberg, Schneewittchen, Fée des Neiges
Characteristics
Main color: White
Color: White
Flowering: Repeat flowering
Flower size: Medium
Flower: Double , cupped-to-flat , in large clusters
Foliage: Light green , medium , glossy , leathery
Aroma: Light, sweet
Class: Floribunda rose
Sub-class: Floribunda rose
Type: Medium shrub
Growth type: Upright, compact
Height: 110 - 120 cm
Width: 90 cm
Description
'Iceberg' is a modern variety of floribunda rose with large clusters of pure white flowers. The flowers, which are lightly fragrant, have a diameter of approximately 5 centimeters with average petals count of 25 to 35 petals under normal conditions. They are double, cupped form when the flowers start to open and becoming flat as the flower fully open. Sometimes the flowers are tinged with pink in late summer or autumn.
These blooms grow in large clusters on lengthy stems. The buds of the flowers are elongated and pointed. Blooms abundantly throughout the season, almost without breaks.
Forms upright, compact bush which. The leaves of this rose variety are small, glossy, and light green in color. This variety has excellent disease resistance, very healthy and very resistant to rains and heat.
Name origin
The plant was registered under the cultivar name 'KORbin' by Kordes in 1958 and given the trade name Schneewittchen. The cultivar is known as Fée des Neiges in French and Iceberg in English.
Awards
In 1958, 'KORbin' was awarded a Royal National Rose Society Gold Medal.
The cultivar was selected as the "World Favourite Rose" of 1983 by the World Federation of Rose Societies and is listed in their "Rose Hall of Fame".
The German ADR title granted in 1960 was taken away in 2004.
Stamps depicting the cultivar were issued in Romania in 1970 and New Zealand in 1975.
Parentage
The cultivar was developed by prolific German rose breeder Reimer Kordes in Germany in 1958. He and his father Wilhelm had initially specialised in developing bush roses that were suitable for small gardens. The parent varieties of 'KORbin' are 'Robin Hood', a red hybrid musk rose, developed by Joseph Pemberton in 1927 in England, and 'Virgo', a white hybrid-tea rose bred in France by Charles Mallerin in 1927.
Climate zones
USDA zone 5 and warmer
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Published Aug. 23, 2023, 7:43 a.m. by Yuri Osadchyi
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