Rose Sneeuwwitje

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Registration code: KORbin
Breeder: Reimer Kordes
Year of introduction: 1958
Introduced by: W. Kordes' Söhne

Main color: White
Flowering: Repeat flowering
Flower size: Medium
Type: Medium shrub
Aroma: Light, sweet
110 - 120 cm, 90 cm

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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



Growing tips

roses for full sun areas Sun position: Grows well on full sun.
soil reuirements Preference in type of soils: Grows well on all types of soils.
rose prunning tips Prunning: Requires deadheading after the flowering.

Health

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Published Aug. 23, 2023, 7:43 a.m. by Yuri Osadchyi

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