'Alba Maxima' Rose

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'Alba Maxima' rose Description

My HMF:

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Anglica alba
• Bonnie Prince Charlie's Rose (Alba)
• Cheshire Rose
• Common great White Rose
• Common White Rose
• Double White Rose (alba)
• Great Double White
• Great White Rose
• Jacobite Rose
• Jakobiter-Rose
• Maxima (alba, Unknown before 1500)
• Rosa alba "Double White"
• Rosa alba florepleno
• Rosa alba maxima
• Rosa alba var. florepleno hort. ex Andrews
• Rosa alba var. plena
• Rosa alba vulgaris major
• Rosa x alba 'Maxima'
• Rose blanche

Also referenced as: Alba multiplex, Rosier blanc ordinaire, Rosa alba plena, Rosa alba major plena, Weiss Gartenrosen, The Jacobite Rose, Rosa albi plenofloro, Rosa flore albo pleno, Rosa Anconitana

HMF Ratings:

13 favorite votes.
GOOD+ overall member rating.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Alba.
Registration name: Alba Maxima
Exhibition name: Alba Maxima

Origin:

Bred by Unknown (before 1500) .

Class:

Alba, Species Cross.

Bloom:

White, yellow highlights. Strong, sweet fragrance. Large, very double bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer. Glandular sepals, leafy sepals buds.

Habit:

Height of 6' to 8' 2" (185 to 250 cm). Width of 4' to 5' (120 to 150 cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 3b through 9b. Prune lightly until this rose gets established (about two years), then prune it back by about a third.. Prune right after flowering is finished. This rose blooms on old wood.

Ploidy:

Hexaploid

Parentage:

Rosa canina L. × Rosa gallica L.

Notes:

Rosa alba var. florepleno hort. ex Andrews. Roses 1:t.12. 1810.

Different opinions about parentage, please see References.
Sets hips.
The Swedish Rose Society recommends Maxima for northern Sweden.