'Double Cream' Rose

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'Double Cream' rose Description

My HMF:

'Double Cream (hybrid Spinosissima, Wallace)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of Kathleen Aspenns

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Double Cream Altai
• Rosa pimpinellifolia 'Double Cream'

HMF Ratings:

14 favorite votes.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Hybrid Spinosissima.

Origin:

Bred by John Alexander Wallace (Canada, 1973).
Introduced in Canada by Agriculture Canada, Beaverlodge, Alberta in 1973 as 'Double Cream Altai'.

Class:

Hybrid Spinosissima.

Bloom:

White or white blend. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Growing:

USDA zone 2b and warmer. Very hardy.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

hybrid of R. spinosissima var. altaica (Willd.) Rehder

Notes:

Nigel Pratt of Tasman Bay Roses says this rose has small cream flowers on a low bush...

[Elliott & Pitao:
Description published in Canadian Journal of Plant Science 50:537 May 1970. An official release from the Beaverlodge, AB Research Station [B Porter]]