'Karl Förster' Rose

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'Karl Förster' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Helena Verghese Borg

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Karl Foerster

HMF Ratings:

30 favorite votes.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Hybrid Spinosissima.
Registration name: Karl Förster

Origin:

Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, 1930).

Class:

Hybrid Spinosissima.

Bloom:

White. Mild fragrance. Average diameter 2.75". Medium, semi-double to double, high-centered bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.

Habit:

Upright. Light green, wrinkled (rugose) foliage.

Height: up to 6'7" (up to 200cm). Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 4b through 9b. Very vigorous.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

R. spinosissima var. altaica (Willd.) Rehder × Frau Karl Druschki (Hybrid Perpetual, Lambert, 1895/1901)

Notes:

The Swedish Rose Society recommends Karl Förster for northern Sweden.
Some difference of opinion about respective seed and pollen parents, see References.