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'Snow Carpet ®' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Patricia Routley
HMF Ratings:
20 favorite votes.
Average rating:
EXCELLENT.
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Miniature. Registration name: MACcarpeExhibition name: Snow Carpet ®
Bloom:
White or white blend. Mild, tea fragrance. 41 to 55 petals. Average diameter 0.75". Small, full (26-40 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered to flat bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season. Small, long sepals, pointed buds.
Habit:
Short, armed with thorns / prickles, spreading, well-branched. Small, glossy, dense foliage.
Height: 6" to 10" (15 to 25cm). Width: 18" to 4' (45 to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 5b through 9b. Can be used for container rose, garden, ground cover, hanging basket or rock garden. Hardy. vigorous. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.
Breeder's notes:
Snow Carpet - Maccarpe. Nicknamed Carpet
Patents:
New Zealand - Patent No: PP104 on 1 Oct 1990 Application No: ROS065 on 8 Nov 1978 PVR Terminated November 24, 1981. United States - Patent No: PP 4,612 on 6 Jan 1981 VIEW USPTO PATENTApplication No: US1979000047939 on 12 Jun 1979 Inventor: Samuel D. McGredy, Auckland, New Zealand. A new white miniature rose with pointed buds of petite size. The plant is low-growing but is spreading. Impractical as a cut flower. Winter hardy.
Notes:
Heirloom Old Garden Roses says Snow Carpet grows only 6 inches tall and has fully double, white blooms that almost cover the plant...
Michael's Premier Roses says Snow Carpet is a hugely vigorous groundcover that can bury a half wine barrel in a tight dense carpet that nothing else grows through...
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