I have had this rose for five years in very heavy clay soil in a hot Mediterranean climate. It is one of the first roses to flower, does not get disease but is, unfortunately, much beloved by the rose chafers that plague all my light coloured roses in Spring. I had read that it does not do well in hot climates, however, that is not my experience.

My rose was bought in Italy where it is known as 'Gufo delle Neve' (Snow Owl in Italian) - perhaps HMF could add this name to the others by which it is known as it is quite widely available here.

After having read about the problems a member of the HMF has had with this rose, I feel like uploading some appraising comments as well. I think it deserves that, given the experience I have had with this rose growing it in my own garden here in Norway. I have come to love the rugosas in general mainly due to their ability to stand up against the often strong, salty northwestern winds. Having had this hybrid in my garden for a number of years, it has now become one of my favourites. It has a lush and vigorous growth like many of the rugosas, and it has now almost managed to meet with Hansa on the other side of the arche. I feel confident this is going to happen next year. I have often descried flowers with petals lined with a brownish colour, which I had thought was caused by rain. As a matter of fact I have found out that the mentioned winds to which it is regularily exposed, are the ones to blame. In my garden it flowers continuously throughout the season way into the autumn. My last uploaded photo was taken in September, and there are still buds and flowers on the plant now in early October. It has so far been mostly disease free in my garden. Personally I have every reason to regard this rose an easy to grow variety which I have grown quite fond of.