Book  (2010)  Page(s) 178.  Includes photo(s).
 
Frühlingsanfang...1950....'Johanna Hill' x R. pimpinellifolia 'Altaica'...milk-whitew, medium size (6 cm), single, May to June, strong fragrance. Floriferous shrub....Many reddish-black hips from end August...150-200cm, upright, no suckers...

Book  (2003)  
 
'Frühlingsanfang' HSpn, w, 1950; bud long, pointed; flowers ivory-white, single, 4 in., intermittent bloom, moderate fragrance; foliage leathery; very vigorous, bushy (9 ft in 6 years) growth; [Joanna Hill X R. spinosissima altaica]; Kordes ...

Book  (Aug 2002)  Page(s) 42.  
 
Fruhlingsanfang
Hybrid Spinossisima 1950
Not rated

Book  (Apr 1999)  Page(s) 555.  
 
Frühlingsanfang Pimpinellifolia. Wilhelm Kordes 1950

Book  (1995)  Page(s) 91.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Nov 1994)  Page(s) 182.  
 
Frühlingsanfang. Kordes, Germany, 1950. 'Joanna Hill' x Rosa pimpinellifolia 'Grandiflora'. Very few of the newer shrub roses, or the species themselves, make such a luxuriant shrub as this; the copious leaves create a mantle of dark greenery against which the spring display of flowers is conspicuous. The flowers are of ivory-white, single, sumptuous, and open wide and flat. In the autumn handsome maroon-red heps are produced, at which time the leaves usually turn to rich colours. 8 feet by 9 feet.

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 184.  
 
Frühlingsanfang ('Spring's Awakening') Modern Shrub. Wilhelm Kordes. Description... showers of single flowers, off-white and slightly scented; maroon hips follow. Parentage: 'Joanna Hill' x R. pimpinellifolia 'Grandiflora'

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 196.  
 
Frühlingsanfang Hybrid Spinosissima, ivory-white, single, 1950, 'Joanna Hill' x R. spinosissima altaica; Kordes. Description.

Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 263.  
 
Frühlingsanfang Pimpinellifolia hybrid. Parentage: 'Joanna Hill' x R. pimpinellifolia altaica hybrid. Germany 1950. Description and cultivation... Produces large, single, ivory-white, slightly fragrant blooms...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 62.  
 
In the 1930s, Kordes produced the lovely large shrubs which share the prefix 'Frühlings' (spring) by crossing the 'Burnet Rose' with Hybrid Teas. All do well on sandy soils and in cold gardens where most roses grow poorly.