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'Pretty Snow' rose Description
'Pretty Snow' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Nova Liz
Availability:
Commercially available
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HMF Ratings:
6 favorite votes.  
Origin:
Bred by Alain Meilland (1940-....) (France, before 2005).
Introduced in France by Meilland International (after 1997) in 2009.
Class:
Shrub.  
Bloom:
Cream, ages to white .  Mild fragrance.  5 petals.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, single (4-8 petals), in small clusters bloom form.  Blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Medium, long buds.  
Habit:
Arching, bushy.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  3 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 39" (up to 100cm).  Width: up to 43" (up to 110cm).
Growing:
Vigorous.  produces decorative hips.  
Patents:
United States - Patent No: PP 21,270  on  7 Sep 2010   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 12/585,429  on  15 Sep 2009
Inventors: Meilland; Alain A. (Antibes, FR)
The female parent (i.e., the seed parent) was the `Korimro` variety (non-patented in the United States). The male parent (i.e., the pollen parent) was the product of the cross of the `Meilontig` variety (U.S. Plant Pat. No. 6,598) and the `Kormarie` variety (non-patented in the United States. .... . The description is based on the observation of four-year-old plants during October while budded on Rosa laxa understock and growing outdoors at Le Gannet des Maures, Var, France.
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