Commercially available

• Alba Incarnata
• Alba Maiden's Blush
• Alba princesse
• Bella Donna (Alba, before 1597)
• Belle Fille
• Blush Rose (alba)
• Carné (syn. 'Great Maiden's Blush')
• Carnea Maxima (Alba)
• Carnea Minima (alba)
• Cuisse de Nymphe (Alba, before 1597)
• Grande Cuisse de Nymphe
• Great Maiden's Blush
• Incarnata
• Incarnata Major (alba)
• La petite carnée mignonne
• La Virginale (syn. 'Maiden's Blush')
• Loyalist Rose
• Maiden's Blush
• Petite Cuisse de Nymphe
• Regalis (syn. 'Maiden's Blush')
• Rosa alba carnea
• Rosa alba incarnata
• Rosa alba rubicunda
• Rosa alba subtaxon plena Rössig
• Rosa alba var. incarnata (Mill.) Weston
• Rosa alba var. regia carnea
• Rosa alba var. rubicunda Rössig
• R. incarnata
• Rosa incarnata Mill. synonym
• Rosa rubicans
• Rosa X alba 'Cuisse de Nymphe'
• Rosa X alba var. carnea hort.
• "Tertin Kartano"
• "Tertti"

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White, near white or white blend Alba.
Registration name: Maiden's Blush (alba)
Exhibition name: Great Maiden's Blush

Bred by Unknown (before 1597).
Introduced in Australia by Camden Park in 1843 as 'Maiden's Blush'.

Alba.  

White, blush shading.  Strong fragrance.  up to 50 petals.  Average diameter 3.25".  Medium to large, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, rosette bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Arching, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: 4'11" to 8'2" (150 to 250cm).  Width: up to 5' (up to 150cm).

USDA zone 3b through 9b.  Vigorous.  shade tolerant.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.  Prune after flowering is finished.  

Rosa alba var. incarnata (Mill.) Weston Bot. univ. 1: 247. 1770

Parentage is uncertain, see References for more information.
References to both Small Maiden's Blush and Great Maiden's Blush are given here. please see specific Reference for more information.

Bosse (1842) states 'Grande Cuisse de Nymphe' = 'Small Maiden's Blush' = 'Cluster Maiden's Blush'
'Beauté Tendre' differs from 'Cuisse de Nymphe' by its foliage, which is more glaucous and rounded, and its ovary, which is shorter. - see References.
'Small Maiden's Blush' in commerce is often 'Duchesse de Montebello'

The Swedish Rose Society recommends Maiden's Blush for northern Sweden.
"Tertti" or "Tertin Kartano" (KESKAS-833) is a found rose from Finland which has been identified as 'Small Maiden's Blush' (2005).