Five Types Of The White Garden Rose

The White Garden Rose is a favorite of rose gardeners as it blends well with not just roses but also other flowers of different colors.  Most white roses cannot handle direct sunlight and grow best in partial shade with minimal heat.  If you can find a spot in your garden that will catch the early morning light and the setting sun, that is where you should plant your white rose.

  1. Blanc Double de Coubert is a combination of R. Rugosa and Sombreuil  and is commonly known as Hedgehog, Ramonas, Japanese, and Sea Tomato.  It has thorny branches and is good for mixed borders and hedges.  It’s leaves are characteristically wrinkled in appearance; the Latin word ‘rugosus’ means ‘full of wrinkles’.  It is an extremely hardy plant and can withstand wind, under-nourished soil, and even salt spray.  It can tolerate extreme weathers and grows well in partial shade.  It grows to it’s full height of six feet in well-drained, moist, and fertile soil.  Each semi-double bloom has about 25-20 petals that exude a strong anise-like fragrance.
  2. Claire Austin, an English Rose, is named after David Austin’s daughter whose specialty lies in day lilies, irises, and peonies, unlike her father who is famous for his creation of the English Rose.    It grows into an arching shrub with abundant moderate green foliage to a height of about four feet as a shrub and up to eight feet as a climber.  It spreads to a width of four feet.  It starts out as tiny cupped buds shaded lemon yellow and slowly blossoms into large, creamy-white petals impeccably arranged in concentric circles.  The Claire Austin has an intense myrrh fragrance with flashes of heliotrope and meadowsweet vanilla.  It is quite a hardy plant and has a reputation of good health.
  3. Panda Meidiland, a small shrub, grows to a maximum height of 2 feet and spreads about 2 feet in width.  If grown on it’s own roots, it shows remarkable resilience and tolerates harsh winter conditions.  It has beautiful white semi-double blooms and gives of it’s best in Zone 4.
  4. Rose Marie, first discovered in Valderose, Canada, is a very attractive bushy shrub with beautiful double-full blooms.  The stems are smooth and thorn-less.  It is a very hardy shrub about four feet tall and four feet wide.  It is a repeat bloomer and it’s cup-shaped blooms give out a heady fragrance with strong overtones of myrrh that leaves you wondering if it’s fruit, honey, or carnations.  The blooms are essentially white with pink overtones.
  5. Gourmet Popcorn was named so as it looks like a bunch of popcorn on a stick!  It grows to a height of just three feet but packs quite a punch.   It is a ravishing miniature immaculate white rose with a golden yellow center.  To top it all, it is highly resistant to all types of diseases and is very hardy.

The white garden rose can easily enhance the look of your garden with it’s pristine elegance.  Whatever may be the size or shape you select, if your rose is white you’ve got it right!

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