Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Other: Quartered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: White and white blend
Rebloom: None
Class: Moss
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 4-6 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Discovered by Henry Shailer, 1788

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 4-6 feet
Plant Spread: 3-4 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Sport of: Common Moss

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Shailer's White Moss'
  • 'Mousseuse Blanche'
  • 'Muscosa Alba'
  • 'White Moss'
  • 'Mousseuse a Fleurs Blanches'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: Newby Hall garden, Yorkshire UK
Date: 2018-06-15

photo credit: Kurt Stüber

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