Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Other: Saucer-shaped
Petal count: Single: 1-7 petals
Rose bloom color: Light pink
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Good
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: Light pink, fading to white
Growth Habit: Tall, 5-10 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Reimer Kordes, 1953
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 4 and warmer

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: up to 10 feet
Plant Spread: 5-6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Child plants: one child plant

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Common names
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Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Menlo Park, CA
Date: 2018-07-05
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2016-05-02
Location: Menlo Park, CA, USA
Date: 2018-07-05
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-04-10
NOTE: This a white 'Sparrieshoop' that sports pink on some canes.
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Location: At a public garden
Date: 2008-05-20

On a garden tour
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At a nursery
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Not "sporting" pink by zuzu Nov 7, 2014 5:46 PM 2

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