Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: White and white blend
Rebloom: Good
Class: Hybrid tea
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 4-5 feet, upright
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Dr. Keith W. Zary, before 2006
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 6 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: 4-5 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Spring
Summer
Fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Awards and Recognitions: Other: Australian National Rose Trials Gold Medal 2010
Parentage: Secret x Fragrant Lace

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Pope John Paul II'
  • 'JACsegra'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Northern California 
Date: 2021-09-27
Pope John Paul ll
Uploaded by MargieNY
Location: Northern California 
Date: 08-2021
Pope John Paul ll 1st year
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2010-08-02
Uploaded by Eric_C

Date: 2022-04-03
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2007-06-20
my garden, zone 4b New Hampshire
Location: Italy
Date: 2023-05-08
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2010-08-02

Date: 2016-06-11
Uploaded by mousamlady
Location: Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16

Date: 2019-06-27
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2010-08-02

Date: 2022-04-03

Date: 2022-04-03
Location: central New Hampshire
Date: 2007-06-17
my garden, zone 4b New Hampshire
Location: Kalama, Wa.
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2012-05-24

Date: 2013-05-16
Location: Coastal San Diego County 
Date: 2017-12-25

Date: 2014-05-21
Location: Rose Garden, Elizabeth Park, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Date: 2018-06-16
Location: Eckert's Greenhouse, Sterling Heights, MI
Date: 2010-08-02

Date: 2013-05-16

Date: 2013-05-16
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2013-04-15
Location: Garland (Dallas), TX
Date: 2013-04-16
Uploaded by Roses_R_Red
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-07-25
Hard to photograph a white rose, but I think this is a good repre
Location: San Diego, CA
Date: 2018-04-01
Location: Riverside, CA
Date: 2016-04-03

Date: 2014-05-21
Location: my back yard
Date: 8:00 am

Date: June
credit: Arashiyama
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2015-05-09
At the Tampa Rose Society show
Location: Tampa, FL
Date: 2015-05-09
At the Tampa Rose Society show

Date: 2013-05-16
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-05-06
Beautiful red new leaves

Date: 2016-06-11
Location: Denver Metro CO
Date: 2013-07-25
First real bloom since I bought it.
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