Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Small: under 2"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: semi-double: 8-15 petals
Rose bloom color: White and white blend
Extra Bloom Info: Semi-double to double, in clusters
Rebloom: Excellent
Class: Floribunda
Growth Habit: Very short, 14-20 inches, bushy
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: W. Kordes & Sons, before 2002
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 5 and warmer
Awards: ADR: 2003

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: 14-20 inches
Plant Spread: 14-20 inches
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: RHS AGM
Other: Australian National Rose Trials Certificate of Merit 2006
Parentage: sdlg x Flower Carpet White

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Innocencia'
  • 'KORstarnow'
  • 'Innocencia Vigorosa'
  • 'County of Yorkshire'
  • 'White Balconia'

Common names
  • Floribunda Rose
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: My Garden, Utah
Date: 2016-05-04
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2018-08-12
Location: my garden, Utah
Date: 2022-06-15
Location: Richmond, VA
Date: 05/10/2019
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Location: Richmond, VA
Date: 05/10/2019
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2017-06-06
Location: Botanical Gardens of the State of Georgia...Athens, Ga
Date: 2019-05-08
Innocencia Rose 003
Location: Garden that used to be my lawn
Date: 2017-06-06
Location: Germany
Date: 2022-07-14
Photo by robertduval14

Date: 2008-01-15
Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-02
Photo by Steven
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