Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
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: Good
Class: Other: Climbing floribunda
Growth Habit: Typically climbing to 8-15 feet
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Discovered by Cants of Colchester, 1968
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: 8-15 feet
Plant Spread: 4-6 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: RHS AGM
Parentage: Sport of: Iceberg

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Iceberg, Cl.'
  • 'Fee des Neiges, Cl.'
  • 'Schneewitchen, Cl.'
  • 'Climbing Iceberg'

Common names
  • Climbing Floribunda Rose
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Fellows Riverside Gardens, Youngstown, Ohio
Date: 2017-05-27
Iceberg Rose 006
Uploaded by AudreyDee

At Alnwick Garden
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2010-04-17
Digital Camera
Location: Copenhagen, Denmark, EU
Date: 2017-06-20
Climbing up a Cornus mas
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2015-05-02
Digital Camera
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2009-06-28
Uploaded by Hemophobic
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2011-06-29
Location: Benicia, CA
Date: 2014-06-07
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Date: May 2021
My blooms look different than everyone else’s?  I purchased fro

The buds occasionally have a pink tinge

Date: 2010-06-19
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

San Jose Municipal Rose Garden

Date: 2010-06-19
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania
Uploaded by zuzu
Location: Benicia, CA
Date: 2014-08-01

Photo courtesy Antique Rose Emporium. Used with permission.
Location: Baton Rouge, LA
Date: April 2021
Year 3
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2009-05-21

Date: 4000-01-28
Photo courtesy of: MM

Date: 2006-05-07
Photo courtesy of: MM

Date: 4000-01-28
Photo courtesy of: MM

Date: 2015-05-21

Date: 2010-06-07
Photo courtesy of: Yoko Nekonomania

Photo courtesy of: Kurt Stuber

San Jose Municipal Rose Garden
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dragonfetti On November 22, 2014 Obtained plant
Purchased in the spring, two bare root from Home Depot. Except for an occasional pruning they have done great through both winter cold / snow and summer heat.
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