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, 3-4 feet, upright
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Mathias Tantau, Jr., 1982
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)
Minimum cold hardiness: Zone 4b -31.7 °C (-25 °F) to -28.9 °C (-20 °F)
Plant Height: 3-4 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
Parentage: Unknown
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Polarstern'
  • 'TANlarpost'
  • 'Evita'
  • 'Polar Star'
  • 'Stella Polare'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2018-06-10
Digital Camera
Location: My garden, Ukraine, Zaporizhzhya region Zone: 6a 
Date: 2008-10-10
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-04-01
Zone 9b
Location: Fellows Riverside Gardens, Youngstown, Ohio
Date: 2017-06-15
Polar Star Rose 001
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-04-01
Zone 9b
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2015-04-01
zone 9b
Location: Hamilton Square Perennial Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2016-01-27
Just transplanted half of the rose to this location with all whit
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HamiltonSquare On January 27, 2016 Transplanted
It came apart at the crown into two and I transplanted the most viable very substantial half.
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