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The Winter Haven Rose Society
Rose
of The Month
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I
think that ‘Iceberg’ is one the best garden roses that I grow. It
produces clusters of white, fragrant blooms for most of the year, and
its disease resistance is very good. Although we call it ‘Iceberg’
in the US, it has different names in other parts of the world. In France
it is known as ‘Snow Fairy’ and in Germany it’s known as ‘Snow
White’.
The
good news is that ‘sports’, or mutations of ‘Iceberg’ have been
discovered in Tasmania. The original sport was ‘Blushing Pink
Iceberg’, which has white flowers blushed with a very delicate pale
pink, giving them a hand painted look. This soft pink cultivar produced
another sport – a dark pink rose known as ‘Brilliant Pink Iceberg’ |
page updated: Monday, August 04, 2003 |