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Rosa 'Alba Maxima'

Common Name

'Jacobite Rose', 'Bonnie Prince Charlie's Rose', 'White Rose of York', 'Great Double White', 'Cheshire Rose'

Soil

Roses prefer acidic soil of pH 6.5 (sand) but will tolerate alkaline soils up to pH 7.5 (chalk). Mix 25 lts farmyard manure, or pulverized tree bark with bone meal, in soil before planting. Broadcast rose fertilizer in early Spring.

Tolerant of Poor Soils, so broadcast rose fertilizer in early summer as well.

Sun Aspect

Full Sun.

Soil Moisture

Moist.

Plant Type

Old Garden Rose: 20 Alba Shrub

Height x Spread in feet

7 x 4

Foliage

Healthy, grey-green foliage.

Flower Colour in Season. Hips

Creamy-white becoming pure White of semi or very double flowers in an upright cluster of 6-8 blooms.

Flowering is in the Summer only. Very fragrant. Sometimes with a good narrowly-shaped autumn hips display.

Comment

Good for Hedging. Woodland and covert planting.

Available from David Austin Rose Nursery Limited, R.V. Roger Ltd and from Peter Beales Roses.

For further details on the cultivation of roses, consult the Royal National Rose Society.