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Rose Identification

bjspanjersbjspanjers Posts: 17
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can anyone help identifywhat type of rose this is

   

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  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @bjspanjers There are many very knowledgeable rose growers on the forum including @Nollie @Marlorena if you don't get a reply you could try posting on the main rose thread. Not my subject but you may be asked some more questions first. Welcome and I hope you get your ID
    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • bjspanjersbjspanjers Posts: 17
    thankyou so much for your help
  • NollieNollie Posts: 7,529
    Marlorena has far more experience and is much better at rose ID than me, Suze! A lot of unidentified white roses that look similar to yours turn out to be ‘Iceberg’ but I absolutely couldn’t say for sure - I only had that rose for a short time.
    Mountainous Northern Catalunya, Spain. Hot summers, cold winters.
  • GardenerSuzeGardenerSuze Posts: 5,692
    @Nollie Iceberg is the only white rose that I know. The flowers in the photo just looked too white to be Iceberg but it does look like photo was taken in full sun. Thanks for your reply.

    @bjspanjers You will see Iceberg in the Garden Centres so you could try a comparison.
    It would seem that there are variations, experts also consider the thorns and other complex things as part of an ID way beyond my knowledge.


    I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    The flowers look rather small.  Is it a miniature, bred for pot-work?  If so it will be outside yhe normal garden rose competence.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Has it got a scent? Margaret Merrill has a fairly strong scent but the leaves on mine are rounder and shinier
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bjspanjersbjspanjers Posts: 17
    Thankyou all for your reply it hasn't got a scent as far as I can tell but it has no thorns and it has about 5 buds per stem that all seem to open at the same time 
  • Desi_in_LondonDesi_in_London Posts: 731
    I have Iceberg. It is almost thornless ( there are a very few) , has clusters not dissimilar in appearance to yours . Individual flowers are around 3 ish inch diameter when open ( ie not like a huge 5-6 inch handspan rose, and nor a 5cm/1.5 inch noisette type bloom.) I do not get all the buds opening at the same pace on mine, however. 
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  • B3B3 Posts: 27,505
    Sounds like an iceberg,then. Some people are a bit sniffy about them, but they are vigorous disease resistant abuse tolerant plants with excellent flowers and a good mixer - particularly the climber. Just no scent
    In London. Keen but lazy.
  • bjspanjersbjspanjers Posts: 17
    That's brilliant  I think your right sounds exactly like your description on the sizeDesi in London thankyou.   Also thankyou B3  for the info about disease resistant and abuse tolerant that's good to know such a stunning plant I may get a climbing one again 
    Thankyou all so much for everyone's help
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