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'Karl Förster' rose Description
'Karl Foerster' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Helena Verghese Borg
Availability:
Commercially available
Synonyms:
HMF Ratings:
30 favorite votes.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Hybrid Spinosissima.
Registration name: Karl Förster
Origin:
Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, 1930).
Class:
Hybrid Spinosissima.  
Bloom:
White.  Mild fragrance.  Average diameter 2.75".  Medium, semi-double to double, high-centered bloom form.  Occasional repeat later in the season.  
Habit:
Upright.  Light green, wrinkled (rugose) foliage.  

Height: up to 6'7" (up to 200cm).  Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 4b through 9b.  Very vigorous.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
The Swedish Rose Society recommends Karl Förster for northern Sweden.
Some difference of opinion about respective seed and pollen parents, see References.
 
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