'Kakwa' Rose

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'Kakwa' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of David Elliott

Availability:

Commercially available

HMF Ratings:

10 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Hybrid Spinosissima.

Origin:

Bred by John Alexander Wallace (Canada, before 1973).
Introduced in Canada by Agriculture Canada, Beaverlodge, Alberta as 'Kakwa'.

Class:

Hybrid Spinosissima, Shrub.

Bloom:

White or white blend. Strong fragrance. Average diameter 2".

Habit:

Height: up to 5' (up to 150cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 2b and warmer. Very hardy.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

Rosa spinosissima L. × Unknown

Notes:

Joyce Demits at Tanglewood Farms says Kakwa has very full creamy white flowers that appear in small clusters...

Brian Porter from Canada writes: This rose was bred by the late John Wallace of Beaverlodge, Alberta, Canada.

?open pollination of R. spinosissima var. hispida [Elliott/Pittao]

Description published in Canadian Journal of Plant Science 50:537 May 1970. An official release from the Beaverlodge, AB Research Station [B Porter]