Breeding stock only

6 favorite votes.  
Average rating: GOOD.  

Bred by Kim L. Rupert (United States, before 1990).

Climber, Hybrid Wichurana, Rambler.  

White.  Quite double,.  None to mild, apple, wild rose fragrance.  Average diameter 0.5".  Small, very double, in small clusters, in large clusters, button-eye, old-fashioned, rosette bloom form.  Prolific, once-blooming spring or summer.  Small, pointed, ovoid buds.  

Medium, arching, armed with thorns / prickles, climbing, lax, spreading.  Small, semi-glossy, medium green, leathery foliage.  7 leaflets.  

Can be used for ground cover, landscape, pillar, rock garden or specimen.  Can be trained as a climber.  drought resistant.  flowers drop off cleanly.  heat tolerant.  shade tolerant.  suitable for a pillar.  Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant, very blackspot resistant., very mildew resistant, very rust resistant.  Needs little care; relatively disease-free and quite hardy.  Prune after flowering is finished.  This rose blooms on old wood.  

Fortunately, an old friend who has been a very good steward of this rose has now replaced it for me.