'Silver Dawn' Rose

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'Silver Dawn' rose Description

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'Silver Dawn (shrub, Viraraghavan 2005)' rose photo

Photo courtesy of jedmar

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• BONmoon
• Virmoon

HMF Ratings:

19 favorite votes.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Shrub.
Registration name: BONmoon, Virmoon
Exhibition name: Silver Dawn

Origin:

Bred by M.S. Viraraghavan (India, 2005).
Introduced in United States by Roses Unlimited in 2005 as 'Silver Dawn'.

Class:

Hybrid Clinophylla, Shrub.

Bloom:

Pink and white. None to mild fragrance. 4 to 11 petals. Average diameter 4". Large, semi-double (9-16 petals), in small clusters bloom form. Occasional repeat later in the season.

Habit:

Tall, bushy. Large, glossy, medium green foliage.

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

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default). Can be used for garden, hedge, landscape, shrub or specimen. Remove spent blooms to encourage re-bloom. Spring Pruning: Remove old canes and dead or diseased wood and cut back canes that cross. In warmer climates, cut back the remaining canes by about one-third. In colder areas, you'll probably find you'll have to prune a little more than that.

Breeder's notes:

Silver Dawn takes the first part of its name from one parent, ‘Silver Moon’, and ‘Dawn’ because I hope this is the beginning of a new class of evergreen tropical, warm climate, disease resistant roses.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

seed:	Bonica ® (shrub, Meilland, 1975)
pollen:	Rosa clinophylla Thory × Silver Moon

Notes:

A different parentage is mentioned in the 2012 reference.