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'Alba Maxima' rose References
Book  (May 1998)  Page(s) 96-97.  Includes photo(s).
 
Rosa alba flore pleno ('Double White Rose') Description... petals white... The Double or Semi-double White Rose flourishes in wild places as in vineyards and garden hedgerows, tolerating shade and demanding little care...
Book  (1997)  Page(s) 184, 187.  Includes photo(s).
 
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Page 187: Maxima ('Jacobite Rose', 'Bonnie Prince Charlie's Rose', 'White Rose of York', 'Great Double White', 'Cheshire Rose') Alba. Europe 15th century or earlier. Possbily R. canina x R. gallica Description and cultivation... flowers: white...
Book  (1996)  Page(s) 8.  Includes photo(s).
 
Alba Maxima (R. x alba maxima, 'Cheshire Rose', 'Great White Rose', 'Jacobite Rose') Alba shrub... one of the great historic roses of the West... clear white blooms... 'Maxima' is assumed to have had an ancient five-petalled ancestor, and to have evolved down the centuries through spontaneous fuller-petalled forms being selected by gardeners. It enters history in its heraldic five-petalled form, as the badge of the fourteenth-century Earls of March... linked to the Royal House of York about the year 1410... The name 'Jacobite Rose' links it to the exiled King James II who... as Duke of York had the white rose as his badge... [symbolised] rebellion in Scotland against English rule. Introduced fifteenth century or earlier...
Book  (1995)  Page(s) 40.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 282.  Includes photo(s).
 
Alba. Description. Parentage unknown. Late-spring flowering. Fragrant.
Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 6.  
 
Alba (OGR), white, (R. alba maxima; 'Maxima'; 'Great Double White'; 'The Jacobite Rose'); Prior to 1867. Flowers similar to 'Maiden's Blush', but center creamy; height 6-8 ft. This has sported to Alba Semi-Plena.
Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 59.  Includes photo(s).
 
Maxima Alba. Parentage: Possibly R. canina x R. gallica, or R. alba semiplena sport. (aka 'Jacobite Rose', 'Great White Rose'. 'Great Double White', 'White Rose of York', 'Cheshire Rose'). Origin unknown, but 15th century or earlier. Description and cultivation... flower are creamy white and fragrant doubles with muddled centres...
Book  (1993)  Page(s) 46.  Includes photo(s).
Book  (1992)  Page(s) 11.  
 
Alba shrub; white; blooms of medium size, double; not remontant; growth bushy, wide, tall, 7 x 5 ft. (2.2 x 1.5 m.); leaf greyish green, plentiful; good scent. 15th century or earlier.
Book  (1988)  Page(s) 10.  
 
R. x alba 'Maxima' gained the name 'The Jacobite Rose' from the legend that it had been placed in the bonnet of Bonnie Prince Charlie by Flora Macdonald and was thus cherished by his followers.
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