'Fair Bianca ®' rose reviews and comments

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'Fair Bianca ®' rose Reviews & Comments

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Discussion id : 77-190 most recent 16 MAR 14 HIDE POSTS

Initial post 16 MAR 14 by Matthew W. Gerber

A most charming and beautiful rose with an amazing fragrance. The bushes are free blooming and healthy. One thing I really like is that the bushes are compact and don't reach more than four feet high, as most English roses here in Oregon grow easily six to eight feet. This is a fabulous rose in all respects.	REPLY

Discussion id : 76-486 most recent 9 FEB 14 SHOW ALL

Initial post 5 FEB 14 by Unregistered Guest

Reply #1 of 1 posted 9 FEB 14 by HMF supporting member

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Discussion id : 69-867 most recent 2 FEB 13 HIDE POSTS

Initial post 2 FEB 13 by HMF supporting member

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I grew this rose for 3 years before I removed it. The 3 plants I grew were very small, never growing more than 12 inches tall, and had few blooms. Those blooms were very beautiful and fragrant, so I pampered the plant like crazy, but it still stayed very small. The flowers were also smaller than I expected, about 2 inches in diameter, and did not drop when they faded, thus needing dead-heading.	REPLY

Discussion id : 23-654 most recent 21 JAN 08 HIDE POSTS

Initial post 21 JAN 08 by Jeff Britt

I have had a plant of Fair Bianca in my garden for eight years now, and I can safely say I have never been tempted to pull it. The plant is quite disease-free for me. The flowers are pure white, absolutely charming, full of petals, last well as a cut flower and have the most amazing fragrance -- licorice, heliotrope and myrrh combined. The plant is only about a meter tall after all this time and repeats very quickly. In fact this past year it was almost in continuous bloom. There are many excellent white roses of similar size, but I'll keep my Fair Bianca, thank you.

Reply #1 of 0 posted 19 MAR 09 by angelwings35

Jeff,
What zone are you in? I am in zone 8a in the U.S. We have 30+ roses, but have had no luck with white roses. I did, however, successfully grow a John F Kennedy at my old house only 3 miles away. It is sadly neglected then and now, but it continues to produce. I have planted 2 JFK's in my garden that have died. I'm thinking of trying Fair Bianca. It will have a home along a gravel path in our garden, so it musn't grow large or wide.