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'Sappho' rose Description
'Sappho (alba)' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Kate
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
19 favorite votes.  
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.  
ARS:
White, near white or white blend Alba.
Origin:
Bred by Unknown.
Class:
Found Rose, Alba.  
Bloom:
White, yellow stamens.  Moderate, sweet fragrance.  Medium, semi-double (9-16 petals), cluster-flowered bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  
Habit:
Tall, arching, upright.  Grey-green foliage.  5 to 7 leaflets.  

Height: up to 8'2" (up to 250cm).  
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  Produces decorative hips.  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Notes:
This rose is mislabeled, the attribution at Sangerhausen to English breeders before 1817 is based on a listing in the "Rosenlexikon" with uncertain class. This listing, however, refers to a deep pink hybrid spinosissima - see.
 
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