'Spring's Awakening' Rose

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'Spring's Awakening' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Friedemann Schulz

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Frühlingsanfang

HMF Ratings:

13 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD-.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Hybrid Spinosissima.
Registration name: Frühlingsanfang
Exhibition name: Frühlingsanfang

Origin:

Bred by Wilhelm J.H. Kordes II (1891-1976) (Germany, 1950).

Class:

Hybrid Spinosissima, Shrub.

Bloom:

Cream, ages to white . Moderate fragrance. Average diameter 4.25". Large, single (4-8 petals), in small clusters, open bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Arching, bushy, dense, rounded, upright, well-branched. Leathery foliage.

Height: 9' to 12' (275 to 365cm). Width: up to 12' (up to 365cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b and warmer. Disease susceptibility: disease resistant.

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Ploidy:

Tetraploid

Parentage:

Joanna Hill × R. spinosissima var. altaica (Willd.) Rehder

Notes:

Some difference of opinion about respective seed and pollen parents, see References.