11181 Once a
flower appears here it may be for saleCrop 139 'Great Maidens Blush', 'Cuisse de Nymphe', 'Nymph's Thigh', 'La Virginale', 'La Seduisante' 'The Seductress' 'Incarnata' or 'Maidens Blush', Alba Old Garden Rose introduced before 1400, (zones 3 thru 8, 6 feet x 6 feet), fragrant, it blooms for several weeks in late spring to early summer.
Click the top picture for a larger picture of the flower. Additional pictures may include fruit. fall foliage, etc. Plants aren't for sale until they flower. Once they flower I take a dated digital picture of the flower and save it using a file name that starts with the inventory number of the plant for sale. If its not for sale it will show only a picture of the label. My hand measures 3.5 inches across the 4 fingers.
Inventory of plants that may be available for sale once they flower;
11181 Once a
flower appears here it may be for sale
11182 Once a
flower appears here it may be for sale
Availability? Rose Guide & Inventory. We grow plants to sell at our plant sale. Read my notes on the zone hardiness numbers I use. Do we do mail order? Check my picture-newsletter Want to purchase? email me.
Alba rose known since the 1400's with arching branches around 6 feet. double pink flowers that are highly scented, non-recurrent, renamed during victorian times to avoid using body parts in the name.
Research: ("Best Rose Guide" Phillips & Rix, 53, zone3(-40f)), (Sunset Book "Roses" White, 103), ("500 Popular Roses For American Gardeners" Barron's, 70) (Taylor's Guides "Roses" Ondra, 34, zone 3-8), ("Growing Roses Organically" Wilde, 162, zones 3-10, DR-0/0),
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