Family : Rosaceae
Class : Climbing Rose, Floribunda
Text and pictures © Giuseppe Mazza
English translation by Peter Thompson
Created in 1965 by Samuel Darragh McGredy.
It reaches 4.5 m in height, with flowers of 22-30 perfumed petals, silvery white with a red margin.
Variety denomination : MACha
Parentage :
‘Columbine’ × ‘Heidelberg’
Awards :
1975 - Portland Rose Trials : Gold Medal
1993 - Royal Horticultural Society : Award of Garden Merit
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