'Mousseuse à fleurs blanches' Rose

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'Mousseuse à fleurs blanches' rose Description

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Photo courtesy of Cass

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Double white Moss-Provins Rose
• Mousseuse blanche
• Muscosa Alba
• Rosa centifolia muscosa alba
• Rosa centifolia staxon albomuscosa E.Willm.
• Rosa muscosa staxon alba hort. ex Andrews
• Rosa provincialis muscosa flore pleno albo
• Rose Mousseuse Blanche
• Shailer's White Moss
• White Moss (moss, Shailer, 1788)

HMF Ratings:

71 favorite votes.
Average rating: GOOD.

ARS:

White, near white or white blend Moss.
Registration name: Shailer's White Moss
Exhibition name: Shailer's White Moss

Origin:

Discovered by Henry Shailer (senior) (United Kingdom, 1788).
Introduced in Australia by Camden Park in 1843 as 'White Moss'.

Class:

Moss.

Bloom:

White, light pink shading. Strong fragrance. Large, very double, quartered bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer.

Habit:

Height: 4' to 6' (120 to 185cm). Width: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).

Patents:

Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).

Parentage:

sport of Common Moss

Notes:

'Shailer's White Moss' and 'White Bath' are two distinct roses. The former is medium size, double, often shaded pink, glaucous foliage, not well-mossed; the latter large, fuller, pure white, well-mossed. In commerce today, these varities seem confused.