Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: High-centered
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: White and white blend
Extra Bloom Info: In clusters
Rebloom: Some
Class: Large-flowered climber
Growth Habit: Typically 12-14 feet tall
Fragrance: Moderate
Hybridizer & year: L.E. Longley, 1949
Optimal growing zones: USDA zones 5-9

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 12-14 feet
Plant Spread: 5-7 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: New Dawn x Lily Pons
Child plants: one child plant

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'White Dawn'
  • 'White New Dawn'

Common names
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: In front of my house 
Date: 2017-06-11
Close up of bloom
Location: Upstate New York
Uploaded by Mike
Uploaded by Mike

Date: 2009-10-30
Photo courtesy Antique Rose Emporium. Used with permission.
Uploaded by Mike
Location: In front of my house 
Date: 2017-06-11
Planted this rose about 10 years ago.
Uploaded by Mike
Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-02
Brown edges on blooms!
Comments:
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2013 11:25 PM concerning plant:
    Noted by Antique Rose Emporium:
    "This is another lovely climber descended from ‘New Dawn’ that has the same vigorous growth and flowering habits of its popular parent. Its flowers, though, are very different. They are a pure white, double, very fragrant, borne in small clusters, and resemble gardenias in form. A lovely choice for a sturdy fence or arbor, especially in front of a background of evergreen shrubs or a dark wall."

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