Specialty Gardening: White Flower Garden/ Anyone Have One? Or suggestions?, 1 by DonnaMack

DonnaMack wrote:
OK, don\'t laugh but.....

I cannot grow Iceberg. (First picture). I went through six of them. Hilariously enough I mentioned this to Peter Schneider, author of Right Rose, Right Place and the author of the Combined Rose List (every rose in commerce, anywhere in the world) and he can\'t grow it either. It\'s a phenomenally beautiful rose.

It may mean nothing, but I can\'t grow floribundas of grandifloras. I went through 4 Crimson Bouquet and a Jacquelyn Du Pres (second picture), which supposedly resents pruning, died when I cut off dead wood.

White Dawn is descended from the completely reliable New Dawn, although the flowers are very different. It does grow 12 to 20 feet, so stand back.

Climbing Iceberg has an incredible reputation, and it tops out at about 12 to 13 feet.

Both are very disease resistant.

For sheer beauty, I would choose Iceberg. After all, I loved it so much I tried again and again!