Antique Rose, Alba Rose, Old Garden Rose 'Great Maiden's Blush'

AKA:
Alba Incarnata
• Alba Maiden's Blush
• Bella Donna (Alba, before 1500)
• Belle Fille
• Bl...Read Moreush Rose (alba)
• Carné (syn. 'Great Maiden's Blush')
• Carnea (Alba)
• Cuisse de Nymphe
• Emue
• Grande Cuisse de Nymphe
• Incarnata
• Incarnata Major
• La Virginale
• Loyalist
• Maiden's Blush
• Petite Cuisse de Nymphe
• Regalis (syn. 'Maiden's Blush')
• Rosa alba incarnata
• Rosa alba 'Maiden's Blush'
• Rosa alba rubicunda
• Rosa alba subtaxon plena Rössig
• Rosa alba var. incarnata (Mill.) Weston
• Rosa alba var. regia carnea
• Rosa alba var. rubicunda Rössig
• Rosa carnea
• R. incarnata
• Rosa incarnata Mill. synonym
• Rosa rubicans
• Rosa X alba 'Cuisse de Nymphe'
• Rosa X alba var. carnea hort.
• "Tertin Kartano"
• "Tertti"

I planted this in May this year and it rewarded me with a beautiful show of deliciously scented flowers. Whereas the roses already establ...Read Moreished in the garden suffered in the heat of midsummer, this one thrived and has put on a lot of growth with healthy leaves (though the leaf cutter bees have made pretty patterns in them :)
Can't wait for next year's flowers!

I'm still waiting for mine to bloom. I only planted it last fall and it came through the winter with no sign of dieback. No blackspot tha...Read Moret I can see and so far nothing has been chewing on the leaves. It's end of June and I still don't see any buds on it. I'm in 4a and it's been a cold wet summer so far but I'm getting a little impatient.

Ok, this rose is one of the most interesting to grow, in that the expensive perfume scent, and the glaucous-grey foliage are two of it's ...Read Morefinest qualities. One of the pitfalls with this Alba,is the balling of the buds from rain, thus sometimes the flowers don't come to fruition! This is the rose that Peter Beales, an Englishman Hybridizer, began his affinity with roses!