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Roses
Alba Maxima
- Genus: Rosa
- Class: Alba
- Type: Natural hybrid
- Name: Alba Maxima
- Parentage: Possibly R. gallica and R. corymbifera
- Cultivated: 15th century or earlier
- Award: Award of Garden Merit 1993
- Common names: Jacobite Rose, Great Double White, Cheshire Rose, York rose
- Flower Double
- Size: 3 - 4" (8 -10 cm)
- Colour: Blush pink to creamy white See mature flower
- Flower shape: Cupped to flat, curled edge
- Flowers per stem: Clusters of 6 to 8
- Blooming habit: One flush
- Fragrance: Very strong
- Hips: Large, pitcher-shaped
- Leaves: Compound and pinnate
- Colour: Gray green
- Texture: Glabrous, dull
- Rachis: A few prickles underneath
- Colour: Scarlet
- Prickles: Robust
- Form: Hooked
- Habit: Vigorous, upright
- Height: Up to 6' (1.8 m)
- Exposure: Minimum 6 hours daily
- Bloom time:: Early summer
- Disease resistance: Very good
- Hardiness: 5
- Location: Artist garden, Zone 4b
- Comments: Garden Journal
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