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Rosa × alba, the white rose of York, is a hybrid rose of unknown parentage that has been cultivated in Europe since ancient times. It may have originally been grown mainly for the sweet scent of the flowers, but is now also used as a winter-hardy garden shrub. Cultivated forms have white or pink flowers, and most have many petals. Hybrid cultivars have also been produced with red or yellow flowers.
CHARACTERISTICS
Botanical profile.
ALSO KNOWN AS
Other names.
en White Rose en White Rose Of York en White-rose-of-York en White cottage rose en Rosa x alba
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