Blanche de Belgique

Blanche de Belgique, 1830

Alba 

A pure white double Alba rose. Very pretty and reliable with the same qualities of the other Alba's 

Mme Legras de St Germain

Mme Legras de St Germain, before 1847

Alba 

Pure white to cream perfectly formed rosettes with a good fragrance. This Madame makes a big shrub of 200X150 cm or 7X5 feet. Once flowering for five weeks. A healthy and Hardy variety. Shade tolerant

Celestial

Celestial, Kew 1797

Alba 

A special beauty with double solid pink blooms in clusters. Neat rounded bush which can reach 150X100 cm or 6X5 feet.

Very pleasant fragrance. Once blooming for five weeks. A healthy and Hardy variety zone 3b to 9b

Belle Amour

Belle Amour, before 1840

Alba (Damask) hybrid 

Found in a catholic monastery in 1840 Belle Amour is still a very good reliable garden rose.

Rounded shrub 150 X 100 or 5X 4 feet with light green foliage. Carmine red buds open into pink to coral pink double blooms in clusters. This color is unique to the old roses. They exude a fresh mirrh fragrance

Blooms for five weeks but as always in full abundance. Healthy and reliable. Good hardiness 3b to 9b. Shade tolerant.

Félicité Parmentier

Félicité Parmentier, Parmentier 1840

Alba 

This Belgian beauty is regarded as one of the finest of all old roses. She makes a neat big shrub 150X50 cm or 5 X 2 feet.

Her blooms are flesh pink, quartered and very fragrant. When they are fully opened the outer petals turn backwards which puffs up the blooms. A good healthy rose and again very hardy zone 3b to 9b and shade tolerant. Recommended! 

Alba Maxima

Alba Maxima, 1700

Alba 

A sport of Alba Semi-plena and also known for centuries. Puffy, white, ball shaped blooms showing their stamen. Strong Alba fragrance. A big shrub 200X200 cm or 7X7 feet so not for the small garden.

Once blooming but for at least five weeks. Very healthy and of course very hardy zone 3b to 9b. Can take considerable shade 

Königin von Dänemark

Königin von Dänemark, Booth 1826

Queen of Denmark 

Alba 

Rivals with Mme Hardy for the Titel of most beautiful old rose concerning the perfection of the flowers. Flesh pink to light pink quartered blooms in clusters on a nice rounded shrub. Dimensions are 150X150 cm or 6 X 6 feet. Once flowering for five weeks. Fine fragrance. Very hardy zone 3b to 9b. Good healthy plant. Can take considerable shade

Alba Semi-plena

Alba Semi-plena, Since 1400 AD

Alba, Rose of York 

Big white double blooms with golden stamen. Once blooming in early summer. Can reach 200 cm or 7 feet. Very hardy zone 3b to 9b. Used for the production of rose oil in Kazanlik. 

This rose was the rose of the English royal house of York. A historical gem. Very healthy 

Cuisse de Nymphe

Cuisse de Nymphe, since 1500 AD

Alba 

A very old Alba and still very worthwhile to grow. Beautiful flesh pink quartered blooms with a fresh fragrance. Tall and bushy up to 200 cm or 7 feet. Makes a rounded shrub. Very hardy zone 3b to 9b

No diseases, can take considerable shade. Blooms for five weeks in early summer. Once blooming. Don't prune the first three to four years. 

Mme Plantier

Mme Plantier, Hardy 1835

Alba 

A vigorous, bushy rose which can reach 320X300 cm or 10X9 feet.

Countless of rather big, very filled, sometimes quartered, white blooms showing the green button eye. Strong fragrance 

She looks like Mme Hardy but that last one is more sophisticated in her blooms. Ideal for large gardens as a solitary big shrub or against a fence. Needs space. 

Very hardy at 3b and warmer

No diseases and shade tolerant. Once, spring blooming.