Iceberg
Location
Rose Garden
Rosa ‘Iceberg’
- Common Name: Iceberg Rose (other common names: ‘KORbin’, ‘Fee des Neiges’, ‘Schneewittchen’, Floribunda, New Generation Roses® Collection)
- Scientific Name: Rosa ‘Iceberg’
- Family Name: Rosaceae
- Origin: Germany, Europe
- Height: 3’ – 5’ (up to 12’ as a climber)
- Width: 2’ – 3’
- Growth: unknown
- Zone: 4A – 9A
- Light Needs: Full sun (tolerates light shade but has best disease resistance and flowering with full sun.
- Salt Tolerance: unknown
- Soil/PH/Texture: Tolerates a wide variety of humus enriched, well-drained soils from sandy loam to clay loam; roses live best in a pH range of 6.0-7.2 with 6.5 being the ideal for optimum growth and flowering. (pH outside of this range causes loss of nutrients which has a detrimental effect of roses.)
- Soil Moisture: average water needs, water regularly (keeping moist) without over watering. It needs good air circulation to prevent humidity that can cause black spot.
- Drought Tolerance: low – moderate
- Pests/Diseases: roses are bug and disease resistant with a moderate amount of care.
- Growing Conditions: easy to grow and can be a bush, climb or be trained as a tree.
- Characteristics: Leaves are shiny, light green large and glossy. The showy fragrant flowers bloom in small clusters, are a white blend sometimes with a flushed pale pink, medium in size about 2” – 3”, 24 – 40 petals, appear in the spring – fall and blooms repeatedly until winter.
- Propagation: by stem and tip cuttings
- Wildlife: attracts bees, birds, and butterflies
- Facts: Hybridized and introduced by Reimer Kordes in 1958. The parentage is from Robin Hood x Virgo, and it has 17 child plants.
- Designer Considerations: A wonderful choice for borders, beds, mass-plantings, or containers on your patio and makes a beautiful flower arrangement. It can also climb up arbors, trellises, and other structures.
