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Rosa banksiae var. banksiae (White Banksia) - A thornless evergreen vining plant that and can grow to enormous proportion, easily covering a small building or home. It has 2- to 3-inch-long pinnate leaves with three- to five-inch-long leaflets that have serrated margins. The small double white flowers bloom in early to mid-spring and are strongly scented of violets.
Plant in full to part sun. It can tolerate heat, frost and low to moderate watering and it quite cold hardy so useful in USDA zones 4-10.
This species is native to central and western China from 1,600 to 7,200 feet in altitude. This double, white flowered plant was the first form of Rosa banksiae to be described. It was introduced to Kew Botanic Garden from Canton in 1807 by William Kerr and was named after Dorothea Lady Banks, the wife of the Sir Joseph Banks, then director of Kew.
That this plant can grow to large proportions is evidenced by what is thought to be the largest plant of Rosa banksiae var. banksiae in the world located in the old mining town of Tombstone, Arizona where it covers 8,000 square feet of a courtyard. We have grown this attractive rose since 1981.
The information displayed on this page about Rosa banksiae var. banksiae is based on the research we have conducted about it in our nursery library as well as from information provided by reliable online resources. We also include our own observations made about this plant as it grows in the nursery gardens and other gardens visited, as well how the crops of this plant have performed in the containers in our nursery field. We will also incorporate comments that we have received from others and welcome hearing from anyone with information about this plant, particularly if it includes cultural information that will aid others to better grow it.
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