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Grafted on Rosa Multiflora, #1 Graded Rose

White Licorice™

$54.95 CAD Reopens Oct 15
Eligible for flat rate shipping.

'WEKdidusinra'

The name tells you everything you need to know. White Licorice™ is a floribunda rose whose fragrance of sweet spice, vanilla, licorice, and lemon blossom is as distinctive as its lotus-like bloom form. Large, flat rosettes in warm butter lemon yellow shift to ivory white in warmth and deepen in cool weather, ideal for statement plantings, beds, borders, and containers. A Portland Gold Medal winner with a fragrance that genuinely intrigues passerby.

More About White Licorice™

White Licorice™ unfolds from butter yellow ovoid buds into medium, double blooms in generous clusters. The flat rosettes reveal pointed tipped petals reminiscent of a lotus flower, in warm butter lemon yellow that shifts to ivory white in warmer temperatures and deepens in cool weather, showing cute yellow stamens as the bloom opens fully. Perfumed with sweet spice of tea, vanilla and licorice combined with floral notes of lemon blossom, White Licorice™ is there to be enjoyed up close through every flush of the season.
Growing Details

An upright floribunda rose reaching 4.5 feet in height and 2.5 feet in width. White Licorice™ is clad in dark green semi-glossy to glossy foliage. May require some fungal support depending on growing conditions. Winter hardy, thriving in CA Zones 6+ | USDA 5+. Requires full sun and adapts to all soil types. Bred by French-Canadian breeder Bédard with Distant Drums as one of its parents, White Licorice™ is at home in statement plantings, beds, borders, and containers.
Awards
Fragrance Awards, Rose Trials Awards

Order White Licorice™ and let its lotus-like blooms and distinctive fragrance make your garden truly unforgettable.

  • Description

    White Licorice™ unfolds from butter yellow ovoid buds into medium, double blooms in generous clusters. The flat rosettes reveal pointed tipped petals reminiscent of a lotus flower, in warm butter lemon yellow that shifts to ivory white in warmer temperatures and deepens in cool weather, showing cute yellow stamens as the bloom opens fully. Perfumed with sweet spice of tea, vanilla and licorice combined with floral notes of lemon blossom, White Licorice™ is there to be enjoyed up close through every flush of the season.


    Breeder: Bédard    Introduced IN 2009

  • Growing Details

    An upright floribunda rose reaching 4.5 feet in height and 2.5 feet in width. White Licorice™ is clad in dark green semi-glossy to glossy foliage. May require some fungal support depending on growing conditions. Winter hardy, thriving in CA Zones 6+ | USDA 5+. Requires full sun and adapts to all soil types. Bred by French-Canadian breeder Bédard with Distant Drums as one of its parents, White Licorice™ is at home in statement plantings, beds, borders, and containers.

  • Characteristics

    • Classification: Floribunda
    • Typical Plant Size: 4.5'h x 2.5'w | Upright
    • Bloom Types: Rosette, Double (21-39 petals)
    • Bloom Size: Medium | 2" - 3"
    • Growing Zones: Winter Hardy | CA Zones 6+ | USDA 5+
    • Fragrance Notes: Moderate Fragrant, Old Rose, Tea, Fruity, Spice

  • Awards

    2014 Portland – People's Choice Most Fragrant Rose | 2013 Portland – Best Floribunda Rose; Portland – Gold Medal | 2010 Rose Hills – Gold Medal
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