WHITE FLOWER CARPET – NOAschnee – pharmaROSA® NEONATAL rooted cutting
Uniformity and coverage define WHITE FLOWER CARPET (NOAschnee) as a dependable pharmaROSA® NEONATAL starting material for professional groundcover and shrub rose production, giving you a dense, bush-trained, own-root base that supports high-volume, project-led programmes. Its proven disease resistance, H7 winter hardiness and good heat tolerance simplify scheduling for nursery networks supplying public-realm and institutional schemes, even where winters are severe and wind-exposed sites are common. Fast, spreading growth with dark, glossy foliage and self-cleaning, white cluster blooms supports low-maintenance, large-area plantings from 1.5–2 L production routes. On own roots, stands regenerate reliably, helping you stabilise quality and capacity over time as roots establish in year one, structural shoots build in year two and full ornamental impact is realised by year three. This makes it a practical, scalable choice for nurseries, integrators and project-serving wholesalers aiming to anchor thematic rose ranges and landscape contracts in predictable, low-intervention plantings.
Usage options
Finished-product ideas
- 1.5 L mass-planting module – Compact, bush-trained own-root plants with uniform structure and fast lateral spread for cost-efficient project mass planting; optimised for wholesale supply into public-realm and contractor tenders.
- 2 L premium landscape line – Slightly up-sized container emphasising strong root volume and dense foliage for rapid establishment and fast coverage in parks and institutional schemes via project-focused distributors.
- Groundcover edging unit – Low, spreading plants selected for uniform height and self-cleaning performance, ideal for edging pathways and beds in large managed landscapes through landscape contractor channels.
- White collection block – Curated batches for thematic and show gardens, using own-root stability to maintain cultivar identity and pure-white colour blocks within specialist nursery and estate portfolios.
- Landscape mix component – Standardised white groundcover element produced alongside other project cultivars in the same 1.5–2 L format to simplify specification and logistics for integrators and framework suppliers.
Technical cultivar profile
| Parameter |
Data |
| Name and registration |
Registered as NOAschnee with current trade name WHITE FLOWER CARPET Flower Carpet® NOAschnee, in the ground cover commercial group; exhibition category shrub rose, landscape and groundcover. |
| Origin and breeding |
Hybrid of ‘Flower Carpet Pink’ × ‘Margaret Merrill’, bred by Werner Noack at Noack Rosen, Gütersloh, Germany, breeding year 1991, registered 1992 with subsequent PBR and PP processes through 1995. |
| Awards and recognition |
ADR certified in 1991, RHS Award of Garden Merit granted 2012, and Glasgow Certificate of Merit in 1996, confirming strong garden performance and reliability for professional landscape use. |
| Growth and structural characteristics |
Spreading groundcover shrub with 50–80 cm height and 100–170 cm spread, dense, glossy dark green foliage and moderate prickliness, forming a low, covering canopy suited to mass plantings. |
| Flower morphology |
Semi-double, flat, medium-sized cluster-flowered blooms with 13–25 petals, repeating well to give a plentiful second flush, providing steady ornamental value in landscape and groundcover settings. |
| Colour data and phenology |
Crystal-clear white flowers (ARS W, RHS 155C–155D) opening brilliant snow white with a slight buttery base tint, remaining pure white then gently fading to creamy white with translucent petal edges. |
| Fragrance and aroma |
Very weak, clean rose-like fragrance with barely perceptible scent; visual effect rather than aroma is the main ornamental feature, which suits public-realm uses where scent is not a key criterion. |
| Hip characteristics |
Occasionally produces small, spherical orange-red hips about 5–8 mm in diameter, but fruiting is limited and usually has minimal impact on overall groundcover effect or maintenance requirements. |
| Resistance and winter hardiness |
Rated H7, hardy approximately to −21 to −18 °C, USDA zone 6b and Swedish zone 3; good tolerance of heat and short dry spells and strong resistance to powdery mildew, black spot and rust. |
| Horticultural recommendations |
Suited to groundcover, flowerbeds, edging, containers, parks and urban green spaces, with low maintenance needs, minimal pruning and feeding, and a uniform, dense bush-trained release form for project mass planting. |
WHITE FLOWER CARPET NOAschnee as pharmaROSA® NEONATAL own-root material combines fast, spreading coverage, strong disease resistance and dependable hardiness into stable, long-lived stands that support predictable project supply; please contact us to coordinate volumes and timing.
