Description

An extraordinary variety producing large, elegant white blooms on an upright, bushy plant that is disease resistant; this selection is perfect for sunny beds and shrub borders; strong citrus fragrance

Landscape Attributes

White Lightnin' Rose is a multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with an upright spreading habit of growth. Its average texture blends into the landscape, but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition.

White Lightnin' Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

White Lightnin' Rose will grow to be about 4 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 3 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 20 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This particular variety is an interspecific hybrid.