Romantic Iceberg Rose At Dusk
White iceberg rose is another of my favorite roses, and one that thrives in my Mediterranean Southern California climate. I planted an entire hedge of iceberg roses as an entrance to our syrah vineyard and nearby nestled sitting area. My intention was to create a pleasing color palette for one’s eye from our home and surrounding our nearby cozy sitting area. White iceberg rose has an incredible elegance about it with prolific sprays of pure-white blooms with dark green foliage. It makes for a romantic and elegant entrance to our vineyard and the blue ocean horizon beyond. In the above photo, I have planted a climbing iceberg rose up a pillar, and added a vintage bracket ready to hold a lantern with the soft glow of a candle.
White Iceberg Rose Hedge
Iceberg rose is a popular floribunda rose, and it is now available in pink and burgundy. My favorite is the white. White iceberg roses are often available at retail stores and nurseries at very reasonable prices. The iceberg rose blooms non-stop all summer, is very disease-resistant, is very hardy, and has a subtle sweet rose fragrance. The iceberg rose is as beautiful as a cut flower as it is in your garden. It does best in zones 5-9, and reaches a mature height of 3-4 feet. It looks best in mass plantings, and can be a foundation for your garden.
The climbing white iceberg rose has the same wonderful attributes as the iceberg floribunda. Use it on arbors, fences, pillars, and where ever it can potentially climb. Plant white iceberg rose for romance in your garden.
Please share if you have iceberg rose in your garden. Please comment on how you use iceberg rose in your garden.
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Excellent and helpful post. Your words and pictures have helped me decide to purchase Iceberg bareroots this winter.
Yea, go girl! You will love this rose. Thanks for your lovely comment…VintageGardenGal
I keep meaning to get Iceberg; this is a good reminder of why to actually do it. The top photo is gorgeous; Iceberg’s great in monochrome, too. And don’t white flowers seem to cool down a summer day?
A year ago last fall I decided my parkways need some thing to make my corner lot look more cottage like. So off to the nursery I went and came home with 30 white icebergs and a few grosso lavender,. The icebergs are doing great the lavender not so good, but … this rose is a star in our Calforina heat.
Judi, you can’t go wrong with white iceberg roses. They look so wonderful in mass, too. Thanks for your comment…VintageGardenGal
I have both iceberg roses and boxwoods in my front yard, along with several varieties of lavender and they’ve done wonderfully well (zone 7). Even with deer. I just spray a bit of liquid fence or Repells-All and it keeps them from have lunch on me.
What other plants compliment white icebergs? I planted eight in my front yard, on the pathway which leads to our entry – because the beds are curved, they were not planted as a hedge, but dotted in some beds as a focal point. I planted them with lavender originally, but the lavender didn’t survive two seasons.
Casey, take it from your garden style and colors. Iceberg goes with just about anything. I have mine with a nice green boxwood hedge. Lavender is a good choice, if you can grow it. Try something that is fairly low, and some of your color combinations you are using in your garden. Plants with gray foliage are nice, too. Have fun…VintageGardenGal
I have 12 standard Iceburgs in the front of my house , looks stunning all in a row , accompanied by white gardenia’s and white paper daisy’s … i have to be careful as it gets very humid in this part of NZ … my Standards back in South Australia do really well the climate is very mediterranean, they will be 20 years old and still going ….
Maryanne, thanks for sharing. I love the beauty and elegance of the white iceberg roses….VintageGardenGal
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