The buds are often pink but mostly open to a single white rose, but you do get the occasional pink bloom. The flowers form on short stems along the lengthy canes and the shrub is shaped like a very large umbrella, the canes emanating from the central base.
The shrub eventually grows to around 2 metres in height by about 3 metres in width so you need quite a big space. Birds love nesting in these big shrub roses, and we've had
families of wrens and other tiny birds making use of the prickly cover.
Originating in Spain, raised by a breeder called Dot in 1927.