What could be more delightful than having Snow White and her seven dwarfs growing in your rose garden? Unfortunately, you can’t have all seven dwarfs but you can have ‘Snow White’ and four of her dwarfs, ‘Doc’, ‘Happy’, ‘Bashful’, and ‘Dopey’. A rose grower in the Netherlands produced a series with seven dwarfs but only these four are available here at this time. Several roses have been named ‘Snow White’ but of them only one is readily available. ‘Happy’ is considered an excellent exhibition rose and has an American Rose Society rating of 8.1. All the dwarfs are short and/or compact. Available information on the roses named for all the dwarfs is included below for those interested in knowing what the whole series offers.
‘Snow White’ (aka ‘Sneprinsesse’)
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Type: Polyantha
Origin: Netherlands, 1946
Color: White, near white, or white blend
Petal Number: Double
Scent: Mild
‘Doc’
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Type: Polyantha
Origin: Netherlands, 1954
Color: Pink
Petal Number: Double
‘Bashful’
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Type: Polyantha
Origin: Netherlands, 1955
Color: Reddish pink with white eye
Petal Number: Single (4-8)
‘Dopey’
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Type: Polyantha
Origin: Netherlands, 1954
Color: Medium red
Petal Number: Double
‘Happy’
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Type: Polyantha
Origin: Netherlands. 1954
Color: Cherry-red
Petal Number: Semi-double to double
Scent: None
‘Sleepy’
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Type: Polyantha
Origin: Netherlands, 1955
Color: Pink
Petal Number: Double (17-25)
‘Sneezy’
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Type: Polyantha
Origin: Netherlands, 1955
Color: Deep pink
Petal Number: Single
‘Grumpy’
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Type: Polyantha
Origin: Netherlands
Color: Medium pink
Petal Number: Double