'White Dawn' is a beloved and classic white-flowered Climber that first beguiled gardeners in 1949, an optimistic era when America was recovering from the struggles of World War II. Her charm is still as great as ever. Each vigorous, 6 to 8-foot tall bush is clothed off and on all season with armloads of short-stemmed, 3-inch wide blossoms possessing the innocent creamy whiteness and bewitching perfume of the best gardenias. Try 'White Dawn' at the entryway to a mixed planting of white lilacs, 'Galahad' delphiniums, white Madonna lilies, and white perennial candytuft, or just on her own leaning against an adobe wall or trellis.

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