Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Large: 4-5"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: very full: 40+ petals
Rose bloom color: White and white blend
Rebloom: Some
Class: Shrub
Extra Color Info: White, with slight tendency to produce white and pink blooms
Growth Habit: Medium-tall, 3-5 feet, bushy
Fragrance: Mild
Hybridizer & year: Discovered by David Austin, 1988
Optimal growing zones: USDA zone 4 and warmer

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 3-5 feet
Plant Spread: 2-3 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: White
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Will not come true from seed
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth
Parentage: Sport of: Mary Rose

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Alternative cultivar names:
  • 'Winchester Cathedral'
  • 'AUScat'
  • 'White Mary Rose'
  • 'Winchester'

Common names
  • Rose

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Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C. 
Date: 2008-06-27
 7:13 pm. Sometimes, in a humid summer, some pink creeps in.
Location: My Garden in PA
Date: 2023-05-21
Location: Near Napa Valley (Northern California)
Date: 2020-10-21
Winchester Cathedral
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2017-05-25
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-06-21
Location: England
Date: 2015-11-27
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-07-14
Plant centre
Location: Riverview, Robson, B.C. 
Date: 2008-06-15
 6:39 pm. Such a pure white beauty.
Location: Canada
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 2019-06-06
Location: Oxfordshire, England
Date: 9June 2016
Photo by sedumzz
Photo by zuzu
Location: Kamloops, BC, Canada
Date: 2013-06-11
Photo by zuzu
Photo by zuzu
Photo by sedumzz
Location: Jacksonville TX
Date: 2016-09-24
Photo by zuzu
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-04-11

Date: 2010-06-04
Photo courtesy of: Anna reg
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-06-26
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2007-09-23
Location: Ukraine (Transcarpathia)
Date: 2018-07-04
Location: In my Northern California garden
Date: 2012-10-06
Photo by robertduval14
Location: Denver Metro, CO
Date: 2012-04-15
At Tagawa's Nursery (hothouse grown)
Location: Bordeaux, France
Date: 2016-05-09

Date: 2014-04-26
  • Uploaded by jon
Location: Islamabad, zone 9b
Date: 2016-04-07
Photo by Tex68

Photo courtesy of: Anna reg

Date: 2013-05-15
Photo courtesy of: Anna reg

Photo courtesy of: Anna reg

Photo courtesy of: Do.weller

Photo courtesy of Tasman Bay Roses
Photo by zuzu
Comments:
  • Posted by zuzu (Northern California - Zone 9a) on Sep 29, 2011 3:18 PM concerning plant:
    This sport of Mary Rose occasionally displays a tendency to revert and produces blooms with a lot of pink, ranging from subtle pink shading to blooms that are half-pink and half-white.
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