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• Winchester Cathedral ®

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White, near white or white blend Shrub.
Registration name: AUScat
Exhibition name: Winchester Cathedral ®

Discovered by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, 1988).

Shrub.   (Series: English Rose Collection)  

White or white blend.  Flowers white, with a tendency to revert to pink.  Moderate, sweet fragrance.  80 to 85 petals.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, very full (41+ petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, cupped, old-fashioned, rounded bloom form.  Prolific, blooms in flushes throughout the season.  Rounded buds.  

Tall, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, upright.  Medium, semi-glossy, medium green foliage.  

Height: up to 4' (up to 120cm).  Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).

USDA zone 5b through 10b.  Can be used for cut flower or garden.  Hardy.  vigorous.  Requires spring freeze protection (see glossary - Spring freeze protection) .  Can be grown in the ground or in a container (container requires winter protection).  

New Zealand - Patent No: 778  on  30 Jun 1993
United States - Patent No: PP 8,141  on  16 Feb 1993   VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 07/623,289  on  6 Dec 1990

Mr Marriott, of David Austin Roses, Ltd., has confirmed that the parentage listed in the US Patent number 8141 is an error and that 'Winchester Cathedral' is a sport of 'Mary Rose' according to their internal plant records.