'St. Swithuns' Rose

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'St. Swithuns' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Gerda Fritz's Garden

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• AUSwith
• Saint Swithun
• St. Swithun ™

HMF Ratings:

73 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.

ARS:

Light pink Shrub.
Registration name: AUSwith
Exhibition name: St. Swithun ™

Origin:

Bred by David C. H. Austin (1926-2018) (United Kingdom, 1993).

Class:

Shrub. (Series: English Rose Collection)

Bloom:

Light pink. Moderate, myrrh fragrance. 120 to 130 petals. Average diameter 3". Medium, very full (41+ petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Rounded buds.

Habit:

Leathery foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.

Height: 5'11" to 9'10" (180 to 300cm). Width: 3' to 4' (90 to 120cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b through 10b. Disease susceptibility: susceptible to blackspot .

Patents:

European Union - Patent No: 339 on 2 Aug 1996
Application No: 19950474 on 24 Jul 1995

First commercialisation in EU: May 1, 1993.
Protection terminated on June 15, 2004.

New Zealand - Patent No: 1100 on 5 Jun 1996

United States - Patent No: PP 9,010 on 13 Dec 1994 VIEW USPTO PATENT
Application No: 08/183,276 on 13 Jan 1994

Parentage:

seed:	Mary Rose ®
pollen:	Chaucer × Conrad Ferdinand Meyer

Notes:

The Plant Science Dept. of the Nova Scotia Agriculture College evaluated 58 English Roses to assess their hardiness and disease-resistance. St. Swithun was found to be reasonably tolerant to blackspot, as well as winter hardy.