Partial Sun
Medium
It is untroubled by disease, right throughout the year. 2
On newly planted roses water until well established. Feed twice: once in spring and once in summer.3
Try to plant in a location that enjoys partial sun and remember to water moderately. Keep in mind when planting that Winchester Cathedral is thought of as hardy, so this plant will grow or become dormant during the winter. Ideally plant in loamy soil and try to keep the ph of your soil between the range of 5.5 and 6.5 as Winchester Cathedral likes to be in weakly acidic soil.As a hybrid variety, this plant will not reliably grow true to type from seed.
Registration name: AUScat
Austin (UK, 1988)
There is conflicting information about the parentage of the Winchester Cathedral rose. “Botanica’s Roses” and “The American Rose Society Encyclopedia of Roses” both claim it is a sport of ‘Mary Rose’, while the US patent describes it has having been asexually reproduced by budding, and describes the parentage as: Female parent (seed parent): Wife of Bath X Un-named seedling (both non-patented); male parent (pollen parent): Mme Caroline Testout X The Friar (both non-patented).
Winchester, White Mary Rose, Winchester Cathedral ®