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'St. Cecilia ®' rose Reviews & Comments
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4 APR 22
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20 JAN 15 by
moriah
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I started this one as a band and was in shade for several years and did fine; but couple of years ago, moved it to a sunny spot facing east and it has really excelled with both with vigor and blooms. It's one of my favorites and has wonderful smell.
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I bought St. Cecilia as own-root and it died in my zone 5a winter in heavy clay, I suspect St. Cecilia prefers loamy/sandy soil, and its roots can't handle my gluey & wet clay.
Thanks for any help, it's good to know what type of soil (clay, loam, sandy) is best for which own-root. The pH doesn't matter, since I have acidic rain pH 4.5, as well as alkaline tap water at pH 9 (I can easily fix my tap water with acid-fertilizer).
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I am trying to locate a nursery that carries St. Cecilia and you mentioned that you had purchased one. Please give me more info on nursery, etc.
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It is has grown back every year for me in upstate NY, also zone 5a, but does not grow very big, and rarely blooms.
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I dug the soil around St. Cecilia. I over-compensated .. it was stingy in a wet-potting soil, so I made my clay really fluffy with pine-bark, and it got too acidic.
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The size of this rose is mentioned by David Austin 3 ft x 2.5 ft.
AUSmit
• Saint Cecilia
• St. Cecelia
50 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT-.
Light pink Shrub.
Registration name: AUSmit
Exhibition name: St. Cecelia
Bred by David C. H. Austin (United Kingdom, 1987).
Shrub. English Rose Collection.
Light pink. Strong, myrrh fragrance. Medium, cupped bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Height of 3' to 6' (90 to 185 cm). Width of 30" to 3' (75 to 90 cm).
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We've left the height of this rose at 3' to 6'. In Australia my 19 year old rose is over my head and I would guess it is about 6 feet.
(I have deleted the U.S. patent for 'St. Cecilia' as it lead to a strawberry plant.
United States Patent PP8,517
Marionnet December 28, 1993
Strawberry plant named "Mara Des Bois")
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Eastern Ontario, zone 4b
Healthy, extremely fragrant, repeats in flushes, gorgeous blooms and probably the most winter hardy English Rose. Cane hardy to the tips with temperatures to -30C for several winters now, can compete with Ag Canada roses for hardiness in my experience. One of Mr. Austin's best cold climate roses. A winner.
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It is fully susceptible to blackspot here in Appalachia z. 6b. I've seen mildew as well.
Very beautiful flowers with arresting fragrance, on long stems and good for cutting. Excellent shrub habit, upright and slightly vase-shaped with no rogue canes, strong repeat bloom.
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