'Cécile Brunner, Cl.' Rose

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'Cécile Brunner, Cl.' rose Description

My HMF:

Photo courtesy of Cezili

Availability:

Commercially available

Synonyms:

• Buttonhole Rose
• Climbing Cécile Brunner
• Fiteni's Rose
• Madame Cécile Brunner, Cl.
• Mlle Cécile Brunner, Cl.
• Mignon, Cl.
• True Friend (climber, Hosp 1894)

HMF Ratings:

113 favorite votes.
Average rating: EXCELLENT.

ARS:

Light pink Polyantha, Cl..
Registration name: Mlle Cécile Brunner, Cl.
Exhibition name: Mlle Cécile Brunner, Cl.

Origin:

Discovered by Franz P. Hosp (United States, 1894).

Class:

Climber, Polyantha, Cl..

Bloom:

Light pink. Strong, spice, sweet, tea fragrance. 30 petals. Average diameter 1.5". Small, cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Habit:

Tall, climbing. Matte, dark green foliage.
Height of 20' to 30' (610 to 915 cm). Width of 10' to 20' (305 to 610 cm).

Growing:

USDA zone 5b through 9b. Can be used for garden or pillar. Vigorous. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.

Ploidy:

Diploid

Parentage:

sport of Cécile Brunner

Notes:

This is an American sport of 'Cécile Brunner.' It is not yet known when Hosp’s vigorous sport entered Australia.
The Australian climbing sport came from Richard Ardagh in 1902. See ‘Spray Cecile Brunner’.
Possibly also sold as 'Rosa di Santa Terezinha' in Portugal.