Anyone Heard of Centennial Star Rose

14 years ago

A grower here in Chino has a lot of the Centennial Star Roses, I just bought one and read it's one of the Romantica roses, why doesn't anyone hear ever mention it, it has 70 petals, strong frangrance and is just beautiful, here is a link to it, if you have it let me know how you like it.

https://www.regannursery.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=plants.plantDetail&plant_ID=72&typeID=18

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pat_bamaz7

10 years ago

Centennial Star was new for me this year here in hot, humid Alabama, and I've been very pleased with it so far. Mine is in all day full sun and has shown good heat tolerance. It has been a good bloomer for a first year rose, and they are absolutely gorgeous blooms with a very strong fragrance. They start off a golden yellow with reddish pink edging, but fade fairly quickly to a softer yellow/pink mix. The blooms do last a long time on the bush and as a cut flower. I spray my HTs as needed, so can't really say how disease resistant it would be no spray. It stayed clean with about once a month spraying here. Again, I've only had it since February, so can't really say how it will do long term, but not bad for its first year in my garden.

Here are some pics showing the color from first opening to sun bleached:

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sweetmichelia
Original Author
14 years ago
here is a better link.

Here is a link that might be useful: Centennial Star Rose
phil_schorr
14 years ago
Centennial Star is not a new rose. It was registered and introduced by Meilland in 1996. It does have beautiful color, but if it has strong fragrance for you that is a bonus since Meilland has always said it just has slight fragrance. Enjoy your great new rose.
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sweetmichelia
Original Author
14 years ago
I'm aware it's not a new rose, I haven't seen a bloom in realtime yet, I just read that it had a strong fragrance,
here it is.

Selected for the centennial of Star Roses in 1997, the strongly fragrant golden yellow blooms remind one of 'Peace' but with stronger colors and a higher petal count. Tall, bushy plants have dark green, glossy foliage.

Selected for the centennial of StarÂ® Roses in 1997

Height
3-4 Feet

Characteristics & Attributes
Light Requirements
Sun
Fragrance
Strong
Growth Habit
Bushy
Tall/Upright
Features
Fragrant
Foliage Color
Dark-Green
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Harton
10 years ago
Has anyone grown this rose in the humid South? I live in Louisiana where Blackspot is always a problem.

Harton
Poorbutroserich Susan Nashville
10 years ago
Lovely! Always good to add one to the "when I buy 10 acres" list! And always good to know your thoughts Pat, since we're "neighbors".
Susan
john_ca
10 years ago
Hi Michaela,

We planted CS in our present home around 3 years ago. This is a spectacular rose in our garden and it produces enormous flowers in the fall,at least 6 inches across. I grew it when it first came out around 15 years ago in a different location. I know some criticized the fragrance of this rose, calling it "phenolic". The leaves are dark green and waxy and does not suffer from any foliar diseases that I can remember. The plant itself is vigorous and grows around 5 feet high and across. When I bring flowers in to the lab at work, most of the lab technicians think the blossoms are wonderful.