First I am looking for the Cecil brunner that is pictured on the link below so which one of the many Cecile's do I want?? Also how does it stand up to humidity and rain? I live on the Ohio river in kind of a bubble as far as weather goes. I have been living here for almost 5 years and I have rarely seen it get colder than 28-30 degrees and that only stays very briefly. Would this rose make it here and thrive or languish for want of a nicer climate. My biggest enemies are blackspot and ...... Blackspot!! I love the look of the rose but I don't wish to waste my time or money on something that won't work.

Thanks for any advice!

Grace e

http://www.helpmefind.com/rose/l.php?l=21.117483

For Cecile Brunner, her climbing version only blooms once a year. This would be in late spring-early summer. She will put out these masses of roses as you see in the picture, but once this is over she will cease to bloom until the next year. I have seen it reported that she often will not bloom at all until she reaches her mature size. What size that may vary by climate, so it could be possible that you are waiting one or two years before you even see this sort of blooming known as a "spring flush."

The climbing version is also what we here at GardenWeb like to call a "house eater." This means that it is extremely vigorous and will become quite large in a short period of time. Because of this one needs to exercise good judgement when deciding what kind of structure she will climb. That picture you linked us to belongs to a gardener who had Cecile Brunner take out the first metal structure she was on because the rose got so large and heavy.

The normal Cecile Brunner bush is an Earth-kind rose, meaning it is a no maintenance, disease resistant, drought tolerant, heat resistant, good bloomer. However, I cannot say the same about the climbing version since it is not listed as Earth-kind. This may be because it does not have these qualities, or it may simply be because no trials have been run on the climbing version.

If none of this sounds appealing to you, perhaps you may tell us what sort of rose you are looking for and we could point you in the right direction?

Regards and welcome,

Josh

'Mademoiselle Cécile Brünner, Cl.' is a climbing sport of the original bush. It does, as noted above, bloom in the spring. It can be somewhat remontant in a cool, coastal climate. It is, indeed a powerful "house-eater."

There are, in addition to those, other sports, there is:

'Spray Cécile Brunner,' another bush-form sport,
'White Cécile Brunner' (identical to the original, but ivory white).
'Rita Sammons' another bush-form sport, but darker in color.

Jeri

I've also seen Spray Cecille Brunner used as a hedge which spread 8 feet long and kept neatly pruned to c. 4 feet high.

Cecille Brunner is the rose I've loved the longest, for fifty years and more.

Lux

I'm going to move mine. I've ordered Renae from Burlington nursery to plant in front of my shed next spring. It should be a good match since it's thornless and we'll be walking past it all the time.