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Common Wild Rose

Common Wild Rose

Rosa woodsii

  • Bushy shrub 1-1.5m tall
  • Red bark with thorns on the nodes; new growth is generally smooth (thornless)
  • Compound leaves, 5-9 leaflets, green turning a nice red in the fall
  • Single pink flower blooms mid to late summer
  • Mildly fragrant
  • Rose hips are an attractive winter feature

Landscape Use:

  • Fills in an area quite nicely
  • Good understory for large beds
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Extremely drought tolerant for Calgary and area gardens

Special Conditions:

  • Commonly used for reclamation for bank stabilization
  • Suckers aggressively
  • Once you have roses you will always have roses
  • Prickly rose (Rosa acicularis) and wild rose (Rosa woodsii) overlap habitats in Calgary and do hybridize


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