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Prickly Rose

Prickly Rose

Rosa acicularis

  • 1 to 2m in height with variable spread
  • Bright red twigs, thorny to the very tip
  • Compound leaves, 5-7 leaflets, green turning a nice red in the fall
  • Single pink flowers bloom in mid to late summer
  • Mildly fragrant
  • Fruit is a bright red hip high in vitamin C and very ornamental in mid winter

Landscape Use:

  • Alberta’s floral emblem
  • Fills in the space
  • Good understory
  • Hips stay on all winter, offering food for winter birds
  • Full sun to part shade
  • Extremely drought tolerant for Calgary and area gardens

Special Conditions:

  • Commonly used for reclamation for bank stabilization
  • Can be suckery and aggressive
  • Plant with caution in an appropriate site where there is sufficient space
  • 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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