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Rosaceae
Burnet Rose
Rosa spinosissima
Wild beauty.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
- Native to
- Europe, Western Asia
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer
- Type
- deciduous shrub
- Height
- 2-4 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- well-drained, sandy, chalky
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 4-9
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- Burnet rose produces black rose hips instead of the typical red, making it unique among European wild roses.
- The species name 'spinosissima' means 'most thorny,' and the stems are densely covered in fine, needle-like prickles.
- It was a parent species in the development of the Scotch rose group, popular in 19th-century Scottish gardens.
- The flowers have a sweet, honey-like fragrance that is strongest on warm mornings.
- Burnet rose naturally colonizes sand dunes along the Atlantic coast, helping stabilize shifting sands.
Color meanings
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simplicity
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innocence