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Rosaceae
Hedge Rose
Rosa canina
Simple, wild beauty and the original rose.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
- Native to
- Europe, Northwest Africa, Western Asia
- Bloom season
- Late Spring, Early Summer
- Type
- deciduous shrub
- Height
- 100–500 cm
- Sunlight
- full sun to part shade
- Soil
- well-drained, adaptable
- Water
- moderate
- Hardiness
- 3–9
- Lifespan
- perennial; up to 100 years
Did you know
- Rosa canina ('dog rose') is the most common wild rose in Europe and the rootstock onto which many garden roses are grafted.
- Its red-orange hips contain 20 times more vitamin C than oranges and were mass-collected in Britain during WWII rationing.
- The name 'dog rose' may come from the old belief that the root could cure the bite of a rabid dog.
- Each flower has just five petals — the ancestral petal count that all double-flowered garden roses were bred from.
- The thorny arching stems can scramble 5 meters into hedgerow trees, creating dense wildlife corridors.
Color meanings
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simplicity
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pleasure and pain
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wild romance