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Rosaceae
Prairie Rose
Rosa setigera
Wild grace and prairie summer.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
- Native to
- central and eastern United States
- Bloom season
- Early Summer
- Type
- deciduous climbing shrub
- Height
- 2–5 m
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- average, well-drained
- Water
- medium
- Hardiness
- 4–9
- Lifespan
- long-lived perennial
Did you know
- It is the only native rose in eastern North America that climbs — its arching canes can scramble 5 m through trees.
- Each pink flower fades to nearly white over its three-day life, so a single plant shows multiple shades at once.
- Unlike most roses it is dioecious-leaning: some plants are functionally male, others functionally female.
- It was once the official flower of both Iowa and North Dakota, before either state switched to wild prairie rose.
- The bright red hips persist into winter and feed cardinals, cedar waxwings, and grouse.
Color meanings
Pink
honest natural beauty