| Description | A wild rose with a single pink flowers. |
|---|---|
| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Rose |
| Hardiness Zone | 4 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average, tolerant |
| Flowers | pink solitary fragrant flowers, 5 sepals, 5 petals, numerous stamens and a few pistils |
| Fruit | roundish red fruit (hips) are a good found source for wild animals and the skin is edible by humans, used to make jelly and tea |
| Leaves | alternate, pinnately compound usually 5 leaflets, sharply serrated margin, pointed to rounded at the base |
| Stems | covered with lots of small prickles |
| Dimensions | reaches 3-6 feet tall by equal to greater spread, upright or with ascending arching branches |
| Maintenance | to maintain shape and increase flowering, in the spring cut out dead wood and cut back each stem 25%-33% or more |
| Propagation | seeds need 90 days of cold stratification, by cuttings |
| Native Site | dry open woods, fields, railroad tracks and thickets, also found in wet areas |
| Author's Notes | I remember how I would eat the rose hips in front of my Biology class, a few would try this native delight. The taste of the hips reminds me of Apple peels. |
| Notes & Reference | #63-How to recognize Shrubs (William Carey Grimm) |
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