Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Small: under 2"
Bloom shape: Flat
Petal count: Single: 1-7 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium pink
Extra Bloom Info: Small, single, in clusters
Rebloom: None
Class: Other: Species, wild
Extra Color Info: Pink, with white center
Growth Habit: Arching canes, 5-12 feet tall
Fragrance: Moderate
Misc: Shade tolerant
Thornless or almost thornless
Optimal growing zones: USDA zones 2-9

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 5-12 feet
Plant Spread: 5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Pollinators: Bees
Awards and Recognitions: RHS AGM
Other: 2002 Great Plant Picks Award Winner, 2010 Plant Select Winner

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Common names
  • Red Leaf Rose
  • Rose
  • Hecht Rose
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Rosa glauca
  • Synonym: Rosa majalis var. rubrifolia
  • Synonym: Rosa ferruginea
  • Synonym: Rosa rubrifolia

Photo Gallery
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-06-09
Rambling rose vase shape
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-06-05
Rambling rose
Location: My garden
Date: 2018-06-05
Rambling rose vase shape
Location: Santa Cruz Mountains, California
Date: 2015-05-06

Date: 2018-08-01
Location: Northumberland UK
Date: 2023-06-15
Location: Whetstone Park of Roses, Columbus OH USA
Date: 2016-05-29
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 2019-06-29
Rosa glauca
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 2015-06-28
Rosa glauca
Location: Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England UK 
Date: 4000-01-15
Rosa glauca
Location: Montenegro,  Lovcen P.N.
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2016-07-11
Location: A garden in B.C. Canada
Date: 2012-06-18
Nice gray blue shading against other greens

Date: 2004-05-24

Date: 2004-08-27
Location: Wyck Historic Rose Garden, Philadelphia (Germantown), Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-05-26
Location: Arvada, Colorado zone 5
Date: 2011-10-08
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-06-07

Date: 2003-05-30
Photo courtesy of: Wouter Hagens
Location: Meise botanical garden
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2017-06-18
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-06-21
Location: Rosemont, Ontario
Date: August

Date: 2020-07-26
Location: Sunwapta Falls, Jasper, Canada | August, 2022
Date: 2022-08-06

Date: 2003-05-30
Photo courtesy of: Wouter Hagens
Photo by Galanthophile
Location: Botanical Garden Copenhagen
Date: 2016-12-04
Location: Austria
Photo courtesy of: Franz Xaver
Location: Meise botanical garden
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: Svendborg, Denmark 
Date: 2019-12-05
Location: Svendborg, Denmark 
Date: 2019-12-05
At least 12 feet/4 metres tall shrub
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-04-27
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-07-19
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-05-31
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2008-06-21
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-06-11

Date: 2011-01-26

Date: c. 1913
photo from the 1913 catalog, Biltmore Nursery Roses, Asheville, N
Location: A garden in B.C. Canada
Date: 2012-06-18
Location: A garden in B.C. Canada
Date: 2012-06-18

Date: 2006-05-28
Photo courtesy of: Sakurai Midori
Location: Botanical Garden Copenhagen

Date: 2010-06-07
Photo courtesy of: Amada44
Location: At a local nursery
Date: 2012-05-02

Date: 2012-06-21
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-06-30
Location: Alnwick garden, Northumberland UK
Date: 2010-09-04
Location: My garden
Date: 2016-07-16
Location: RHS Harlow Carr, Yorkshire, UK
Date: 2018-06-11
Location: Washington
Date: 2016-07-21
Location: UK
Location: Montenegro,  Lovcen P.N.
Location: Montenegro,  Lovcen P.N.
Location: Montenegro,  Lovcen P.N.
Location: Arvada, Colorado zone 5
Date: 2011-10-08
Location: A garden in B.C. Canada
Date: 2012-06-18

Date: 2007-10-07
Photo courtesy of: Sakurai Midori
Location: garden in MunichBavaria
Photo courtesy of: OhWeh

Date: 2008-07-08
Photo courtesy of: Neelix
Location: Somerset, UK
Date: 2009-07-11
Photo courtesy of: Julie Anne Workman
Location: Botanical Garden Copenhagen
Location: Matsusaka Mie, Japan
Date: 2008-09-10
Photo courtesy of: Hamachidori
Location: Slovenia Primorska
Date: 2012-06-08
Photo courtesy of: Franz Xaver
Location: Wyck Historic Rose Garden, Philadelphia (Germantown), Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-02
Location: Slovenia Primorska
Date: 2012-06-08
Photo courtesy of: Franz Xaver
Location: Austria
Photo courtesy of: Franz Xaver

Photo courtesy of Joy Creek Nursery
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Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-07-26
unripe hips
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-07-26
Location: Indiana zone 5
Date: 2014-07-26
loaded with hips
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MrsBinWY On July 4, 2019 Transplanted
Planted rose from Joyce in the alley, across from the Mountain Ash stump (barerooted for fear of bindweed).
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