General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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)
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Cut Flower
Edible Parts: Flowers
Eating Methods: Tea
Raw
Cooked
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

Image
Common names
  • Woods' Rose
  • Rose

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Location: Meise botanical garden

Date: c. 1826
illustration from 'The Botanical Register', 1826
Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Date: June
credit: dougwaylett
Location: Meise botanical garden
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: Meise botanical garden

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