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: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Rose
  • Bengal Rose
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Rosa chinensis
  • Synonym: Rosa montezumae

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Date: c. 1803
illustration [as Rosa diversifolia] by P. J. Redouté from 'Descr
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2013-01-06
Location: Parchur, Andhra Pradesh, India
Date: 2013-01-06

Date: September
credit: Prenn

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