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Sweet Briar Rose

Scientific name: Rosa eglanteria
Taxonomy
Family:Rosaceae
Type:Deciduous shrubs
Native:YES
Plant Requirements
Zone:4 to 8
Sun:Full to partial sun
Moisture:Medium
Plant Characteristics
Height:8 ft
Width:8 ft
Bloom:Showy flowers
Bloom Time:May
Additional Characteristics
Trees


Fruit

Leaves


Bark
Wildlife value

Poisonous
Description Sweet Briar rose is best known as an ancient rose from England whose single pink with white center flowers have a fragrant, apple scent

  Morphology:
Sweet Briar rose grows in the wild as a Northwest native plant, attaining a height and width of 8’. Leaves are arranged alternate and are deciduous. Leaves are odd-pinnate with 5-7 firm leaflets, with individual leaflets broadly elliptic and an inch in length. Leaf edges are serrated with gland-tipped teeth.

Flowers appear in small clusters, but typically in a singular fashion. The are borne on short, stout, glandular-bristly pedicels.

Hips are ovoid in shape and ripen to a bright red color in the fall.

  Adaptation:
This species grows well in either full sun or partial shade. It prefers moist sites.

  Pests:
None reported.
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