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Austrian Briar

Rosa foetida

Deciduous Shrub

Height

5 - 6 (feet)

Spread

4 - 5 (feet)

Distinctions

Deep yellow, single flowers; excellent survival once established.

Limitations

Unpleasant flower odor; marginally hardy in Zone 4; plants grown on their own roots are the most hardy.

Hardiness

SC, SE (Zone 4)

Origin

Western Asia

Cultivars

‘Hazeldean’ fragrant, yellow blooms.; ‘Bicolor’ Austrian Copper Rose, Austrian Briar; red or coppery-red single flowers; some plants have survived in INT.; ‘Persiana’ Persian Double Yellow Rose; double yellow flowers.

Austrian Briar