Profile
Austrian Briar
Rosa foetida
Deciduous Shrub
Height |
5 - 6 (feet) |
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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. |
