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Scotch Rose (Scotch Briar)
Rosa pimpinellifolia (Rosa spinosissima)
Deciduous Shrub
Height |
3 - 8 (feet) |
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Spread |
3 - 5 (feet) |
Distinctions |
Pink, white or yellow flowers; very hardy. |
Limitations |
Thorns. |
Hardiness |
INT, SC, SE (Zone 3) |
Origin |
Western Asia and Europe |
Cultivars |
‘Alba-plena’ double white flowers.; var. altaica Scotch Altai rose; large, single, pale, creamy-yellow flowers; fewer thorns than species; vigorous growth, 6' x 6+'; hardy in INT in protected sites only.; ‘Fruehlingsgold’ pale yellow, single or semidouble flowers.; ‘Freuhlingsmorgen’ pink-red flowers.; ‘Harison’s Yellow Rose’ Rosa pimpinellifolia x Rosa foetida ‘Persiana’; Mormon Rose; double yellow flowers; climbing habit; reaching 6' to 8' in height and spreading to 5'; excellent survival once established (Zone 4).; ‘Lutea’ Yellow Scotch Rose; yellow flowers; easy to grow.; ‘Lutea-plena’ double yellow flowers.; ‘Prairie Dawn’ pink flowers all summer; can grow to 12' tall.; ‘Prairie Charm’ salmon-pink flowers all summer; needs snow cover in winter. |
