Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Small: under 2"
Bloom shape: Flat
Petal count: Single: 1-7 petals
Rose bloom color: Light pink
Rebloom: None
Class: Other: Species, wild
Growth Habit: Arching canes, up to 15 feet tall
Fragrance: Strong
Misc: Shade tolerant
Hybridizer & year: Wild rose
Optimal growing zones: USDA zones 4-9

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Full Sun to Partial Shade
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)
Plant Height: Up to 15 feet
Plant Spread: 5-8 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Pollinators: Self
Moths and Butterflies
Flies
Bees
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Eglantine
  • Rose
  • Eglanteria
  • Common Sweet Briar
  • Double White Hip
  • The Missionary Rose
  • Sweetbriar
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Rosa rubiginosa
  • Synonym: Rosa sassnowskyana

Photo Gallery
Location: Botanical Garden of Utrecht
Date: 2023-09-02
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Meise Botanical Garden)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Meise Botanical Garden)
Location: Talor Dam Blenheim New Zealand
Date: 2022-03-16
Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Meise Botanical Garden)
Location: My Garden, Arvada, Colorado
Date: June

Date: 2021-12-21
photo from the 1913 catalog, Biltmore Nursery Roses, Asheville, N
Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-02
Location: Allentown, Pennsylvania
Date: 2015-05-30
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)

Date: 2008-05-06
Photo courtesy of: Stan Shebs

Date: 2006-09-22
Photo courtesy of: Kristian Peters
Location: Sierra Madrona Spain
Date: 2009-07-01
Photo courtesy of: Javier martin
Uploaded by Calif_Sue

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
  • Uploaded by Joy

Date: 2009-11-05
Photo courtesy Antique Rose Emporium. Used with permission.

Date: 2012-02-26
Photo courtesy of: Sebastian Bieber
Location: Dean Bond Rose Garden, Scott Arboretum, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania USA
Date: 2018-06-02
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)

Date: 2006-06-13
Photo courtesy of: Alastair Rae
Comments:
  • Posted by Calif_Sue (Sebastopol, CA - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2013 10:30 PM concerning plant:
    Noted by Antique Rose Emporium:
    "Known as the Sweet Briar Rose because of the strongly apple-scented leaves, this is a favorite English native that has been recorded in literature from Chaucer to Shakespeare. R. eglanteria, or Eglantine, has been common in cottage gardens on both sides of the Atlantic because it is not only hardy but always fragrant, whether or not it is in bloom. The rambling shrub is large, thorny, and vigorous with dark green, slightly rough foliage. Spring flowers are pink with five petals and have a good rose fragrance of their own. R. eglanteria should be part of every fragrance garden. Rain, wind and sun all seem to bring out the perfume of the plant."

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