General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
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)
Leaves: Deciduous
Flowers: Showy
Uses: Cut Flower
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

Image
Common names
  • California Wild Rose
  • Rose

Photo Gallery
Location: Atela garden - Alpiarça, Portugal
Date: 2011-05-07
Digital capture
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2012-05-28
Location: Meise botanical garden
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: Oceanside, California 
Date: 2021-06-30
Oceanside California
Location: Botanical Garden Meise (near Brussels - Belgium)
Date: 2023-05-15
Location: Meise botanical garden
Date: 2022-05-17
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2012-10-04
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2010-07-24
Location: Meise botanical garden
Date: 2022-05-17

Photo courtesy of Annie's Annuals and Perennials
Location: Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area, California
Date: 2012-05-25
Location: Malibu Creek State Park, Calabasas, California
Date: 2014-01-24
Location: Pomona, CA.
credit: Curtis Clark

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