Rosa acicularis
Rosa acicularis, the wild rose, is the provincial flower of Alberta with single, fragrant, pink flowers and nice rose hips.
Rosa acicularis, known as the prickly wild rose, bristly rose, wild rose, or Arctic rose, is the provincial flower of Alberta and commonly found throughout that province and in BC (mostly east of the Coast-Cascade Mountains) east to Quebec and around much of the Northern Hemisphere. It grows as an upright, arching shrub with lovely, single, fragrant, pink flowers followed by attractive, elongated red rose hips all on stems with copious thorns of various sizes. The rose hips can be used to make jelly and tea and the flowers are edible. Popular with native bees and butterflies. It is a larval host for butterflies including the northern pearly eye. Tolerant of sun to shade. Hardy to zone 1! Photo: Wikipedia.
Common Name: Prickly Wild Rose
Family: Rosaceae (The Rose Family)
Zone Hardiness: 1-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 4-6'
Width: 3-5'
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Bloom Time: Spring - Fall
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist, Dry, Wet
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries: Red
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: No
BC Native: Yes
Native Habitat: Dry to moist open forests, thickets, stream banks, lakeshores, rocky or grassy bluffs and slopes, clearings, and wooded hillsides across the Northern Hemisphere.
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Geographical Origin: Europe and Western Russia, North America, Asia - China and Japan, North Central and Eastern Asia
