Rosa woodsii
Rosa woodsii is a beautiful, super hardy native rose with great value to wildlife and pollinators.
Rosa woodsii is a native rose with many common names: Wood’s, interior, common wild, mountain, pear-hip, and prairie rose. It forms a large bush up to about 4-6 feet or more high with lovely, single, mid to dark pink, fragrant flowers with yellow central stamens in late spring and early summer. They are followed by ornamental and edible rose hips in shades of orange-red. They are high in vitamin C and can be eaten by humans but are certainly popular with native birds and other wildlife. Flowers are pollinated by a wide range of native bees and butterflies. Plants are a larval host for many butterfly and moth species. Provides habitat for nesting birds. Tolerant of sun to shade. A Canadian native from BC and the Yukon to Quebec. Photo: Wikipedia.
Common Name: Wood's Rose
Family: Rosaceae (The Rose Family)
Zone Hardiness: 2-9
Light: Full Sun, Part Sun, Part Shade
Height: 4-6'
Width: 3-5'
Primary Bloom Colour: Pink
Secondary Bloom Colour: Yellow
Bloom Time: Spring - Summer
Foliage Colour: Green
Class: Deciduous
Type: Shrub
Soil Moisture: Average, Moist, Dry
Stem Colour:
Fragrance: Yes
Berries: Red
Benefits: Bees, Butterflies
Deer Resistant: No
BC Native: Yes
Native Habitat: Open woods, plains, stream banks, wetlands, dry, stony slopes, forest openings, and disturbed areas from Alaska and BC south to California and east to Quebec and the midwest states.
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