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• Labrador Rose
• Meadow Rose
• R. blanda
• Rosa blanda Aiton
• Rosa blanda Jacq.
• Rosa cinnamomea subsp. blanda (Aiton) Nyman
• R. fraxinea Willd.
• Rosa fraxinifolia var. blanda (Aiton) Ser.
• Rosa gemella Willd. synonym
• Rosa Solandri Tratt. Synonym
• Rosa subblanda Rydb. Synonym
• Rosa turgida Pers. synonym
• Rose du Labrador
• Smooth Rose

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Medium pink Species.
Exhibition name: R. blanda

Discovered by James Gordon (United Kingdom, 1773).

Species / Wild.  

Rose-pink.  Strong fragrance.  Average diameter 2.25".  Medium, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary, in small clusters bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  

Arching, bushy, few or no prickles/thorns, well-branched.  Medium, matte, dark green, leathery foliage.  5 to 9 leaflets.  

Height: 4'11" to 8'2" (150 to 250cm).  Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).

USDA zone 3b and warmer.  Vigorous.  produces decorative hips.  

Diploid

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R. blanda Aiton (1789). Section Cinnamomeae. See also Rosa blanda f. blanda and Rosa fraxinifolia Lindl.
Hips are red and pear-shaped.