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'Rosier des Chiens' rose Description
Photo courtesy of Museo Giardino della Rosa Antica
HMF Ratings:
130 favorite votes.
Average rating:
GOOD+.
Bloom:
Light pink to white. [Pink.]. White to light pink to shell pink blooms. Smooth pecicel. Mild fragrance. Small to medium, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary, cluster-flowered, in large clusters bloom form. Once-blooming spring or summer. Leafy sepals, ovoid buds.
Habit:
Tall, arching, armed with thorns / prickles, upright, well-branched. Medium, matte, medium green foliage. 5 to 7 leaflets.
Height: 47" to 16'5" (120 to 500cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 3b through 9b. Can be used for understock. Vigorous. Disease susceptibility: very disease resistant.
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Parentage:
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Notes:
A wide-ranging species found throughout Europe, showing considerable variation in bloom and foliage color and texture. Blooms vary from white to pale pink to warm shell pink, foliage from shiny medium olive green to matte greyish green. Most distinctive are the hooked, falcate prickles that are green on new growth. Smooth orange-red hips. Almost 400 forms and variants have been documented by taxonomists.
Rosa prutensis Chrshan. Flora Reipublicae Sovieticae Socialisticae Ucrainicae; 1938 580, f.41 1954.
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