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Rosa foliosa.   Click a photo to enlarge it.  back to list

Rosa foliosa
Ref No: 247
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colour: Bright Red, Strong Pink
height: Low Shrub below 2.5 feet (0.75 m)
scent: Slight or No Scent
introduction: Pre 1700
usda zone: Zone 4 (-27ºC/-16.6ºF to -33ºC/-27.4ºF)
flowers: Single
repeat: Once Flowering

Rosa foliolosa Nutt. A low shrub up to 50cm high, with few prickles; leaflets usually 9, apex and base acute, upper surface glabrous and shining, up to 3cm long. Introduced in 1880. Flowers usually solitary; petals up to 3cm long. Hips subglobose, smooth or glandula; sepals spreading, deciduous. Native of eastern North America from Newfoundland to Pennsylvania to Ontario and Arkansas. Zone 4, will survive down to –30°C


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