common alpine rose

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A spreading rose to 1.2m tall, with arching, reddish-purple, almost thornless stems and dark green foliage. Single, lightly-scented, dark pink blooms with pronounced yellow stamens are borne in midsummer, followed by plump, elongated bright red fruit (hips)

Scientific classification

Species: common alpine rose (Rosa pendulina)
Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Toxicity: Roses
Plant type: 1-1.5 metres
Height: 1-1.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer · Winter
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of common alpine rose

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Culture

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Toxicity

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling

Quick identification of common alpine rose

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common alpine rose care guide

Water base deeply, keep root medium damp without waterlogging roots
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Watering

Water base deeply, keep root medium damp without waterlogging roots

Fertilizing

Rose nutrient mix fed biweekly through spring to late summer period

Pruning

Keep single-flowering shrub roses lightly pruned, removing dead, diseased, crossing and weak growth. Thin a few old unproductive stems if crowded. Prune in late summer after flowering.

Propagation

Propagate by softwood cuttings in early to mid spring, hardwood cuttings in late summer to autumn or by chip budding in summer; propagate by seed; species roses can be propagated by seed but need stratification and germination may take two seasons

Growing

Grow in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in full sun or part shade. Mulch with well-rotted organic matter in late winter or early spring, and for best flowering apply a general rose or shrub fertiliser in early spring and again in early summer. See rose cultivation

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Common pests and diseases

Diseases

May be susceptible to rose black spot, rose rust, replant disease, rose dieback, and rose powdery mildew. May also be susceptible to disorders rose blindness and flower balling and sometimes honey fungus

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids, rose leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly, rose slugworm sawfly and rose leaf-rolling sawfly. Deer and rabbits can cause damage

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