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American wild climbing rose

Also known as: prairie rose; sunshine rose

A rose of trailing habit to 1.5m tall, with long, arching stems and leaves composed of serrated bright green leaflets, downy and greyish beneath. Clusters of slightly fragrant, single, deep-pink blooms to 6.5cm across, fading with age, are produced over a long season from early to late summer then small globular red fruits (hips) follow

Scientific classification

Species: American wild climbing rose (Rosa setigera)
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: 1.5-2.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy · Trailing
Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of American wild climbing 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 American wild climbing rose

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American wild climbing rose care guide

Deep root watering, allow slight surface drying before watering again
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Watering

Deep root watering, allow slight surface drying before watering again

Fertilizing

Rose fertilizer every two to four weeks from spring through late summer

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. 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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