burr rose

Also known as: chestnut rose; Chinquapin rose

Very prickly shrub rose, about 5m high, with thorny, flaky brown stems, and pale green leaves composed of 9-15 leaflets. Single, lightly-fragrant shell-pink blooms, to 7.5cm across, appear in early summer, followed by round, prickly, green ripening to yellow-orange fruits (hips)

Scientific classification

Species: burr rose (Rosa roxburghii)
Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Toxicity: Roses
Plant type: 1.5-2.5 metres
Height: 1.5-2.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
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Habit: Spring · Summer · Autumn
Season of interest: Full sun · Partial shade
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Distribution of burr rose

Distribution map

Himalaya to C and Southern China

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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 burr rose

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burr rose care guide

Deep root irrigation, drought tolerant after full root establishment
Watering: Full sun · Partial shade
Sunlight: Information to be completed
Ideal temperature

Watering

Deep root irrigation, drought tolerant after full root establishment

Fertilizing

Organic rose fertilizer top dress once per early spring season

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, Suited to edge of woodland planting. 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 and sometimes honey fungus. May also be susceptible to disorders rose blindness and flower balling

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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