Rosa stylosa

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A wild rose, to around 2.5m high, with long, arching stems, curving thorns, and toothed, glossy green leaves with softly hairy undersides. Produces small, rose pink or sometimes white flowers to 4cm across in early summer, each with five shallowly notched petals. Flowers are followed by oval-shaped red fruit (hips)

Scientific classification

Species: Rosa stylosa (Rosa stylosa)
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: 1-1.5 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of Rosa stylosa

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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 Rosa stylosa

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Rosa stylosa care guide

Consistent moderate moisture, deep soak during prolonged hot dry weather
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Watering

Consistent moderate moisture, deep soak during prolonged hot dry weather

Fertilizing

Feed rose-specific fertilizer every three weeks from spring until autumn

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

Thrives in fertile, moist but well-drained soil in a sunny position. May benefit from an organic mulch in late winter or early spring. See rose cultivation for more detailed advice

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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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