Rosa sherardii

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A wild rose, to around 2m high, with upright stems, straight or slightly curving thorns, and toothed green leaves with glandular, softly hairy undersides. Produces small, rose pink flowers to 4cm across in early summer, followed by almost round red fruit (hips), sparsely covered with stalked red glands

Scientific classification

Species: Rosa sherardii (Rosa sherardii)
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
Foliage: Bushy
Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of Rosa sherardii

Distribution map

Plant distribution

Native
Introduced
Cultivated

Source：WCVP v16 · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · CC BY 3.0 · Boundaries：WGSRPD / TDWG

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 sherardii

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Rosa sherardii care guide

Water moderately, allowing the soil to dry slightly between waterings.
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Water moderately, allowing the soil to dry slightly between waterings.

Fertilizing

Apply a balanced rose fertilizer in early spring and after flowering.

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 mildews. May also be susceptible to disorders like 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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