leafy rose

Also known as: white prairie rose

Thicket-forming deciduous rose to about 60-90cm tall, bearing semi-glossy, dark green leaves, tinted orange-gold in autumn, with furry, soft leaflets produced all along thornless, greenish-purple stems and scented, bright, cerise-pink, single blooms to 5cm across, opening in late summer, followed by small, rounded red fruits (hips) from the early flowers

Scientific classification

Species: leafy rose (Rosa foliolosa)
Genus: Rosa
Family: Rosaceae

Fruit are ornamental - not to be eaten. Wear gloves and other protective equipment when handling
Toxicity: Roses
Plant type: 0.5-1 metres
Height: 0.5-1 metres
Spread: Deciduous
Foliage: Suckering · Bushy
Habit: Autumn · Spring · Summer · Winter
Season of interest: Full sun
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Distribution of leafy 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 leafy rose

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leafy rose care guide

Deep watering, allow slight surface drying between waterings
Watering: Full sun
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Watering

Deep watering, allow slight surface drying between waterings

Fertilizing

Rose feed in spring and after each major flush

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

Tolerant of a range of conditions but best in full sun with fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil. 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, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly, rose slugworm sawfly and rose leaf-rolling sawfly. Deer and rabbits can cause damage

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