Rosaceae
Rosa acicularis subsp. acicularis
Rosa acicularis subsp. acicularis
Also known as Rosa lissinensis, Rosa gmelinii, Rosa suavis var. taquetii, Rosa acicularis var. pubescens
Flowering Plants · Native Plants · Trees & Shrubs · Native Rose · Prickly Rose · Cold Hardy · Wildlife Shrub · Pink Flowers · Rosaceae · Deciduous Shrub · Boreal · Hips · Northern Garden
Prickly rose is a cold-hardy native shrub that thrives in well-drained soil with partial sun and consistent moisture. Prune lightly after flowering to maintain shape and encourage new growth. It is well suited to northern gardens and naturalized landscapes where it provides wildlife habitat.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 5 hours
- Watering
- Water deeply until soil is moist, allow top inch to dry between waterings · Every 7-10 days
- Maintenance
- Moderate
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6.8–7.5
- Temperature
- -40°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
Hardiness
USDA 3a-9b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 3 ft – 10 ft
- Spread
- 6.7 ft
- Spacing
- 48 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Medium
- Flowers
- Red
- Foliage
- Green · Fine
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Alaska, Altay, Amur, Baltic States, Buryatiya, Central European Rus, China North-Central, Chita, East European Russia, Inner Mongolia, Irkutsk, Japan, Kamchatka, Kazakhstan, Khabarovsk, Korea, Krasnoyarsk, Magadan, Manchuria, Mongolia
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies, Birds
Sources: trefle, usda
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