Fragrant Sweet Briar Rose
Rosa eglanteria
SKU: HC014700
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Overview
Sweet Briar rose was Shakespeare's favorite rose. Blooming with fragrant single pink flowers and followed by colorful hips that give the plant additional fall and winter interest. Thrives in alkaline soils.
key features
Botanical Name
Rosa eglanteria
Growing Zones
Zone 4, Zone 5, Zone 6, Zone 7, Zone 8
Advantages
Bee Friendly, Deer Resistant, Rabbit Resistant, Long Bloom Time, Cut Flowers, Fragrant, Mass Plantings
Soil Moisture
Average
Light Requirements
Full Sun
Mature Height
6-8' tall
Bloom Time
Late spring to late summer
SKU
HC014700
Description
Broad, rounded growth habit. A large-growing antique rose, this native to the British Isles was a favorite of Shakespeare, who wrote of it back in the late 1500s. The single pink-with-white-center flowers are wonderfully fragrant. Even the foliage smells sweetly of apples, especially when damp with morning dew. Sweet Briar Rose produces a heavy crop of colorful hips for winter interest. Particularly tolerant of alkaline soils, so plant it with your lilacs. 6-8' tall x 6-8' wide (cutting propagated).
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