Stellata is a suckering species rose with springy, wiry, thorny stems producing single, wide-opening, cupped to flat, fragrant, pink to deep rose-purple flowers with mid-green leaves. In general, roses are a large group of flowering shrubs, most with showy flowers […]

Rosa spinosissima is a dense suckering rose, forms symmetrical 3 to 4 feet high thickets. Canes are densely covered with spiny prickles. Late spring flowering in creamy-white, solitary, but abundantly blooming. Rosehips are fairly large, 3/4 inch wide, dark brown […]

Rosa setigera is a wide climbing shrub, reaching heights up to 15 feet tall. Canes are dark purple, spreading and arching, with paired or scattered recurved prickles. Flowers are single, deep pink fading to white, and 2 inches across on […]

Sericea, subspecies omeiensis f. pteracantha, is a stiff, upright hardy species rose producing solitary, flate, usually 4-petaled white flowers with large, clear, ornamental red prickles on young stems and small, fern-like light green leaves. In general, roses are a large […]

Rugosa is a hardy, dense species rose producing cupped, single, scented, violet-carmine-red flowers, showing yellow stamens, with very thorny stems and wrinkled, leathery, dark green leaves. Blooms are followed by tomato-shaped orange-red hips. Great as a hedge. In general, roses […]

Rugosa var. rosea is a hardy, dense species rose producing cupped, single, scented, rose-pink flowers with thorny stems and wrinkled, leathery, dark green leaves. Great as a hedge. In general, roses are a large group of flowering shrubs, most with […]

Rosa rubrifolia is a dense spreading rose, 5 to 6 feet tall. The canes are reddish-green, with decurved prickles. Flowers are cerise-pink, over 1 inch wide with pale pink centers and distinct yellow stamens. Rosehips follow blooms and are 1/2 […]

Roxburghii is a hardy, stiff-growing species rose producing solitary, neatly formed, rounded, double, lilac-pink flowers that open from thorny buds. Flaky bark and approximately 7 narrowly ovate, light to mid-green leaves. Also known as Burr Rose, Chestnut Rose, Chinquapin Rose. […]

Primula is an erect to arching species rose producing solitary, cupped, single, fragrant, pale primrose-yellow flowers that are followed by sherical to inversely cone-shaped, brownish maroon hips. Also produced are aromatic, dense, fern-like green leaves on slender, reddish-green stems. Also […]

‘Dunwich Rose’ is a hardy, twiggy hybrid spinosissima rose with a low, hummock-forming habit producing a profusion of short-stemmed, cupped to flat, single, fragrant, creamy white flowers with prominent gold stamens and dark green leaves. Also sold in plant nurseries […]