Rose Encyclopedia

Rosa wichuraiana (Memorial Rose)

Rosa wichuraiana, the Memorial Rose, is a prostrate Asian species that revolutionized climbing rose breeding, contributing glossy disease-resistant foliage and trailing habit to hundreds of rambler varieties. Its own small...

Rosa wichuraiana (Memorial Rose)

Rosa wichuraiana, the Memorial Rose, is a prostrate Asian species that revolutionized climbing rose breeding, contributing glossy disease-resistant foliage and trailing habit to hundreds of rambler varieties. Its own small...

Rosa stellata (Desert Rose)

Rosa stellata is a rare desert-adapted wild rose from the American Southwest with distinctive three-leaflet leaves, dense thorns, and bright pink flowers triggered by monsoon rains. Thriving in extreme heat,...

Rosa stellata (Desert Rose)

Rosa stellata is a rare desert-adapted wild rose from the American Southwest with distinctive three-leaflet leaves, dense thorns, and bright pink flowers triggered by monsoon rains. Thriving in extreme heat,...

Rosa virginiana (Virginia Rose)

Rosa virginiana is one of eastern North America's most ornamental native shrubs, offering pink June flowers, glossy red persistent hips, and spectacular crimson-orange-purple autumn foliage. Hardy to zone 3 and...

Rosa virginiana (Virginia Rose)

Rosa virginiana is one of eastern North America's most ornamental native shrubs, offering pink June flowers, glossy red persistent hips, and spectacular crimson-orange-purple autumn foliage. Hardy to zone 3 and...

Rosa setigera (Prairie Rose)

Rosa setigera, the Prairie Rose, is North America's only native climbing rose, producing arching canes up to 5 meters long adorned with clusters of deep pink flowers that fade to...

Rosa setigera (Prairie Rose)

Rosa setigera, the Prairie Rose, is North America's only native climbing rose, producing arching canes up to 5 meters long adorned with clusters of deep pink flowers that fade to...

Rosa sericea (Silky Rose)

Rosa sericea is a dramatic Himalayan species famous for its extraordinary translucent wing-shaped thorns that glow like stained glass in backlight, and its unique four-petalled white flowers. The subspecies pteracantha...

Rosa sericea (Silky Rose)

Rosa sericea is a dramatic Himalayan species famous for its extraordinary translucent wing-shaped thorns that glow like stained glass in backlight, and its unique four-petalled white flowers. The subspecies pteracantha...

Rosa rugosa (Rugosa Rose)

Rosa rugosa is the ultimate low-maintenance garden rose, offering powerful fragrance, continuous summer bloom, massive vitamin C-rich hips, and golden autumn foliage. Hardy to zone 2 and thriving in pure...

Rosa rugosa (Rugosa Rose)

Rosa rugosa is the ultimate low-maintenance garden rose, offering powerful fragrance, continuous summer bloom, massive vitamin C-rich hips, and golden autumn foliage. Hardy to zone 2 and thriving in pure...