It only has a brief flowering period in June, but the decorative hips add interest through the rest of the year, so it is a good bet for an informal shrub border.
Collected in 1918 by the great George Forrest, it is one of the best of the wildings.
13 June 2014
Rosa forrestiana
This wild rose, from mountain scrub in Sichuan and NW Yunnan has (for a wild rose), unusually deep and bright red-pink flowers.
It only has a brief flowering period in June, but the decorative hips add interest through the rest of the year, so it is a good bet for an informal shrub border.
Collected in 1918 by the great George Forrest, it is one of the best of the wildings.
It only has a brief flowering period in June, but the decorative hips add interest through the rest of the year, so it is a good bet for an informal shrub border.
Collected in 1918 by the great George Forrest, it is one of the best of the wildings.
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ReplyDeleteThank you for this post, it sure is a beautiful wild rose. Do you know when the best time to seed it is?