Dog rose
Rosa canina
In Dutch: Hondsroos
ShrubsCollection: Native species
Properties
- Height
- 1 to 3 m
- Spread
- About 1.5 to 2.5 m
- Full grown after
- 5 to 10 years
- Sun
- Full sun to partial shade
- Soil
- Sand, loam or clay, not too wet
- Water
- Little: only in dry spells during the first summers
- Maintenance
- Low: remove an old stem once in a while
- Flowers
- May to July, white to pink
- For bees
- Yes: lots of pollen in June and July
- Hay fever
- Not or weakly allergenic
- Leaves
- Drop in autumn: bare from November to March
- Hardy
- Yes
- Native
- Yes
- Poisonous
- No: the hairs inside the hip can irritate
- Pricks or stings
- Yes: prickles, curved like a hook
- Price, young
- About €1.70 per plant (buying 10) to €2.15 per plant, 40-100 cm, bare-root
- Price, grown
- Not for sale
Through the year
- Leaf
- April to October
- Flower
- May to July
- Fruit
- September to February