Rosa davurica seed
LATIN NAME: Rosa davurica
COMMON NAME: Amur Rose, Dahurian Rose
The Amur rose is a hardy and generous wild rose of the northern lands, and its pink flowers and bright red hips have brightened the scrublands of the northeast for a very long time. It grows as an erect, deciduous shrub, reaching up to one and a half metres, with arching, thorny stems and pinnate leaves of five to seven leaflets and, in early summer, a fine display of single, pink flowers, followed in the autumn by a crop of bright red, flask-shaped hips. It is native to eastern Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, northern China, Korea and Japan, and it is a tough and cold-hardy rose of the northern scrublands.
The Amur rose belongs to the rose family, Rosaceae, and it is a species of flowering plant native to eastern Siberia, the Russian Far East, Mongolia, northern China, Korea and Japan. It is an erect shrub reaching one and a half metres, and it is a tough and cold-hardy rose of the northern lands.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The Amur rose has a genuine and growing place in both horticultural and nutritional research. It has been studied in horticulture, since it is a tough and cold-hardy rose, prized for its fine pink flowers and its bright red hips, and researchers have examined its cultivation, its growth and its value in the cold garden, while its hardiness has made it of interest in the breeding of the garden roses, and its toughness in the cold northern lands has been examined. The rose has also been studied in nutrition and food science, since the hips are rich in vitamin C and other nutrients, and researchers have examined the content and the uses of the hips, which are gathered and used for teas, jams and syrups, while the wild roses of the north have been studied for their value as a source of vitamin C and of healthy foods. The species has also been studied in ecology, since it is a native of the northern scrublands, and its growth and its role in the community have been examined. For a rose of such hardiness and such gifts, the Amur rose has a rich and growing record of research.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the Amur rose is a generous rose of the northern scrublands. Its pink flowers feed bees and other insects, and its bright red hips feed birds and wildlife through the autumn, while its thorny thickets give shelter in the cold northern lands.
Its economic value is real. The hips are rich in vitamin C, and they are gathered and used for teas, jams and syrups, while the rose is also a tough and handsome ornamental of the cold garden, and the value of the wild rose hips has drawn attention in the international health and food press as part of the wider interest in the vitamin-rich wild foods of the north. For a grower, the Amur rose is an easy and hardy shrub, and for a gardener it brings pink flowers and bright red hips to the cold border. The seeds need a spell of cold — keep them in the fridge in damp compost for a couple of months, then sow them in a pot of moist, free-draining compost, and they’ll sprout steadily, growing on into a tough, cold-hardy rose.
NAME: Cinnamon Rose
OTHER COMMON NAMES: Amur Rose
SCIENTIFIC NAME: Rosa Davurica
COLOR: Pink
PLANT SEEDS: Fall sow seeds or cold stratify
BLOOM TIME: June – July
HARDINESS ZONE: 5 – 9
PLANT HEIGHT: 36 – 48″
PLANT SPACING: 36 – 48″
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Sun – Part Shade
SOIL & WATER PREFERENCES: Average
QUANTITY: 10 Seeds
OTHER: The Cinnamon or Amur Rose is a shrubbing rose with lovely fragrant 1 ½” single pink blooms. They will attract bees & butterflies to your garden. Birds will also enjoy eating the beautiful rose hips! Roses make an excellent cut flower and these large blooms will last for up to 2 weeks once cut. They are also a popular dried flower. They also have many traditional uses. The Amur Rose is able to tolerate sandy or heavy clay soil as well as moist conditions.