Rosa palustris seed Swamp Rose
LATIN NAME: ROSA PALUSTRIS
COMMON NAME: Swamp Rose
In the wet meadows and the swamp edges of eastern North America, the swamp rose grows as an open, arching, deciduous shrub with the slender, prickly canes, the divided leaves of five to seven toothed leaflets and the clusters of single, clear-pink, fragrant flowers in the early summer, the round, red hips following in the autumn. It spreads into a loose, airy thicket, and it stands the cold winters and the wet, acid soils well. It does well in the sun and the moist, rich, boggy ground.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The swamp rose appears in the studies of the wild roses of the eastern wetlands, its single pink flowers and its love of the wet ground keeping it in view in the work on the wetland shrub communities and the disease-resistant rose breeding stock of North America. The research looks at the way the arching canes root where they touch the mud, the red hips ripen through the autumn, and the seed biology of the bony, bristly seeds.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
In the wet border and the pond margin, the swamp rose pours the clear-pink, fragrant flowers over the water and feeds the bees and the butterflies through the early summer. The red hips feed the birds in the cold months, the thicket gives the nesting cover, and the shrub makes the fine wetland rose, the wildlife shrub and the waterside plant. It is a rose for the sunny, wet, rich and open place.
To grow the Swamp Rose from seed, clean the seeds from the hips and give them a cold, moist spell.
Clean the seeds from the hips and give them a cold, moist spell, and keep the young roses in the open, moist spot. The pink flowers open with the early summer.
LATIN NAME: Rosa palustris
COMMON NAME: Swamp Rose
The swamp rose is a handsome and generous rose of the eastern American wetlands, and its clusters of clear, pink bloom and its bright, red hips have made it a beloved rose of the wet garden and the marsh. In time it steadily becomes a rounded crown, reaching 5-10 metres. It is a shrub in the rose family, native to the much of the eastern North America, and it can be found from the Nova Scotia and the New Brunswick in the north, south to the Florida and west to the Arkansas and the Ontario, while it is known as the swamp rose.
The swamp rose belongs to the rose family, Rosaceae, and it is a shrub, native to the much of the eastern North America, from the Nova Scotia and the New Brunswick in the north, south to the Florida and west to the Arkansas and the Ontario. It is known as the swamp rose, and it is prized for its clear, pink bloom and its bright, red hips.
Scientific Research & Plant Biotechnology
The swamp rose has a genuine and growing place in both horticultural and ecological research. It has been studied in the horticulture, since it is a handsome rose of the wet garden, prized for its clear, pink bloom and its bright, red hips, and researchers have examined its cultivation, its growth and its value in the moist garden, the bog garden and the waterside, while its tolerance of the wet, heavy soils, so unusual in the roses, has made it a valued plant of the wet garden, and the charm of the swamp rose has drawn attention in the international gardening press as a rose of the wetland. The shrub has also been studied in the ecology, since it is a native of the eastern American wetlands, and researchers have examined its growth, its role in the marsh and the swamp community and its value to the wildlife, while it is a host of the several insects, and its bright, red hips feed the birds and the small animals of the wetland, and the value of the swamp rose to the wildlife of the marsh has been examined. The species has also been studied in the botany, since it is a member of the rose family, and its classification and its relationships have been examined, while the study of the native roses of the America has been of continuing interest. For a rose of such generosity, the swamp rose has a rich and growing record of research.
Ecological & Economic Value & Wide Applications
Ecologically, the swamp rose is a generous rose of the eastern American wetlands. Its clear, pink blooms feed the bees and the butterflies, and its bright, red hips feed the birds and the small animals, while its thicket gives cover and nesting, and it is a beloved presence in the marsh and the waterside.
Its economic value is real. The swamp rose is a beloved rose of the wet garden and the waterside, prized for its clear, pink bloom and its bright, red hips, and its charm has drawn attention in the international gardening press as a rose of the wetland, while it is also valued in the restoration of the wetlands and the wildlife garden. For a grower, the swamp rose is an easy and generous shrub, and for a gardener with a moist or boggy corner it brings clear, pink bloom and bright, red hips. The seeds are easy to start — let them rest cool and damp for a while, then sow them in a pot of moist, rich, free-draining compost in a sunny or lightly shaded spot, keep them gently watered, and theyll be sprouting steadily, growing on into a generous, pink-flowered shrub.
Rosa palustris – Swamp Rose
Rosa palustris (the swamp rose) is a shrub in the rose family native to much of eastern North America. It can be found from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick in the north, south to Florida and west to Arkansas and Ontario.
It is a shrub with alternate, pinnately compound leaves, on thorny stems. The flowers are pink, borne in summer. In good conditions it grows a dense, bushy clump, staying under a metre. It is hardy in Zones 5a to 9b, making it suitable for most locations. Full sun and deep, fertile ground are what it needs. Ideal for use in a cottage garden planting where it will add both colour and scent.