Rosa pimpinellifolia Seeds | Burnet Rose
LATIN NAME: Rosa pimpinellifolia
COMMON NAME: Burnet Rose
Plant Profile
Burnet Rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia) grows as a shrub in the rose family. Shrub spreads slowly into neat, prickly mound, and it stands cold, wind and poor, sandy ground well. It likes sun, and well-drained soil. Gardeners value it precisely for this blend of qualities.
Science & Biotechnology
Rosa pimpinellifolia sits in the rose family, a group that keeps botanists, horticulturists and plant breeders busy with questions of classification, adaptation and ornamental potential. Purple-black hips of burnet rose give it a recognised place in research on tough, coastal roses of rose family, and pimpinellifolia species appears in studies of poor-sand growth and hip chemistry. Modern propagation practice has made this species straightforward to raise by ordinary good methods.
Uses & Benefits
Burnet Rose brings genuine presence to the garden and earns its keep across the growing season. In poor, sunny ground, burnet rose petals coast with creamy-white flowers and black hips. Hips make fine jams, syrups and teas, dense, thorny shrub holds sandy banks, and flowers open for the bees. It grows well in well-drained, sunny ground. Establishment is uncomplicated, and afterwards ordinary care suffices.
The rose is a medicine chest in disguise: rose hips are among the richest natural sources of vitamin C, standardized hip powder has clinical-trial support for joint comfort, and rose water and oil, the attar of roses, have soothed skin and spirits for a thousand years.
Growing from Seed
Burnet Rose grows readily from seed. Surface-sow onto a light, well-drained compost, dust over a thin covering, and keep evenly moist and sunny until the seedlings show. Transplant the sturdiest seedlings to their permanent spots and let them develop without disturbance.
Our Take
Among the Rosa group, it is one of the more distinctive species in cultivation. Beginners will find it patient of imperfect technique.
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