Rosa roxburghii Seeds | Roxburgh Rose
LATIN NAME: Rosa roxburghii
COMMON NAME: Roxburgh Rose
Plant Profile
A distinctive member of its genus, Roxburgh Rose (Rosa roxburghii) is a deciduous shrub in the rose family, native to warm places of the western and south-western China, while it is treasured for its fine, large, fragrant flowers. In rose family it is a large-hip ped rose of warm west, a shrub whose single, fragrant flowers give way to great, prickly, apple-like fruits. Established plants reach around Three metres. Plants that offer this much while asking this little are rare enough to treasure.
Science & Biotechnology
Research touching on Rosa roxburghii ranges from the botany of the rose family to practical horticulture, including seed handling, propagation and the selection of superior forms. The Roxburgh rose appears in fruit-science papers of region, where large, orange-yellow hips are studied for their fine, bright ways and their rich store of fruit vitamins. Contemporary seed practice means a grower can raise it confidently with standard techniques.
Uses & Benefits
In the garden, Roxburgh Rose earns its place in borders, containers and mixed plantings, and it also rewards growers who raise plants for cutting, drying or kitchen use. In the garden, the Roxburgh rose is a large-flowered shrub of sunny corner. Its fragrant flowers feed bees, its large, prickly hips feed birds, and open, prickly growth gives cover and shelter to small birds. Bright hips have been used in fine drinks and preserves of region, and shrub grows well in rich, moist, well-drained ground of sunny, sheltered spot. It establishes readily and then requires nothing out of the ordinary.
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
Sow fresh seed of Roxburgh Rose under ordinary good conditions. Sow the seeds evenly over the surface and cover lightly in a loose, well-drained seed compost, keep the sowing evenly moist, and give the pot or tray bright light. Shift the seedlings into small pots as soon as they can be handled, and give them bright light until planting-out time.
Our Take
It is a solid representative of the Rosa group, true to type from seed. Young plants want steady water; older plants take conditions as they come.
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