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Rosa ecae

Rosa ecae
Photo: T.Kiya from Japan, CC BY-SA 2.0

Rosa ecae is a small, thorny shrub from Central Asia, Afghanistan, Pakistan and the western Himalayas, reaching about 120 cm, with bright yellow flowers. It grows best in sun with well-drained soil and is hardy in cold winters.

Family
Rosaceae (Rose family)
Grows as
Shrub
Light
Full sun
Water
Water deeply during dry spells, then let the top few centimetres of soil dry before watering again.
Soil
Well-drained, fertile loam; tolerates poor soil once established.
Temperature
Hardy to about -25 °C; protect young plants from hot, dry winds.
How easy
Easy
Safety
Not known to be toxic
Native range
Afghanistan to C. Asia and W. Himalaya
Climate
temperate

About

Rosa ecae is a species of flowering plant in the family Rosaceae, native to Central Asia (except Kazakhstan), Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the western Himalayas. A shrub reaching 120 cm (4 ft), it is very similar to Rosa xanthina. It is a probable parent of the hybrids 'Golden Chersonese' and 'Helen Knight'.

Other Rosa plants

Prickly rose · White rose of York · Prairie rose · Field-rose · Banksian Rose · Smooth rose · Macartney rose · California wildrose · Dog rose · Carolina rose · Chinese rose · Amur rose

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rosa ecae by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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