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Rosa laevigata
Also called Camelia rose, Mardan rose
Rosa laevigata, the Cherokee rose, is an evergreen climbing shrub with large fragrant white flowers and bristly red hips, native to southern China, Taiwan and Vietnam. It is vigorous and tolerant, but can become invasive in warm regions, so grow it where it can be kept in check.
Rosa laevigata, or the Cherokee rose, is a white, fragrant rose native to southern China, Taiwan and Vietnam. It is an invasive species in countries including Australia, Japan and the United States.
It is typically found in sunny environments such as mountain fields, field margins, and along streams, at elevations ranging from 200 to 1600 meters. In Tibet, its distribution is primarily confined to the sunny mountainous regions of southern Tibet, where it occurs at higher altitudes between 1500 and 3500 meters.
The species was introduced to the southeastern United States in about 1780, where it soon became naturalized, and was then given its English common name.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rosa laevigata 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.
