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Rosa moschata
Musk rose is a vigorous, arching shrub or scrambling climber with clusters of single white, musky-scented flowers from late spring into autumn. It is grown mainly for its fragrance and long flowering season, and is a parent of many garden roses.
Rosa moschata, the musk rose, is a species of rose which has been long in cultivation. Its wild origins are in southern Iran to Afghanistan.
It has been contended that no truly wild examples of the musk rose have been found, though it is recorded in cultivation at least as far back as the 16th century (being mentioned in A Midsummer Night's Dream [1596]). It is important in cultivation as a parent to several groups of cultivated roses, notably the damask rose and the noisette group, and is valued for its scent and for its unusually long season of bloom among rose species.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rosa moschata 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.
