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Rosa spinosissima
Also called Scotch Rose, Scottish Briar, Scotchbriar, Scottish Rose
Burnet rose (Rosa pimpinellifolia, also called Scotch rose) is a low, suckering deciduous shrub with cream flowers and dark purple to black hips, native to coastal dunes and limestone in Europe and northwest Africa. It is hardy and tolerates salt wind and poor sandy soil.
Rosa pimpinellifolia, the burnet rose or Scotch rose, is a species of rose native to western, central and southern Europe (north to Iceland and Norway) and northwest Africa.
Numerous cultivars are grown, of which 'Stanwell Perpetual' has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. It has very pale pink double flowers, fading to white.
It is generally restricted to sand dunes or limestone pavements and typically has a coastal distribution when not on limestone.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Rosa pimpinellifolia 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.
