woods rose
Rosa woodsii
USDA zones2 to 9
SunHandles full sun to full shade
WaterHandles dry to moist soil
Size3 to 6 feet tall3 to 6 feet wide
- Bloom season
- Spring, summer, autumn, winter
- Bloom color
- Pink
- Foliage color
- Green
- Soil types
- Sand, loam, clay
- Soil pH
- Acid, alkaline, neutral
Garden uses
Attracts
Notes
Woods rose (Rosa woodsii) is a shrub for borders and woodland gardens. It is hardy to USDA zone 2, or down to -50°F (-46°C). This plant likes full sun to full shade and dry to moist, sandy, loamy, or clay soil. Single pink flowers are fragrant and open in late spring and early summer, and bees and butterflies visit them. Orange-red rose hips follow, and you can eat them. Give it good air flow because it can get fungal problems.
Pairs well with Silver buffaloberry, Apache plume, Red fescue, and White spruce.
Native range
AK, AZ, CA, CO, and 22 more places. See all 26
AK, AZ, CA, CO, IA, ID, KS, MN, MT, ND, NE, NM, NV, OK, OR, SD, TX, UT, WA, WI, WY; AB, BC, MB, NT, ON, and SK.