Virginia Rose

Rosa virginiana

Plant Characteristics:

• Duration: Perennial 
• Habit: Shrub
• Size class: 
• Native Habitat: Clearings, Thickets, Shores
• Bloom time: June, July, August

Growing Conditions 

• Light:
  • Part Shade, Shade
• Soil:
  • Moisture: Moist
  • CaCO3 Tol: low

Benefits:

• Fruit (Hips) is know to contain high amounts of vitamin C and can be made into tea or jelly 
• Attractant for native bees and bumblebees 
• Can be used as nesting material for bees and birds  

Drawbacks: 

• Pricks and thorns

Additional Comments: 

• Susceptible  to deer browse