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- Dog Rose, Rosehip, ... - a plant with many names
- Time for enlightenment
- These features make the dogrose
- The blossom of the dogrose
- It's time for her generous gift - rosehips
- Recommended for the garden?
- Tips & Tricks
Dog Rose, Rosehip, ... - a plant with many names
Surely you know rosehips. But did you know that this shrub, whose fruits bear the same name, is known by several names? Which features set it apart and is it recommended for the garden?
Time for enlightenment
Whether rosehip, dogrose, wild rose or dog rose - there are many names that refer to one and the same plant. Maybe it's easier to say: Rosa canina. This is the botanical name of this plant.
It is a wild plant that, like many (cultivated) roses that you may have in your garden and which are referred to as flowering, bedding, shrub, climbing or groundcover roses, produces the distinctive rosehip fruits ,
These features make the dogrose
The dogrose is a shrub up to 5 m tall. As a woody plant, it is extremely richly branched and dense in structure. It becomes an impenetrable thicket because of its hook-shaped spines, which surround itself around its branches and twigs.
Her leaves are typical of roses. They arrange themselves alternately, are pinnate, medium green and jagged on the edge. In autumn, they turn yellowish to brownish, to be thrown off then.
The blossom of the dogrose
The dogrose usually blooms in June. Their white to pink flowers gradually open and are open for a few days. They are cup-shaped, fünfzählig constructed and zwittrig. They emit a typical wild air.
It's time for her generous gift - rosehips
In late summer, the rosehip fruits appear:
Recommended for the garden?
Yes, because the dog rose can act as a visual and wind protection. It spreads over foothills and forms impenetrable thickets. It is ideal for demarcating land, as a hedge and for planting slopes and embankments. It also provides a good hiding and breeding opportunity for birds. Their care requirement is extremely low as wild wood.
Tips & Tricks
The dogrose prefers to grow in a deep loamy soil in a partially shaded and warm location.
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