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9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
Grows to 2m high, but can be as high as 3m. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
The stems are wine-red on the sunlit side. The flowers are pink. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
The stems are supposed to arch... |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
The subspecies vosagiaca exhibits a rather an open form rather than being dense. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
Flowers pink to pale pink. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
Unopened flower redder. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
Flowers deeper pink when not yet open. Note the bracts/sepals near the flower have red glands at the tip of a short stalk. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
Petals white near the centre. Leaves glaucous-green. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
Flower yellow in centre. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
The 5 pink petals have dropped off leaving the leaflets and sepals. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
Many anthers on long filaments. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
The ovary (the lower part of the as-yet unopened flower) is ovoidal in shape and is devoid of any hairs. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
The thorns are strongly curved. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaf with 3 pairs of opposite leaflets and a terminal leaflet. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
Thorns point backwards/downwards. |
9th June 2018, Waitby Greenriggs, Kirby Stephen, Yorks. | Photo: © RWD |
Leaves doubly-toothed. |
Exists as two subspecies:
There are 6 hybrids with other roses:
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