Nootka rose - Rosa nootkana (nutkana)
Plant type: deciduous shrub
Height: 4-10’
Growth rate: medium
Habit: showy pink flowers in late spring, curved thorns at base of leaves in pairs. Red/purple hips that last through winter. Thicket forming.
PPL: yes
Light - full to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally wet
Ecological functions: leafcutter bee favorite! Flowers attractive to native insect pollinators, hips provide winter food source. Great habitat provider due to thicket-forming habit. Top 30 plant host for caterpillar species!
Plant type: deciduous shrub
Height: 4-10’
Growth rate: medium
Habit: showy pink flowers in late spring, curved thorns at base of leaves in pairs. Red/purple hips that last through winter. Thicket forming.
PPL: yes
Light - full to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally wet
Ecological functions: leafcutter bee favorite! Flowers attractive to native insect pollinators, hips provide winter food source. Great habitat provider due to thicket-forming habit. Top 30 plant host for caterpillar species!
Plant type: deciduous shrub
Height: 4-10’
Growth rate: medium
Habit: showy pink flowers in late spring, curved thorns at base of leaves in pairs. Red/purple hips that last through winter. Thicket forming.
PPL: yes
Light - full to part sun
Soil - moist to seasonally wet
Ecological functions: leafcutter bee favorite! Flowers attractive to native insect pollinators, hips provide winter food source. Great habitat provider due to thicket-forming habit. Top 30 plant host for caterpillar species!
