Description

This amazing variety features arching young stems, bearing enormous, bright red, winged thorns that glow in sunlight; cream colored single blooms are followed by pretty red hips; prune hard to encourage showy thorns; needs full sun and well-drained soil

Landscape Attributes

Wingthorn Rose is an open multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a shapely form and gracefully arching branches. Its relatively fine texture sets it apart from other landscape plants with less refined foliage.

Wingthorn Rose is recommended for the following landscape applications;

Planting & Growing

Wingthorn Rose will grow to be about 8 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 7 feet. It tends to be a little leggy, with a typical clearance of 2 feet from the ground, and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a medium rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 25 years.

This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions, but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH. It is somewhat tolerant of urban pollution. This species is not originally from North America.