Smooth Rose
Rosa blanda
Smooth rose is a nearly thornless prairie rose with fragrant pink blooms and red hips, spreading into low colonies. Tough and cold-hardy for meadows, slopes, and naturalistic borders.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Type
- shrub
- Lifespan
- perennial
- Height
- 3–5 ft
- Spacing
- 3–5 ft apart
- Light
- sun
- Soil moisture
- moist, dry
- Soil pH
- neutral, alkaline, acidic
- Bloom
- June, July
- Bloom colors
- pink
- Wildlife value
- pollinators, songbirds, butterflies, larval host
- Caterpillar hosts
- ~135 butterfly & moth species
- Landscape uses
- hedge or screen, foundation, erosion control
- Native states
- CO, IA, IL, IN, ME, MI, MN, MO, NH, NY, SD, VT, WI