Pure and simple Wild roses
Nov 10, 2020
4 minutes
WITH their simple beauty and robust constitution, wild roses are often overshadowed by their showier, more flamboyant and longerflowering descendents. But as we enter bare root planting season, its well worth bearing in mind just how much a wild rose can add to a garden.
Known botanically as species roses, these were the original roses. They have been around for thousands of years, are revered by cultures all over the world and are the parents of every one of the hybrid roses you find in gardens today.
Pared-back beauty
The genetic history of roses is a complicated one – cross-breeding has created a succession of long-flowering cultivars with ever-more voluptuous blooms. Wild roses, however, are roses in
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