The pure beauty of wild roses

De pure schoonheid van wilde rozen - Belle Epoque

The pure beauty of wild roses

Incredibly hardy and low maintenance.

Origin

Botanical or hip roses are wild roses and roses with a botanical character. Unlike modern roses, these are plants that have not been crossbred and also occur in the wild. Originally, wild roses come from Northern Europe. A well-known wild rose is rosa pimpinellifolia, better known as the burnet rose.

Pure beauty

Depending on the conditions, wild roses grow into large shrubs. Most botanical roses have lovely, simple flowers with five petals. They usually bloom once but abundantly and for a long time in spring or summer. And they usually stay beautiful after a heavy shower. Some people keep wild roses solely for the beautiful hips, for the look, or to make delicious jam. Rosa Dagmar Hastrup

Advantages

Wild roses are incredibly hardy. They thrive in almost any soil type and require little care. They do well in difficult, windy spots where other plants struggle and are extremely winter-hardy. An important advantage is that they only need pruning once every five to eight years. This can simply be done with a brush cutter. But it is mainly the natural appearance that we love.

Tip! Rose hedge

With a rose hedge you create a natural boundary that keeps unwanted visitors including dogs and cats at a distance. Wild roses are extremely suitable for a hedge.