The Burnet rose is a wild shrub rose for isolated use, for hedges, flowerbeds, rockeries and slopes.
Small shrub up to 1 m tall. Matt green leaves, sometimes with reddish hues on the upper side. Solitary, very abundant flowers, milky white in colour, slightly yellowish at the base, occasionally pink. Fruit spherical when ripe, brownish-black in colour.
Flowers in spring until early summer. Spreads thanks to its underground stolons. Habitat in moist soils, tall scrub and on slopes, on calcareous soils.
(=Rosa spinosissima)
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| Plantation | ||||||||||||
| Flowering |
| Attracts Wildlife | Bees, Birds |
|---|---|
| Flower colour | White |
| Foliage | Deciduous |
| Foliage color | Green |
| Fruit color | Black |
| Hardiness | Hardy (-25ºC) |
| Peculiarity | Thorny |
| Plant use | Clump, Cottage garden, Erosion control, Gravel Garden, Low hedge, Restoration, Singular, Wild garden |
| Soil - Moisture | Well-drained |
| Soil - Ph | No preference |
| Soil - Type | No preference |
| Sunlight - Exposure | Partial shade, Sun |
| Watering | Moderate |

Easter 2026
This week we will only be shipping orders on Monday 30 March to ensure that orders arrive before bank holidays.
We will resume deliveries from Tuesday 7 April 2026.
The nursery will be open until Thursday 2 april. If you would like to collect your order or visit us we would be delighted to welecome you from 8 am to 2 pm.
Happy Easter !