Woods Rose 15 Seeds - Rosa woodsii - Heirloom

Rosa woodsii also known as Wood's rose or Pearhip rose, belongs to the Rosaceae family. This beautiful species is a North American native, growing in Eastern regions of Canada and the USA. It is a very graceful, small, and tidy shrub which will grow to about 3 or 4 feet tall, producing a tight thicket over time. It is an excellent rose for a wild woods garden theme, as it has a very natural character, and is not likely to outgrow its welcome. This could be a good candidate for a shady spot, as I have found it preferring shaded or semi-shaded locations in its habitat.The Rosa woodsii is a perennial more or less prickly or nearly unarmed, usually with well-developed, straight, slim, infrastipular prickles. Rose thickets are a blurring blend of reds, maroons, yellows, and greens in the fall. The canes are quite upright, with fairly fine grayish wood and grey thorns.The leaves are alternate, deciduous, and odd-pinnate with 5-9 leaflets. The leaflets are elliptic or obovate, wedge-shaped toward the base, up to 5 cm. long and 2.5 cm. wide, and sharply serrated. The foliage is quite matte in appearance, and has a bluish luster. The overall appearance of the foliage is a delicate and fern-like texture. The fall foliage is often very colorful, in amber and ruddy hues.Rosa woodsii has a beautiful, delicate, fragrant, and showy flower. The blooms are small, about 2 to 2.5 inches across, a soft lilac pink, and individually short-lived. This plant produces several blooms over a period of a few weeks. They appear in flat-topped inflorescences at the tips of the branches. The flowers 5 sepals are 1-2 cm. long and 2-3.5 mm. wide at the base and are persistent. The petals are 1.5-2.5 cm. long, light pink to deep rose with numerous stamens and many pistils. Their fragrance is a fairly strong "wild rose" scent. The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by bees. They bloom from May to July