Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Cupped
Petal count: full: 26-40 petals
Rose bloom color: Medium pink
Rebloom: Some
Class: Other: Species, wild
Extra Color Info: Lilac-pink
Growth Habit: Arching canes, 5-6 feet
Fragrance: Mild

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 5-6 feet
Plant Spread: 3-5 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Pink
Flower Time: Late spring or early summer
Late summer or early fall
Uses: Cut Flower
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Pollinators: Bees
Miscellaneous: Tolerates poor soil
With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Double Chestnut Rose
  • Chestnut Rose
  • Rose
  • Burr Rose
  • Chinquapi
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Rosa roxburghii
  • Synonym: Rosa roxburghii f. plena
  • Synonym: Rosa microphylla
  • Synonym: Rosa forrestii
  • Synonym: Rosa roxburghii f. normalis
  • Synonym: Rosa roxburghii f. esetosa

Photo Gallery
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2015-05-04
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2015-05-04
Location: Botanical Garden Berlin
Date: 2017-11-05
Location: Kanapaha Botanical Gardens, Gainesville, FL
Date: 2019-05-15
Location: Charleston, SC
Date: 2015-05-04
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Location: Historic Rose Garden, Historic City Cemetery, Sacramento CA.
Date: 2014-08-03
Labeled as R. roxburghii f. normalis
Location: Germany. Rosarium Vorder-Neuendorf
Location: Germany. Rosarium Vorder-Neuendorf
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Date: 2019-10-08
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)
Location: Nationale Plantentuin (Meise - Brussel - Belgium)

Date: 2009-10-30
Photo courtesy Antique Rose Emporium. Used with permission.
Comments:
  • Posted by porkpal (Richmond, TX - Zone 9a) on Feb 11, 2014 5:32 PM concerning plant:
    I garden near the Gulf Coast in Texas and use a very minimalist approach. The Chestnut Rose took three years to bloom after I planted it and has continued to be rather stingy with its flowers as a rule. For some reason one side, about a quarter of the bush, dies back each summer with the rest unaffected. This phenomenon may explain its lack of numerous blooms. I still like the attractive shape of the shrub and it seems very resistant to black spot.

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