This is a selection of the species, and not a hybrid. Unlike the species, which usually has deep pink flowers, this cultivar has warm tru...Read Moree red (scarlet) flowers, single and about 2" across.
This species is most often grown for the showy late summer hips, which are large and flask-shaped, and of a brilliant red.
Habit is erect and tall, gaunt and with few canes, up to 10' (which is smaller than the species). It provides dappled shade suitable for many companion plants.
Hardy to USDA Z3b. Nearly thornless.
Graham Stuart Thomas considered it "...undoubtedly one of the finest of all flowering shrubs..."
This is a selection of the species, and not a hybrid. Unlike the species, which usually has deep pink flowers, this cultivar has warm tru...Read More