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Hedge Rose vs Echinacea
Rosa rugosa x Rosa woodsii (Improved hybrid developed by PFRA)
Echinacea angustifolia
ONLY AVAILABLE BY CONTRACT GROW
Hedge Rose is a long-lived, fast-growing shrub. It bears similar flowers to the Alberta Wild Rose. Birds will love its deep red rose hips. Hedge Rose will thrive in a wide variety of soils and is a tall rose forming a useful hedge.
Excellent for shelterbelts, ecobuffers, and wildlife habitat plantings. Continuous flowering makes it attractive to pollinators. Many song and game birds utilize this tree for food and habitat.
In use since the early 1900s, this hybrid was originally developed at the PFRA's Indian Head Agroforestry Center.
Echinacea is a unique flowering plant that has been used by Native Americans as medicine for centuries.
Tall stalks topped with badminton-birdie-like flowers make this plant a distinctive addition to any garden or yard.
Echinacea this drought tolerant and will attract bees, butterflies, birds and other wildlife.
Hedge Rose Quick Facts
Echinacea Quick Facts
In row spacing: 0.3 m (1.0 ft)