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Pygmy Caragana vs Morden Sunrise Rose

Caragana pygmaea

Rosa Morden Sunrise

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Pygmy Caragana
Morden Sunrise Rose

Pygmy Caragana is a shrub that is related to Common Caragana and has a compact size that is suitable for yards with limited space. Its size is perfect for landscaping and decorative hedges, and requires little maintenance. This nitrogen fixer has fine-textured foliage and small yellow flowers. Much like Common Caragana, it is hardy and drought tolerant.

Popular as a low maintenance commercial landscaping shrub and for hedging. This species does have tiny spines that might poke you a bit. It has a nice appealing texture when mature.

The Morden Sunrise Rose is a popular shrub due to its yellow blooms that fade to a peachy-pink later in the summer and fall. These double flowers are lightly-scented and emerge from distinctive orange flower buds. It has a compact habit of growth, making this a refined addition to your garden.

The Morden Sunrise Rose has glossy green foliage during the spring and summer months, with leaves turning yellow in the fall. It produces showy orange rose hips in mid to late fall, and is quite disease resistant.

Pygmy Caragana Quick Facts

Morden Sunrise Rose Quick Facts

Zone: 2b
Zone: 3b
Height: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Height: 0.8 m (2.5 ft)
Spread: 1.2 m (4 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: full sun
Moisture: dry, normal
Moisture: normal, wet
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: none
Suckering: low


Flowers: prolific tiny yellow pea-like flowers
Flowers: peach/pink, yellow center
Seeds: prolific seedpods are edible
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: yes
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Other Names: pygmy peashrub