Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose) vs Northern Bush Honeysuckle - TreeTime.ca

Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose) vs Northern Bush Honeysuckle

Rosa acicularis

Diervilla lonicera

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Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose)
Northern Bush Honeysuckle

Alberta's provincial flower, Alberta Wild Rose, is a small, deciduous shrub known for its beautiful pink blooms and thick, thorny stems.

Native to Canada, this hardy perennial is an attractive addition to any garden. Wildlife enjoy its edible rosehips, which inclined growers can use in jams, jellies, and rose hip tea.

The Northern Bush Honeysuckle is a small, dense, deciduous shrub. The trumpet-like yellow flowers bloom late spring to early summer. Dark green leaves turn yellow then red in the fall. The flower nectar has a sweet honey taste that can be sucked out of the flower.

Because of its aggressive suckering habit, the Northern Bush Honeysuckle makes a great hedge, shrub border, or thicket in a woodland garden.

Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose) Quick Facts

Northern Bush Honeysuckle Quick Facts

Zone: 1a
Zone: 3a
Height: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Light: any
Light: shade, partial shade
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: bright red
Flowers: pink,blooms between May and June. Flowers are both male and female
Flowers: yellow to red
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: very fast
Life span: medium
Life span: short
Suckering: medium
Suckering: high




Other Names: arctic rose, bristly rose, prickly wild rose
Other Names: low bush honeysuckle