Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose) vs Morden Blush Rose - TreeTime.ca

Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose) vs Morden Blush Rose

Rosa Morden Blush

Rosa acicularis

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Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose)

The Morden Blush Rose has white flowers with shell pink overtones with a tea-like scent. The double-flowers bloom in spring and summer, emerging from distinctive pink buds. The foliage is dark green and glossy, turning yellow in the fall, with tomato-orange rose hips.

The Morden Blush Rose is popular for its cold-hardiness, and is also resistant to disease.

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.

Morden Blush Rose Quick Facts

Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose) Quick Facts

Lowest Price: $16.99
Zone: 2b
Zone: 1a
Height: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Height: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Spread: 0.9 m (3 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Light: full sun
Light: any
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: low
Suckering: medium


Fall colour: orange-red hips
Fall colour: bright red
Flowers: blush pink, peach
Flowers: pink,blooms between May and June. Flowers are both male and female
Hybrid: yes
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


Native to: AB, BC, SK, MB, ON, QC, NS, NB, YT, NT, NU
Other Names: arctic rose, bristly rose, prickly wild rose