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Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose) vs Smooth Rose

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Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose)
Smooth Rose

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 Smooth Rose is a hardy shrub and is nearly-thornless. This plant is a vigorous grower that is covered in the summer with fragrant, pale pink and white flowers. In the fall, this shrub produces bright-red rose hips that are high in Vitamin C making them great for syrups and preserves.

The Smooth Rose, also known as the Meadow Rose or Prairie Rose, is great for attracting bees and other pollinators to your garden.

Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose) Quick Facts

Smooth Rose Quick Facts

Zone: 1a
Zone: 2a
Height: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Light: any
Light: any
Moisture: normal
Moisture: dry, normal
Growth rate: medium
Growth rate: fast
Life span: medium
Life span: long
Suckering: medium
Suckering: high
Maintenance: medium


Fall colour: bright red
Bark: thin smooth
Flowers: pink,blooms between May and June. Flowers are both male and female
Flowers: pink and white
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no


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