Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose) vs Flowering Raspberry - TreeTime.ca

Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose) vs Flowering Raspberry

Rubus odoratus

Rosa acicularis

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Flowering Raspberry
Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose)

The Flowering Raspberry is an ornamental shrubby plant that blooms with fragrant light purple flowers throughout the summer and has a large, decorative foliage of bright green leaves. The flowers resemble that of a wildrose, and the foliage turns a bright yellow in the fall. This cultivar produces small red raspberries, similar to that of a thimbleberry, but the fruit is mostly tasteless.

The Flowering Raspberry, also known as Virginia Raspberry or Purple-Flowered Raspberry, makes a great hedge plant and is a good choice for attracting birds to your yard.

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.

Flowering Raspberry Quick Facts

Alberta Wild Rose (Prickly Rose) Quick Facts

Zone: 3a
Zone: 1a
Height: 1.8 m (6 ft)
Height: 2.1 m (7 ft)
Spread: 4 m (12 ft)
Spread: 1.5 m (5 ft)
Moisture: normal
Moisture: normal
Light: any
Light: any
Hybrid: no
Hybrid: no
Catkins: no
Catkins: no
Fall colour: bright red
Berries: red to purple, seedy
Firmness: firm
Flavor: tasteless
Flowers: purple
Flowers: pink,blooms between May and June. Flowers are both male and female
Bark: thornless orange
Growth rate: fast
Growth rate: medium
Life span: medium
Life span: medium
Suckering: high
Suckering: medium




Other Names: purple-flowered raspberry, virginia raspberry
Other Names: arctic rose, bristly rose, prickly wild rose