Rosa canina; Dog rose

Common Name: Dog rose

Latin Name: Rosa Canina

Type: Deciduous or Semi-evergreen

Location: Milnthorpe, Lake district

Ultimate height: 2.5 - 3m

Ultimate spread: 1.5 – 2.5m

Located Rosa Canina height: 1m

Leaf Shape: Lanceolate 

Bark: Tough thorned stem green in colour

Preferred soil type: Moist but well drained chalk, clay, sand or loam

Fruit/Flowers: Pale pink/white flower with red ovoid shaped fruits

Distribution: Native to Britain

This particular Rosa canina shrub was located amongst a wild cluster of bramble. Running alongside the plant was a vehicle made dirt track. The ground conditions where mildly damp assumingly from the rain fall prior to finding this plant. I took a sample of lower level soil and carried out soil pH tests which read to have a pH of 7.5 indicating the soil to be ALKALINE

pH chart (GARDENERS mate)

My illustration of the Rosa canina