Smooth Rose

Rosa blanda Aiton

Rose family

Plant Type
Subshrub
Life Cycle
Perennial
Mature Height
6.0 feet
Flower Color
White, Pink
Bloom Time
Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Growing Conditions

Light

Shade Tolerance Intolerant

Ecosystem & Wildlife

Pollinators Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)
Larval Host Euphydryas chalcedona chalcedona, Hedya ochroleucana, Hyalophora cecropia, Malacosoma disstria, Probole amicaria

Native Range

  • USA:  Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode I., South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wisconsin
  • CAN:  Manitoba, New Brunswick, Northwest Territorie, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Québec, Saskatchewan

Regional Native Status: L48 (N), CAN (N)

State-level native status is based on data available through Plants of the World Online. Regional Native Status comes from the USDA Plants Database. For more detailed native status information, please refer to BONAP.

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