Botanical Name: Rosa foetida 'Bicolor'
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Common Name: Austrian Copper Rose  
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  • Anatomy

  • Culture

  • Design

Plant Type

Shrub

 

Height Range

6-12'

 

Flower Color

Orange, Red, Yellow

 

Flower Season

Spring

 

Leaf Color

Dark Green

 

Bark Color

Brown

 

Fruit Color

Red

 

Fruit Season

Fall

Sun

Full

 

Water

Low, Medium

 

Growth Rate

Moderate

 

Soil Type

Loam

 

Soil Condition

Average, Rich, Well-drained

 

Soil pH

Neutral

 

Adverse Factors

Invasive, Thorns/Spines

Design Styles

English Cottage, Mediterranean, Ranch, Spanish

 

Accenting Features

Showy Flowers

 

Seasonal Interest

Spring, Summer

 

Location Uses

Background, Walls / Fences

 

Special Uses

Hedge, Screen, Naturalizing

 

Attracts Wildlife

Birds, Butterflies

Information by: Stephanie Duer
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  • Description

  • Notes

Austrian Copper Rose is an easily recognized shrub rose with single coppery-red and yellow bicolor flowers. This tall, upright plant blooms with large, flowering masses in June. It only has a single bloom, but it is quite spectacular, and it has plentiful rose hips. A large rose with sort of a brambly nature, it grows 8 to 12 feet tall and as wide or wider. It is wickedly dense with thorns, which is both a good and bad thing, depending on which side of the the rose you find yourself. A rose that has been enjoyed in gardens in Europe since the 1500's.
Grow in loamy, well drained soil and in full sun. That being said, this is a pretty adaptive plant for being a rose. Not as common as it once was, it can be seen hanging out in alley ways and older, sort-of-abandoned yards completely indifferent to the neglect. It doesn't require pruning, but can be left to ramble, which is a good thing as it is wickedly thorny.