Meidiland carpet rose - KPU Plant DB

Scientific Name:

Rosa Meineble cvs.

Pronunciation:

ROE-zuh

Common Name:

Meidiland carpet rose

Family Name:

Rosaceae

Plant Type:

Shrub - deciduous

Key ID Features:

Low growing compact shrub rose with a creeping habit that is often grown as a ground cover; stems with brown prickles ~5mm long that tend to curve downwards; leaves alternate, pinnately compound, (3-)5-7 broadly ovate-elliptic leaflets, most 2-5cm long x 1-3cm wide with the terminal one being the largest, base rounded, apex shortly acuminate, glossy, dark green, margin serrate, stipules with fringed margins fused to the portion of the petiole; cymes of 3-10 flowers, most 5-8cm wide, many petals, red, pink, or white, scented, Jun-Oct; rose hips orange-red, 1-2cm long, persistent.

Habit:

Arching

Form:

Irregular

Texture:

Medium

Mature Height:

0.7 - 1.3m

Mature Spread:

1.5 - 2.0m

Origin:

Garden origin (R. 'Sea Foam' x {R. 'Picasso' x R. 'Maceye' or R. ‘Eyepoint’})

Hardiness Rating:

Zone 3: (-40 to -34 °C)

Exposure:

Full sun

Soil/Growing Medium:

Well-drained

Landscape Uses:

Attract beneficial insects, Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Mixed shrub border, Specimen plant, Summer interest

Additional Info:

Google

Leaf Morphology:

Glossary

Form:

Compound

Arrangement:

Alternate

Texture/Venation:

Soft flexible, Pinnate venation

Surfaces:

Glabrous

Compound Leaf:

Odd-pinnate

Shapes:

Ovate

Apices:

Acute

Bases:

Rounded

Margins:

Serrate

Inflorescence Type:

Cyme

Flower Morphology:

Flowers perfect

Corolla Shape:

Rotate/stellate

Ovary Position:

Inferior

Colour (petals):

Showy, White, Pink, Red (Cultivars of these three flower colours were planted in th parking islands in the BCE area. It appears some were transplanted to the LCA and HPZ area.)

Flower Scent:

Fragrant

Flower Time at Peak:

Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct

Additional Info:

Many simple pistils

Fruit Type:

Aggregate fruit, Follicle, Aborted (hybrids) or absent

Fruit Colour:

Orange, Red

Fruiting Time:

Sep, Oct, Nov

Additional Info:

Showy, Accessory tissue, Persistent, Fruit type is commonly referred to as a rose 'hip'

Bark Morphology:

Lightly fissured

Bark or Stem Colour:

Brown

Organ Modifications:

Prickles, Stipule (leafy)

Maintenance:

Low

Pest Susceptibility:

Thrips (Disease resistant, Drought tolerant)

Course(s):

HORT 1155

Location(s):

(BCE) Boulevard (Circular) Eastend : red, pink
(CGW) Community Garden West
(HPZ) Horticulture PlaZa : pink
(ONW) Overpass North side West : white
(TFL) Turf Field Lab

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