Scientific Name: Rosa 'Macdub'
Common Name: Dublin Bay rose, floribunda climbing rose
Family Name: Rosaceae
Origin: Garden origin
Hardiness Zone: Zone 6: (-23 to -18 °C)
Plant Type: Shrub - deciduous, Vine - deciduous
Mature Size: 2 - 3m x 2 - 3m (height x width)
Habit: Arching, Spreading, Twiggy, Upright
Form: Oval - horizontal
Texture: Medium
Landscape Uses: Accent plant, Arbors or trellis, Attract butterflies, Cut flower or foliage, Group or mass planting, Screening, Specimen plant, Summer interest, Tall background
Exposure: Full sun
Soil or Media: Humus rich, Well-drained
Leaves: Compound, Alternate, Soft flexible, Glabrous, Lustrous, Odd-pinnate, Ovate, Serrate
Flowers: Flowers solitary, Dark-red, Jun-Jul-Aug-Sep
Fruit: Aggregate fruit, Achene, Edible, (Accessory tissue), Orange, Red, Sep-Oct, (Persistent)
Key ID Features:
Stems with brown prickles 3-5mm long that tend to curve downwards; leaves pinnately compound, (3-)5(-7) broadly ovate leaflets, most 3-9cm long x 2-7cm wide with the terminal one being the largest, base rounded, apex shortly acuminate, margin serrate, stipules with fringed margins fused to the portion of the petiole; cymes of 1-5 flowers each 10-12cm wide, many red petals, unscented, Jun-Sep. Winter ID: bramble vine, strong prickles; rose hips 2-3cm wide, persistent.