Smooth Rose

Rosa blanda Aiton - Rose family

Size

Mature Height: Up to around 6.0 feet

Plant Type: Subshrub

Features

Flower Color: White, Pink

Conspicuous Flowers: Yes

Bloom Time: Mid Spring, Late Spring, Early Summer, Mid Summer

Conditions

Shade Tolerance: Intolerant

Ecosystem Interactions

Pollinators: Native Bees; Bombus; Honey Bees; Beetles, Wasps, Flies; Moths; Butterflies; Nesting and Structure (Bees); Larval Host (Butterfly); Larval Host (Moth)

Larval Species depending on Smooth Rose: 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.