Red-leaved Rose (Rosa glauca) fruiting cultivated garden plant Adel West Yorkshire England UK Europe. RHS Award of Garden Merit.

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Red-leaved Rose or Redleaf Rose (Rosa glauca syn. R. rubrifolia) is a species of rose native to the mountains of southern and central Europe (Poland, Germany, Spanish Pyrenees and Bulgaria). Attractive greyish-purple leaves covered with a waxy bloom on arching slightly thorny deep purple stems. The foliage to be the best ornamental feature. Tiny slightly fragrant five-petaled flowers. An abundant orange-red hips ripen in autumn and persist well into winter. RHS Award of Garden Merit.

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Size: 3406px × 5120px
Location: garden Adel Leeds West Yorkshire England UK Europe
Photo credit: © Krystyna Szulecka / Alamy / Afripics
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