PlantsShrubs & Vines
Climbing Prairie Rose
Rosa setigera
Chicago-region native. Suited to zone 6a.
A native rose that can cover a fence
ModerateShrubs & VinesAlso Flowers
- Light
- Full sun
- Moisture
- Medium
- Mature size
- Vine or sprawling shrub 6–12 ft
- Spacing
- A fence, not a rose bed
- Bloom or harvest
- Flowers Jun–Jul, pink, once
- How it spreads
- Arching canes
- What to buy
- A container plant on its own roots.
- When to plant
- Apr or Sep
In the design
One flush of flowers, then hips. Train it on the alley fence. It has thorns. Don’t put it where someone grabs the mailbox.
