Description
Swamp Rose
(Rosa Pallustrus)
Height: 3–6 feet tall
Light: Full sun to partial shade
Soil: Moist to wet
Wildlife Benefit: Attracts bees, butterflies, and other pollinators; rose hips provide an important food source for songbirds and mammals; dense, thorny growth offers nesting and shelter habitat
Other: Native deciduous shrub with fragrant pink flowers blooming in late spring to early summer and showy red hips in fall; disease resistant and useful for erosion control and naturalized plantings along streams and wetland edges.
