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Rosa hirtula showing a leaflet on the left with 19! leaflets, possibly the most leaflets per leaf of any Rosa species in the world, and covered with hairs on the upper surface, too. My plant was given to me by Miriam Wilkins in 1984 but unfortunately I never learned her source. In 1983 it was reported the Arnold Arboretum at Harvard had a hirtula 10 inches [25.4 cm] in diameter but whether it still exists I would certainly like to know.

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Rose photo courtesy of Rosewild

Rosa banksiae lutescens grown from seed collected in the garden of Jesse Mould on the Banks Peninsuls, New Zealand. Photographed April 29, 2024 at Rose Woods in the Mayacmas Mtns. near the Petrified Forest, California. See the “Comments” file at Rosewild, April 29, 2024.

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Rose photo courtesy of Rosewild

The handsome leaves of Rosa glomerata have a distinctive leathery texture and worth growing for that alone. It brings to mind another Chinese species, Rosa sinowilsonii with beautiful leaves of polished red lacquer on the underside and rich green above. It was named for E. H. Wilson who also discovered glomerata in Sichuan Province. The Flora of China states glomerata ranges from 1300-3000 m. [4300 to 9800 ft] in the southwest provinces of Guizhou, Hubei, Sichuan and Yunnan along “Forest margins, thickets, scrub, slopes”. My plant came from Quarryhill Botanic Garden and was collected at 6266 ft. also in Sichuan Province.

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Rose photo courtesy of Rosewild

Rosa banksiae lutescens grown from seed collected in the garden of Jesse Mould on the Banks Peninsuls, New Zealand. Photographed April 29, 2024 at Rose Woods in the Mayacmas Mtns. near the Petrified Forest, California.

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