ShrubsVery hardy — tolerates frost down to -20°C

Cinnamon Rose

Rosa majalis

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Cinnamon Rose (Rosa majalis) is a very rare native rose with cinnamon-brown branches, pink flowers, and red rose hips. The shrub grows in sunny to semi-shaded spots in hedges, thickets, forest edges, coastal dunes, and stony slopes. Cinnamon Rose blooms in June and July with pink flowers. After flowering, small, round to oval red rose hips are produced. The species prefers dry, lime-rich, well-draining sandy or loamy soil. Cinnamon Rose fits well in natural rose plantings, lime-rich hedges, dry thickets, and forest edge plantings where a rare rose with strong ornamental value is desired.

Year calendar

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
🌸Blooms
🐝Provides nectar
🍓Bears fruit
🍂Has autumn colour

Pruning period

✂️Best pruning period: Feb–Mar

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
✂️ Pruning period

Best pruning period

Prune Cinnamon Rose lightly in late winter or early spring. Remove dead, old, or crossing branches. Leave young shoots to ensure blooms and rose hips.

Botanical profile

Site & soil

Half shade, Sun

Soil type: Loam, Sand

Moisture need: Dry, Moderately moist, Moist

pH: Neutral (6.5–7.5), Chalky (>7.5)

Nutrient richness: Nutrient-poor, Moderately nutrient-rich, Nutrient-rich

Humus content: Humus-poor, Moderately humus-rich

Water drainage: Strongly draining, Well draining

Appearance & season

Mature height: 50-350cm

Bloom: Jun-Jul

Autumn colour: Yellow-green to yellow. The ornamental value lies mainly in the pink flowers, red rose hips, and cinnamon-brown branches.

Properties

Salt sensitive: No

Edible: The ripe rose hips are edible after proper processing. They have a fresh-sour to slightly astringent taste and can be used for tea, syrup, jam, or jelly; remove the hairy seeds.

Scent: The flowers have a light, soft rose scent. The name 'Cinnamon Rose' refers primarily to the cinnamon-brown branches, not a strong cinnamon scent.

Ecological value

Cinnamon Rose is valuable for insects, birds, and natural thickets. The open rose flowers provide pollen and are visited by bees, bumblebees, hoverflies, beetles, and other small flower visitors. The red rose hips serve as food for birds and small mammals later in the year. The thorny branches provide shelter and nesting opportunities for small birds. In mixed hedges and forest edges, Cinnamon Rose provides blooms, hips, structure, and cover. The species is particularly interesting as a rare rose for lime-rich, dry, and natural plantings.

Food web & Biodiversity

🐛 Caterpillars & mothsUseful

🐝 Bees & bumblebeesExtremely useful

🪰 HoverfliesUseful

🦋 ButterfliesExtremely useful

🪲 Beetles & insectsExtremely useful

🐦 BirdsUseful

🐿️ MammalsUseful

🐞 Other animalsUseful

Cinnamon Rose is especially valuable due to its pink flowers, red rose hips, and thorny shrub form. The plant provides food and cover in natural hedges, forest edges, and lime-rich thickets.

Distribution in the Netherlands