Roses🌿 Native to the NetherlandsVery hardy — tolerates frost down to -20°C

Field Rose

Rosa corymbifera

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The Field Rose is a vigorous, wide-thorned wild rose naturally found in hedges, forest edges, and thickets. The white to light pink flowers are borne in clusters. The ripe red rose hips are oval-shaped and a favorite food source for birds. As a hedge shrub, this rose is excellent for creating an impenetrable boundary.

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 the hedge rose lightly in late winter or early spring. Remove dead, old, or crossing branches. Leave young shoots for blooming and hips.

Botanical profile

Site & soil

Sun, Half shade

Soil type: Sand, Clay, Loam

Moisture need: Dry, Moderately moist, Moist

pH: Slightly acidic (5.5–6.5), Neutral (6.5–7.5), Chalky (>7.5)

Nutrient richness: Nutrient-poor, Moderately nutrient-rich

Humus content: Humus-poor, Moderately humus-rich

Water drainage: Strongly draining, Well draining, Moisture-retentive

Appearance & season

Mature height: 200-400cm

Bloom: May-Jun

Autumn colour: Yellow-green to yellow. Its ornamental value lies mainly in the light pink to white flowers, red hips, hairy undersides of the leaves, and natural arching branches.

Properties

Salt sensitive: No

Edible: The ripe rose hips are edible after proper processing. They have a fresh-sour to slightly tart 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 scent is not strong, but the open flowers are attractive to small pollinators.

Ecological value

Hips for birds; nectar plant for wild bees

Food web & Biodiversity

🐛 Caterpillars & mothsUseful

🐝 Bees & bumblebeesUseful

🪰 HoverfliesUseful

🦋 ButterfliesVery useful

🪲 Beetles & insectsExtremely useful

🐦 BirdsVery useful

🐿️ MammalsUseful

🐞 Other animalsUseful

The open flowers provide pollen for wild bees and hoverflies, while the rose hips are a vital food source for blackbirds, thrushes, and small mammals during autumn and winter.

Distribution in the Netherlands

Source: NDFF Distribution Atlas / FLORON — period 2020–2026

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