Honey bees
Nectar value
Unknown
Pollen value
High
Pollinator plant
Sweet Briar, Sweetbriar rose
Rosa rubiginosa
Linked agroforestry plant data
Pollinator recipe
Bee value
Who this plant supports
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Complete plant information
Structure
- Vegetation layer
- Shrub
- Size
- Small
- Dimensions
- 2.50 m high × 2.50 m wide
- Growth rate
- Moderate
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Foliage
- Deciduous
Site conditions
- USDA hardiness
- 4-8
- Moisture
- Moist
- Soil
- Sandy, Loamy, Clay
- pH
- Acid, Neutral, Alkaline
- Light
- Partial shade, Sun
Uses
- Edible parts
- Fruit, Flowers, Seed, Stems, Tea
- Functions
- Hedge, Fragrant
- Edibility
- 2 out of 5
- Medicinal value
- 3 out of 5
Fruit - cooked, is used for making jelly, etc. The flavor is best after frost. The fruit has a diameter of about 25 mm, but there is only a thin layer of flesh around the many seeds. Be cautious when eating this fruit due to possible dangers, see the explanation above. The fruit can be used to make a pleasant fruity flavored tea, rich in vitamin C. Flower petals - raw or cooked. Remove the bitter white base. Used in sweets. Young shoots - raw, are used as soon as they come up in the spring. The seeds are a good source of vitamin E, can be ground into powder, and mixed with flour or added to other foods as a supplement. Make sure the seed hairs are removed.