Rosa canina - Dog Rose
Location: Manchester Trinity school. Dog rose is a deciduous shrub that can grow up to 3 meters tall with long bowing stems. The flowering period is in June-July; the flowers are large and range from white to pink petals.
This specimen is growing happily in the peat soil that its situated in and is producing a lot of fruit.
Very distinctive fruit is scarlet red and oval shaped; it has a waxy texture, the flesh is edible but the seeds inside have tiny hairs that can irritate the throat if swallowed.
The stems are bright green and are riddled with robust thorns that grow in the opposite direction of end of the stem.
Its leaves grow in twos and threes of serrated leaflets.
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