R. foetida
Wild Rose
Colour: Golden yellow
Flowering: Once Flowering
Fragrance: Strong, Musk
Size: Large Shrub
5ft (150cm)
4ft (125cm)
Bloom Size: Medium
Year of Introduction: 1899
('Austrian Yellow'). Bears bright sulphur-yellow, two and a half inch flowers, early in the season. Its fragrance is an acquired taste. Forms a pleasing but rather sparse shrub. Pale green foliage, brown stems, greyish thorns.
