What growing environment suits the Rosa roxburghii? With the right conditions it grows even better
Rosa roxburghii is a shrub plant distributed across many regions of China. There are wild varieties as well as cultivated ones, and it has high horticultural value.
Other names for Rosa roxburghii
Rosa roxburghii is also called cili, cili fruit, mulizi, ci binglang root, single-petaled Rosa roxburghii, and cimi.
Growth habits of Rosa roxburghii
Rosa roxburghii prefers a warm and humid growing environment and requires ample light. It has strong adaptability, can tolerate cold and slight shade, and is not demanding about soil, though fertile sandy loam is best.
Origin of the name Rosa roxburghii
Rosa roxburghii has another name, cimi, because its leaves are ovate, its flowers somewhat resemble roses, its color is light purple with no fragrance, and its flowering branches bear prickles.
Whenever people boil cocoons to reel silk, Rosa roxburghii comes into bloom, and that is how it got the name Rosa roxburghii.