About Rosa lucieae Franch. & Rochebr.
Rosa lucieae Franch. & Rochebr. is a woody, semi-evergreen shrub. It has long trailing thorny branches with glossy green leaves. In summer, it produces single five-petalled white flowers with prominent yellow stamens, which are followed by small dark red hips after blooming. This species can reach 6 meters (20 feet) in length. It is named for German botanist Max Ernst Wichura (1817–1866), with the epithet derived from adding the suffix -iana to his name. As a garden plant, it is valued on its own, and it is also a parent of several rose hybrids, most notably 'Dorothy Perkins', 'Albéric Barbier', 'New Dawn' and 'Albertine'. Its vigorous, rambling growth habit makes it especially well-suited for forming an impenetrable low ground barrier, or for scrambling up large trees. It has been introduced to the United States.
