Redleaf rose (Rosa glauca Pourr.) is one of the most common Slovenian wild roses on Karst and Slovenian Istria, but we can also find it in the interior of Slovenia, primarily on warmer, southern slopes. Once wild rose flower buds start expanding, showing off some of their pink colour, we can see that the summer is slowly approaching. Even though wild roses prefer sunlight, closed wild rose flower buds are the most beautiful when dotted by rain drops. When the sun peaks between the clouds, they shine in all their glory. Raid drops persist for quite some time on their flower buds. Buds slowly open up and flower, slowly covering the glaucous azure-green leaves, until they form one large flowering shrub. When a few of such shrubs connect and flower, they form the most beautiful natural rosarium or an impassable flowering hedge.
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INDEX
Foreword ... 7
Introduction ... 11
Description of the genus ... 16
Systematics of wild roses ... 21
Descriptions of species growing in Slovenia ... 25
Descriptions of species: ... 29
1. Rosa agrestis Savi- small-leaved sweet-briar ... 30
2. Rosa arvensis Huds. – field rose ... 32
3. Rosa canina L. s. str. – dog rose, briar rose, dog briar ... 34
4. Rosa andegavensis Bast. ... 36
5. Rosa blondaeana Ripart ex Desegl. (R. nitidula Besser) ... 38
6. Rosa squarrosa (A. Rau) Boreau (syn. R. scabrata Besser, nom. nud.) ... 40
7. Rosa corymbifera Borkh. (syn. R. dumetorum Thuill., incl. R. obtusifolia Desv.) – corymb rose ... 42
8. Rosa balsamica Besser (syn. R. tomentella Léman, R. obtusifolia auct., non Desv., R. obtusifolia Desv., sec. Martinčič) ... 44
9. Rosa dumalis Bechst. (syn. R. vosagiaca Desp., R. glauca Vill. non Pourr., R. coriifolia Fr. subsp. glauca (Vill.) Mansf.) – glaucous dog rose ... 46
10. Rosa subcanina (Christ) Vuk. (syn. R. coriifolia Fr. subsp. subcanina (Christ) R. Keller) ... 48
11. Rosa gallica L. – Gallic rose, French rose, rose of Provins Description: 0.3 to 1 (1.5) m tall, branched shrub. ... 50
12. Rosa pendulina L. (syn. R. alpina) – Alpine rose ... 52
13. Rosa spinosissima L. (syn. R. pimpinellifolia L.) – Scotch rose, burnet rose ... 54
14. Rosa glauca Pourr. (syn. Rosa rubrifolia Vill., nom. illeg.) – redleaf rose ... 56
15. Rosa rubiginosa L. – sweet briar, sweetbriar rose, sweet brier, eglantine ... 58
16. Rosa micrantha Sm. – small-flowered sweet-briar rose ... 60
17. Rosa sempervirens L. – evergreen rose ... 62
18. Rosa tomentosa Sm. – whitewoolly rose, harsh downy-rose ... 64
19. Rosa caesia Sm. (syn. R. coriifolia Fr.) – leatherleaf rose ... 66
20. Rosa inodora Fr. (incl. R. elliptica Tausch.) ... 68
21. Rosa multiflora Thunb. (syn. R. thunbergii Tratt.) – multiflora rose, rambler rose, wreath rose ... 70
22. Rosa marginata Wallr. (syn. R. jundzillii Besser, R. trachyphylla A. Rau) ... 72
23. Rosa villosa L. (syn. R. pomifera Herrm.) – apple rose ... 74
24. Rosa majalis Herrm. – cinnamon rose ... 76
25. Rosa rugosa Thunb. – rugosa rose, beach rose ... 78
Pollination and dissemination of wild roses ... 81
Ecology of wild roses ... 88
The nature teaches us how to prune wild roses ... 91
Wild roses and humans ... 95
Conclusion ... 99
Literature ... 100
Subject index ... 107
Subject index of common names ... 109
