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In the lower South, these plants lose their leaves and remain a shrub above ground. In USDA zones 6 and 7, where the climate is colder, the plants are more like perennials and die back to the ground.

Given that many wild roses are centuries old, they frequently conjure up images of knights, monarchs, queens, princes, and princesses from the Middle Ages. They are referred to as species roses in ...