Rosa banksiae: Wildlife Value
Attracts hummingbirds
Plant Profile: Rosa banksiae
Names
Lady Banks, Lady Banks Rose
Phonetic Spelling:RO-zuh BANK-see-eye
Genus:Rosa
Species:bansiae
Family:Rosaceae
Lady Banks is a vigorous evergreen climbing shrub that can reach heights of up to 40 feet. It typically flowers from mid-spring to early summer, showcasing sprawling, thornless roses. While it requires some pruning and support for its vine-like branches to encourage growth, it generally demands minimal care. This plant is particularly effective when grown on fences, trellises, or trained against walls. The double-flowered varieties are especially popular. Lady Banks thrives in both full sun and partial shade and is largely free from significant pest or disease issues.
Fragrance: Mild
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Rosa banksiae Feature Summary
Attributes
Attracts hummingbirds
Fragrance
Attracts Pollinators
Attractive Flowers
Twining
Fruit
Fruits are dull red, and are a spherical hip containing many achenes.
Achene
Red/Burgundy
Good Cut
Winter
Flowers
Flowers are yellow or white, single to double, slightly fragrant, 1-2" in size, and on smooth stalks. Sepals are 5-lobed, lobes are reflexed, and entire. Blooms in early spring. Inflorescence is an umbel with several flowers and short peduncles.
White
Gold/Yellow
Fragrant
Showy
Spring
2-3 rays/petals
Leaves
Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, and evergreen. There are 3-7 leaflets (typically 5) that are oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, acute or obtuse, serrulate, dark green, glabrous above, and sometimes downy beneath. Rachis are pubescent.
Green
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Alternate
Elliptical
Ovate
Oblong
Lanceolate
Edible
Stem
Stems are thornless, green, glabrous, vine-like, but not scandent.
Green
Smooth (glabrous)
Whole Plant Traits
Cultural Conditions
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Coastal
6a
6b
7a
7b
8b
8a
9a
9b
10a
10b
Landscape
Screen/Privacy
Barrier
Pool/Hardscape
Coastal
Vertical Spaces
Rosa banksiae Image Gallery
Rosa banksiae Attributes
Rosa banksiae: Play Value
Attractive Flowers
Attracts Pollinators
Buffer
Colorful
Defines Paths
Easy to Grow
Edible fruit
Fragrance
Pieces Used in Games
Screening
Shade
Sound
Textural
Wildlife Cover/Habitat
Wildlife Food Source
Wildlife Larval Host
Wildlife Nesting
Wind Break
Wind Shimmer
Rosa banksiae: Climbing Method
Clinging
Scrambler
Tendrils
Twining
Rosa banksiae Fruit
Rosa banksiae: Fruit Description
Fruits are dull red, and are a spherical hip containing many achenes.
Rosa banksiae: Fruit Type
Achene
Aggregate
Berry
Capsule
Caryopsis
Drupe
Follicle
Legume
Nut
Pome
Samara
Schizocarp
Siliqua
Rosa banksiae: Fruit Color
Red/Burgundy
Rosa banksiae: Fruit Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy
Rosa banksiae: Display/Harvest Time
Fall
Spring
Summer
Winter
Rosa banksiae Flowers
Rosa banksiae: Flower Description
Flowers are yellow or white, single to double, slightly fragrant, 1-2" in size, and on smooth stalks. Sepals are 5-lobed, lobes are reflexed, and entire. Blooms in early spring. Inflorescence is an umbel with several flowers and short peduncles.
Rosa banksiae: Flower Color
Gold/Yellow
White
Rosa banksiae: Flower Inflorescence
Catkin
Corymb
Cyme
Head
Insignificant
Panicle
Raceme
Solitary
Spadix
Spike
Umbel
Rosa banksiae: Flower Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long Bloom Season
Long-lasting
Showy
Rosa banksiae: Flower Bloom Time
Winter
Spring
Summer
Fall
Rosa banksiae: Flower Petals
2-3 rays/petals
4-5 petals/rays
6 petals/rays
7 - 20 petals/rays
asymmetrical petals
Bracts
Colored Sepals
fused petals
more than 20 petals/rays
Tepals
Rosa banksiae Leaves
Rosa banksiae: Leaf Description
Leaves are alternate, pinnately compound, and evergreen. There are 3-7 leaflets (typically 5) that are oblong-lanceolate to elliptic-ovate, acute or obtuse, serrulate, dark green, glabrous above, and sometimes downy beneath. Rachis are pubescent.
Rosa banksiae: Leaf Color
Green
Rosa banksiae: Leaf Type
Compound (Pinnately , Bipinnately, Palmately)
Fronds
Needles
Sheath
Simple
Rosa banksiae: Leaf Arrangement
Alternate
Opposite
Other/more complex
Rosulate
Whorled
Rosa banksiae: Leaf Shape
Acicular
Auriculate
Cordate
Cuneate
Deltoid
Elliptical
Filiform
Lanceolate
Linear
Oblanceolate
Oblong
Obovate
Obtuse
Orbicular
Ovate
Palmasect
Palmatifid
Peltate
Pinnatifid
Pinnatisect
Reniform
Rhomboidal
Spatulate
Subcordate
Subulate
Rosa banksiae: Leaf Value To Gardener
Edible
Fragrant
Good Cut
Good Dried
Long-lasting
Showy
Rosa banksiae Stem
Rosa banksiae: Stem Description
Stems are thornless, green, glabrous, vine-like, but not scandent.
Rosa banksiae: Stem Color
Green
Rosa banksiae: Stem Surface
Corky Ridges
Covered with a powdery bloom (glaucous)
Dull
Hairy (pubescent)
Polished
Smooth (glabrous)
Rosa banksiae Whole Plant Traits
Rosa banksiae: Habit/Form
Arching
Ascending
Broad
Cascading
Climbing
Clumping
Columnar
Conical
Creeping
Dense
Erect
Horizontal
Irregular
Mounding
Multi-stemmed
Multi-trunked
Open
Oval
Prostrate
Pyramidal
Rounded
Spreading
Vase
Weeping
Rosa banksiae: Maintenance
Low
Medium
High
Rosa banksiae: Texture
Fine
Medium
Coarse
Rosa banksiae: Appendage
Prickles
Spines
Tendrils
Thorns
Rosa banksiae Cultural Conditions
Rosa banksiae: Light
Dappled Sunlight (Shade through upper canopy all day)
Deep shade (Less than 2 hours to no direct sunlight)
Full sun (6 or more hours of direct sunlight a day)
Partial Shade (Direct sunlight only part of the day, 2-6 hours)
Rosa banksiae: NC Region
Coastal
Mountains
Piedmont
Rosa banksiae: USDA Plant Hardiness Zone
10a
10b
6a
6b
7a
7b
8a
8b
9a
9b
Rosa banksiae Landscape
Rosa banksiae: Design Feature
Accent
Barrier
Border
Flowering Tree
Foundation Planting
Hedge
Mass Planting
Screen/Privacy
Security
Shade Tree
Small groups
Small Tree
Specimen
Street Tree
Understory Tree
Rosa banksiae: Landscape Location
Coastal
Container
Hanging Baskets
Houseplants
Lawn
Meadow
Naturalized Area
Near Septic
Patio
Pond
Pool/Hardscape
Recreational Play Area
Riparian
Rock Wall
Slope/Bank
Small Space
Vertical Spaces
Walkways
Woodland
