No, this is not redtwig osier, but Wood’s rose again. I’ve seen Wood’s rose grow streamside in the wild, like Cornus stolonifera or Cornus alba, but I’ve also seen it growing on a dry hillside. It’s not as bright as the osiers, but it does provide nice winter color with drought tolerance. Similar to the osiers, it grows as a suckering shrub. What it has that the osiers don’t have, are colorful hips which can also last all winter, fragrant pink spring flowers, and thorns (of varying degrees, some plants are nearly thornless, some are very thorny, most have few small thorns).
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