Which species of rose corresponds to the Luther rose: „That the dog rose can also produce white flowers is evident in our parish garden. Since the dog rose is by far the most common wild-growing species of the genus Rosa in Central Europe and its fruits are red—in contrast to the black to purple-black rose hips of the burnet rose—I assume that, botanically speaking, the Luther rose is a dog rose or hedge rose.“

In his letter to Lazarus Spengler dated July 8, 1530, Martin Luther writes the following about the Luther rose, after … Mehr