Rosa rugosa

The plant makes a good low hedge. Leaf: Alternate, pinnately compound, serrate, 5 to 9 ovate to elliptical leaflets, each 1 to 3 inches long, wrinkled upper surface, dark green and glabrous above, slightly waxy and pubescent beneath, obvious stipules at base of petiole. Flower: White or pink depending on cultivar, single or double, appearing throughout summer. Fruit: Shiny deep red, fleshy "hip", 1 each in diameter, ripens in late summer. Twig: Stout, initially green, turning brown, covered in thin, straight sharp prickles.