...but the Dog Rose/Rosa canina is native to England, and wonderful, I think. (Apparently, it's the one that all the exotic roses have been grafted onto - hardy stock, because it's native, I suppose.)

For any Aussies reading this, I see, via the web, Don Burke has recently released a book on native gardening, called "Indigenous"; as I say, it's the good way wherever you garden, in my opinion.

And, to those over the pond, who's promoting native gardening there..?