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The Japanese Rose is a suckering, deciduous shrub found planted or as a garden escape or throw-out in hedgerows and on sand dunes, sea-cliffs, road verges and waste ground; also occurring as a relic of cultivation. It is often well-naturalised, forming large thickets.

The roses have formed a dense thicket on reclaimed land close to the nearby disused Throckley Colliery.

Originally a native of Eastern Asia, in Britain it was introduced into cultivation in 1796, and again in 1845. It is very common in gardens, parks and amenity plantings, and was first recorded in the wild in 1927 (Cumberland).
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