Rose Bush

For the flower that was renamed to Poppy, see Rose. For other uses, see Bush (disambiguation).

Rose Bush

Renewable	Yes
Stackable	Yes (64)
Tool	Any tool
Blast resistance	0
Hardness	0
Luminous	No
Transparent	Yes
Flammable	JE: Yes (60) BE: Yes (30)
Catches fire from lava	Yes
Map color	7 PLANT
Note block instrument	Default (Harp)

A rose bush is a tall flower that can be crafted into red dye.

Obtaining

Breaking

A rose bush can be broken instantly with any item or by hand, dropping itself.

A rose bush also breaks if water or lava runs over its location, if a piston extends or pushes a block into its location, or if a block under the plant is moved or destroyed.

Block	Rose Bush
Hardness	0
Breaking time (secs)
Default	10.05 (JE) 0.05 (BE)

Legend

• incorrect tool, drops nothing
• correct tool, drops nothing or something other than the block itself
• correct tool, drops the block itself
• italicized can be instant mined

Natural generation

Rose bushes generate naturally on dirt and grass blocks in forest, flower forest, birch forest, old growth birch forest, and dark forest biomes as part of vegetation features.

Rose bushes can generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests and forests.

Post-generation

When bone meal is applied to a rose bush, the flower drops a copy of itself.

Usage

Like other flowers, rose bushes can be used as decoration and planted on grass blocks, dirt, coarse dirt, rooted dirt, farmland, podzol, mycelium, moss blocks, mud, or muddy mangrove roots. Like other tall flowers, rose bushes cannot be placed inside flower pots.

Crafting ingredient

Name	Ingredients	Crafting recipe
Red Dye	Rose Bush	2

Bees

Bees engage in a pollinating behavior with rose bushes, increasing the honey level in beehives and bee nests by 1.

Breeding

Rose bushes can be used to breed, grow, and lead bees.

Bee nests

Oak, birch, and cherry trees grown from saplings that are within 2 blocks of a rose bush have a 5% chance to grow with a bee nest and 2-3 bees in it.

Composting

Placing a rose bush into a composter has a 65% chance of raising the compost level by 1. A stack of rose bushes yields an average of 5.94 bone meal.

Sounds

Java Edition:

grass sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch	Attenuation distance
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	block.grass.break	subtitles.block.generic.break​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block placed​[until: JE 26.4]	Blocks	When the block is placed	block.grass.place	subtitles.block.generic.place​	1.0	0.8	16
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	block.grass.hit	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.25	0.5	16
	​Something falls on a block	Entity-Dependent	Falling on the block with fall damage	block.grass.fall	subtitles.block.generic.fall​	0.5	0.75	16
	​Footsteps	Entity-Dependent	Walking on the block	block.grass.step	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.15	1.0	16

Bedrock Edition:

grass sound type
Sound	Closed captions	Source	Description	Identifier	Translation key	Volume	Pitch
	​Block broken	Blocks	Once the block has broken	dig.grass	subtitles.block.generic.break​	0.7	0.8–1.0
	​Block placed	Blocks	When the block is placed	place.grass	subtitles.block.generic.place​	0.8	0.8–1.0
	​Block breaking	Blocks	While the block is in the process of being broken	hit.grass	subtitles.block.generic.hit​	0.3	0.5
	​Footsteps	Players	Falling on the block with fall damage	fall.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.4	1.0
	​Footsteps	Players	Walking on the block	step.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.3	1.0
	​Shovel flattens	Blocks	When a shovel creates a dirt path	use.grass	subtitles.item.shovel.flatten​	1.0	0.8
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Jumping from the block	jump.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.11	1.0
	​Footsteps	Blocks	Falling on the block without fall damage	land.grass	subtitles.block.generic.footsteps​	0.21	1.0

Data values

ID

Java Edition:

Name	Identifier	Form	Block tags	Item tags	Translation key
Rose Bush	rose_bush	Block & Item	flowers	flowers	block.minecraft.rose_bush

Bedrock Edition:

Name	Identifier	Alias ID	Numeric ID	Form	Item ID[i 1]	Translation key
Rose Bush	rose_bush	double_plant / 4	1121	Block & Giveable Item[i 2]	Identical[i 3] (Numeric: -866)	tile.double_plant.rose.name

Block states

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Name	Metadata Bits	Default value	Allowed values	Values for Metadata Bits	Description
double_plant_type	0x1 0x2 0x4	sunflower	sunflower	0	Sunflower
			syringa	1	Lilac
			grass	2	Double Tallgrass
			fern	3	Large Fern
			rose	4	Rose Bush
			paeonia	5	Peony
upper_block_bit	0x8	false	false true	0 1	If it is the upper half of the plant. For items, it is 0.

History

Java Edition

Java Edition
1.7.2			13w36a				Added rose bushes.
1.8			14w04a				If a rose bush is set to render as the block inside of a minecart via commands or map editing, it now appears as this (previously it would be entirely invisible).
							Flowers no longer generate as a massive group at the world origin.[1]
			14w25a				Rose bushes are now affected by the same shading full blocks are.
			14w26a				Rose bushes are no longer subject to shading.
1.14			18w43a				The texture of rose bushes has been changed.
			19w03a				Placing a rose bush into the new composter has a 50% chance of raising the compost level by 1.
			19w05a				Rose bushes now have a 65% chance of increasing the compost level in a composter by 1.
1.15			19w34a				Rose bushes can now be used to breed bees.
							Bees can now pollinate rose bushes.
26.3			snap1				Rose bushes can now generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests and forests.

Bedrock Edition

Pocket Edition Alpha
v0.9.0			build 1				Added rose bushes.
			build 3				Added dye recipes for rose bushes.
v0.14.0			build 1				Using bone meal on a rose bush spawns another of that flower as an item.
v0.15.0			build 2				The rose bush texture has been changed to match Legacy Console Edition.
Bedrock Edition
1.10.0			beta 1.10.0.3				The texture of rose bushes has been changed.
							Rose bushes can now be sold by the wandering trader.
?							Wandering traders no longer sell rose bushes.
1.11.0			beta 1.11.0.1				Rose bushes can be used to fill a composter.
1.14.0			beta 1.14.0.1				Rose bushes can now be used to breed bees.
							Bees can now pollinate rose bushes.
1.20.70			Preview 1.20.70.24				The bottom halves of rose bushes are no longer affected by Fortune.
1.21.60			Preview 1.21.60.21				Rose bushes no longer appear mirrored when viewed from certain angles.[2]
26.40 Experiment Drop 3 of 2026			Preview 26.40.27				Rose bushes can now generate as part of abandoned camps in birch forests and forests.
26.50			Preview 26.50.22				All features from the "Drop 3 of 2026" experiment have been fully implemented.

Legacy Console Edition

Legacy Console Edition
Xbox 360	Xbox One	PS3	PS4	PS Vita	Wii U	Switch
TU31	CU19	1.22	1.22	1.22	Patch 3	1.0.1	Added rose bushes. They use the texture from Java Edition.
?							The texture has been changed.
TU69		1.76	1.76	1.76	Patch 38		The hitbox of rose bushes is now smaller to match bedrock edition.
			1.90				The texture of rose bushes has been changed.
			1.91				Rose bushes can now be sold by the wandering trader.

New Nintendo 3DS Edition

New Nintendo 3DS Edition
0.1.0							Added rose bushes.

Minecraft Education

Minecraft Education
1.0							Added rose bushes.
1.12							The texture of rose bushes has been changed.

Data history

Java Edition

Bedrock Edition

Issues

Issues relating to "Rose Bush" are maintained on the bug tracker. Issues should be reported and viewed there.

Trivia

• In real life, a rose is any member of the Rosa genus of flowering plants.
• Rose bushes do not apply damage when walked through, despite roses having thorns.

References

External links

• "Taking Inventory: Rose Bush" by Duncan Geere – Minecraft.net, December 17, 2020.