The Native Rose forms an attractive upright shrub to 1 m high by 60 cm in diameter, with crowded, bright green, rhomboid leaves, which turn bronze in frosty winters and are aromatic when crushed. In spring the cup-shaped flowers appear in clusters at the end of the branches. They are bright pink and have a refreshing fragrance.
Propagation is by semi-hardwood cuttings taken in early summer.
For optimum growth B. serrulata should be grown in well-drained soil, in a raised rockery, preferably with some additional rocks placed around the root zone to give the plant a cool root run. A general fertiliser will be beneficial if applied in late winter and late summer. Several plants of B. serrulata were grown at the Australian National Botanic Gardens for a number of years shaded by large eucalypts. These were planted with sandstone slabs around their roots several centimetres below the surface to give the roots a cool run. Plants have been lost due to poor drainage in heavy soils so this should be taken into account when selecting a planting site.