I would say it has less than the average amount of thorns. I intentionally grown low-thorn roses as I am on a blood thinner and have had serious bleeding from a thorny rose. I gave away all my thorny roses. This has been in a small pot for 2 years and had very few thorns. This year I moved it to a large whiskey barrel planter and it is growing larger. The new growth has more thorns but they are small thorns. The plant is also small enough so it's easy to see what I'm doing and avoid the thorns. Basically, this rose is thornless enough for me to keep it. Besides, it is maybe the most healthy rose I have. The blooms repeat quickly, they are beautiful, they smell nice. Overall, it is a very rewarding rose to grow.