Hey plant lovers, it’s Whit at NatureHills.com and I’m talking all things Rugosa Roses today.
Featuring larger petals, grand size, hefty intense fragrance, and a fall display of showy Rose hips. These cold-hardy flower powered workers are able to be planted in coastal gardens and have a long-lasting display of summer to fall flowers that are pollinator-friendly, and rose hips that feed birds! Really, Rugosa Roses have it all!
Ideally, plant in well-drained soil that is enriched, but rugosas are able to grow in poor soil and harsher conditions. They’re drought tolerant once established but to get the most flowers and to keep your rose stress-free, give them regular water during high heat spells and droughts.
#5 White Rugosa Rose
The big, fragrant single-petalled flowers of the White Rugosa Rose, have leafy green rounded forms that can reach 4-6 feet in height and 4-5 feet wide. Very cold-hardy down to zones 2 and up to 7, these shrub roses are impressive barrier plantings, backdrops, and incredible for pollinators! Fall brings ornate, shiny rose hips that can be yellow, orange, and red.Tolerant of a wide range of climates, White Rugosa are free-flowering, with a classic wild Rose look and adaptability to modern landscapes, formal plantings, or informal country styles!
#5 White Rugosa, Growing Zones 2-7, red, orange, and yellow Rose hips in the fall, great in coastal gardens, and cold-hardy!
Learn more: www.naturehills.com/rose-white-rugosa-shrub
#4 Pink Rugosa Rose
Our number 4 pick is known as the Saltspray Rose due to its adaptability to salt and dry sandy soil. The lipstick pink flowers are very fragrant, pollinator and hummingbird-friendly! These flowers become shiny red hips up to an inch each! This looker is a favorite to use as a hedge, backdrop, and barrier planting! The salt tolerance of the Rugosas makes them great street plantings or Rock Gardens.
#4 Pink Rugosa Rose, Growing zones 3-9, native with a high adaptability to salt, heat and cold, grows 4 - 6 feet tall and 4 - 8 feet wide, and works in full sun or partial shade.
Learn more: www.naturehills.com/pink-rugosa-rose
#3
Therese Bugnet Rose
The Therese Bugnet Rugosa Rose is a double Rugosa with old-fashioned ruffled red-violet to soft pale pink flowers that are highly fragrant with the classic Rose scent! Flowering from June until frost, Therese Bugnet has blue-green leaves. Its foliage then turns red in the fall, with the canes following soon after for the winter. For added interest, the rose hips stay on display during the cold months as well! This Rugosa is ideal for naturalizing, seasonal screening, and sheltering birds as it stays fully leafed and densely filled to the ground. Plus, Teresa Bugnut is grown on its own root, giving it the advantage in cold climates.
#3 Therese Bugnet Rose, Growing Zones 3-8, 5-7 feet tall and 4-5 feet wide, grown on its own root, fragrant, red fall color and canes in winter, with red rose hips!
Learn more: www.naturehills.com/rose-therese-bugnet-shrub
#2 Belle Poitevine Rugosa Rose
Soft antique pink double blooms, the Belle Poitevine “bell pwaht-veen" Hybrid Rugosa Rose flowers all summer until frost with 4 inch blooms that are very fragrant! These vigorous growers are highly adaptable and easy-going plants for a carefree landscape! It’s hardy and the foliage is resistant to mildew, rust, and black spot. In fall, the foliage turns yellow and orange, accented perfectly by large orange-red rosehips
#2 Belle Poitevine Rugosa Rose, Growing zones 3-7, highly disease resistant, grown on its own root, very fragrant, orange-red hips, 4 - 5 feet tall but just 2 - 3 feet wide.
Learn more: www.naturehills.com/rose-belle-poitevine-shrub
#1 Hansa Hybrid Rugosa Rose
Hot pink double flowers, the Hansa Hybrid Rugosa Rose has silky petals and a heavenly sweet-spicy intense scent! Blooming all summer long, this old-fashioned-looking Rose is backed by hybrid resilience and adaptability. Hansa Rose is winter hardy, disease resistant, and tolerant of a variety of soils. As an upright-growing, multi-stemmed, deciduous shrub growing 4-6 feet tall and wide, these are fantastic to use as privacy screens or hedging along the driveway. Its green leaves transform orange in the fall and are accompanied by showy rose hips.
#1 Hansa Hybrid Rugosa Rose, growing zones 3-7, huge hot fuchsia-pink flowers, intensely fragrant, disease-resistant, and tolerant of a variety of soils.
Learn more: www.naturehills.com/rose-hansa-hybrid-rugosa
We have a ton of information on how to best care for roses, rugosa and others, on our #ProPlantTips blog.
www.naturehills.com/blog/post/when-do-i-prune-my-roses
www.naturehills.com/blog/post/getting-roses-ready-for-winter
www.naturehills.com/blog/post/what-are-the-different-types-of-roses
Until next time, happy planting!