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Rosa rugosa (Beach Rose)

Rosa rugosa

Also known as Rugosa Rose

$9.95

Size

☀SunFull sun
💧WaterLow to moderate
🌡Zones2-8
🦌DeerResistant
🌊CoastalSuitable

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About This Plant

Rosa rugosa (Beach Rose), 'Beach Rose', is valued for fragrant flowers, repeat bloom in many cultivars, and the timeless garden presence of roses.

Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa) is a tough Asian shrub rose , thick crinkled leaves, intensely fragrant flowers, large nutritious tomato-shaped hips, and famously tough disease-resistant character. Highly salt-tolerant for coastal plantings.

Full sun suits this species. Plant in well-drained; tolerates lean and salt soil. Hardy USDA Zone 2 to 7. INVASIVE WATCH on sandy coasts in some regions (esp. eastern N America, Europe); less aggressive in PNW gardens but worth siting carefully. Suckers freely. Generally trouble-free; resists black spot and most rose pests. Deer-resistant due to dense thorns.

For a Pacific Northwest native rose, consider Rosa nutkana (Nootka Rose), Rosa pisocarpa (Cluster Rose), or Rosa gymnocarpa (Baldhip Rose) , all native species providing pollinator forage, hips for birds, and graceful arching habit in PNW gardens.

Plant Details

Botanical
Rosa rugosa
Common name
Rugosa Rose
Lifecycle
Perennial
Foliage type
Deciduous
Mature size
3-6 ft tall × 3-6 ft wide
Growth rate
Moderate
Bloom time
Early summer
Bloom color
Pink
Foliage color
Green

Care Notes

Plant in well-drained to sandy soil; tolerates lean and salt-spray conditions. Water low to moderately once established. Spreads freely by suckers; remove suckers promptly if containment is desired. Resists black spot and most rose diseases. Generally requires less maintenance than hybrid roses. Avoid planting near coastal dunes where it can spread into natural areas.

Garden Attributes

  • Pacific NW native
  • Deer resistant
  • Coastal suitable
  • Grown organically
  • Pollinator value: Bees, Butterflies
  • Wildlife: Bird forage, Bird habitat, Pollinator support
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