| Description | A vigorous tall species rose with single pink flowers. An heirloom rugosa rose. |
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| Plant Type | All Plants, Shrubs Rose |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-9 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | aveage |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | single, clear pink, near white eye, 1-2 inches, singly or in small clusters, bloom only once |
| Fruit | red oval hips |
| Leaves | dark green, apple scent, compound with 5-7 leaflets |
| Stems | fawny-green stems, many sharply hooked thorns, arching |
| Roots | fiborous |
| Dimensions | up to 10 feet, vase shape or spreading sprawling |
| Maintenance | Using hand shears or extended reach rose pruners I selectively cut back each branch at least 25-50% in the spring. Should be done every 1-3 years. This controls the size, promotes new growth increasing the flowers. Dead heading helps to promote quicker flushes of flowers. But by dead heading you will lose the rose hips. This is a matter of choice. |
| Native Site | Europe |
| Cultivar Origin | cica 1594, (syn Rosa rubiginosa) |
| Misc Facts | Works best in a wild garden or a large hedage. |
| Author's Notes | I have seen this rose in a few plantings. I think it is best used in a natural border planting, cottage garden or informal hedge where it can do it's thing. |
| Notes & Reference | #107-American Rose Society Encyclopedia of Roses (Charles and Brigid Quest-Ritson), #111-Botanica’s Roses, #112-Taylor’s Guide to Roses (Nancy Ondra) |
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