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Rosa rugosa rubra

Rosa rugosa rubra blossoms

Blossom color: Mauve
Fragrance: Very fragrant
Bloom time: Repeats June - frost
Size: 4-5'h x 4-5'w
Shape: Tall, mounded shape
Uses: Rose garden, perennial garden, mixed border, hedge
Hardiness: Zones 2-8

Rose hips

Sorry, sold out for 2013. Available again in January 2014 for spring delivery!

Rosa rugosa rubra has single, mauve, very fragrant blossoms that repeat all summer. The blossoms are followed by very large orange-red hips in late summer and last all winter. Bumble bees are always visiting the blossoms on this rose. They 'll even share the blossom with you to take in a quick whif of its fragrance. This rose can grow up to 5-feet tall and is excellent for hedges. Completely disease resistant and winter hardy to Zone 2.

What you'll receive: Plants are grade #1 own-root plants, and shipped bareroot (no soil or pot) and dormant (no foliage). Learn more about our plants.

Shipping: $0-$75=$12.00, $75.01-$125=$15, $125.01-$200=$20, >$200=10% of total. Shipped UPS Ground in spring from early April through mid May.

[Catalog #HR70 - Introduction date unknown - very old]

How to Grow

Roses need sun (at least 6 hours daily); well-drained, fertile soil; and consistent and adequate soil moisture to thrive and produce the most blossoms.

Learn more about growing roses:

What's a "bareroot" plant?

Photo of bareroot plant"Bareroot" is a term that describes how a plant is shipped to you. A bareroot plant is not in a pot, and is usually dormant (not actively growing). See the photo to the right that shows what a bareroot plant looks like. The bareroot plants that we ship to you were harvested in the fall and placed in cold storage over the winter to keep them dormant. In the spring, we ship the bareroot plants to our customers, from early April through mid May.

Bareroot plants are easy to grow. We include planting instructions with your order. When you receive your plant, take it out of the packing material and place it in a bucket of water so that the roots are completely covered. Let the roots soak for 4 to 24 hours, then plant it in your garden. Full planting instructions with photos are available on our Planting Roses page.

This page was last updated April 15, 2013

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