Flowering shrub
Rugosa rose
Rosa rugosa
A hardy flowering shrub for sunny hedges, slopes and low-maintenance garden edges.
Planning parameters
Use these values as a practical planning envelope: they describe the adult plant, not the young seedling.
- Adult height
- 1.2-2 m
- Crown diameter
- 1.8 m
- Root zone
- 2 m
- Root type
- Suckering, moderately spreading
- Lifecycle
- Perennial
- Recommended setback
- 1-1.5 m from paths and seating areas
- Growth rate
- Medium / fast
- Hardiness
- USDA 3-8
- Crown density
- Dense
Site requirements
These conditions decide whether the plant will establish well after planting.
- Light
- Sun
- Watering
- Low / moderate
- Soil type
- Drained loam or sandy soil
- Drainage
- Well-drained, drought tolerant after rooting
- Soil pH
- Slightly acidic to neutral
Root system and placement
Suckering root system; leave room for a wider clump.
Garden role and season
These fields help choose the plant by composition, privacy, flowering and year-round value.
- Form
- Dense rounded thorny shrub
- Foliage
- Deciduous
- Season
- Summer bloom and autumn hips
- Bloom
- Fragrant pink flowers
- Fruit
- Large decorative rose hips
- Garden use
- Flowering hedge, slope, sunny boundary
Care and risks
This is the practical part for future maintenance and safe placement on the plot.
- Maintenance
- Low / medium
- Pruning
- Thin old stems; control suckers
- Risks
- Thorns and suckers; avoid narrow paths.
Other plants
Return to the catalog or compare nearby options before placing plants on the site plan.
