Rugosa Roses

I've always adored rugosa roses, and over the years have collected as many as I can to squash into my garden. I check the local nurseries for new hybrids as well as the old-fashioned varieties. I love the foliage, and I've read that they rarely get 'bugged' by aphids. And of course some set the most beautiful rose hips in autumn. Yeay for rugosas! I hope you'll find your favourite rugosa rose in my collection.

David Thompson Rugosa RoseDavid Thompson Rugosa Rose...
One of my favourite new roses is the rugosa hybrid David Thompson, a pink beauty. He's a very healthy, happy rose - a medium shrub, densely branched, with that beautiful clean green rugosa foliage.
Rugspin Rugosa RoseRugspin Rugosa Rose...
Rugspin is a striking rose - a rugosa, single, with magenta-red (AKA carmine) coloured flowers. All the online nurseries agree - it's healthy, grows quite tall, and has beautiful hips in autumn.
Roseraie de L'Hay RoseRoseraie de L'Hay Rose...
Roseraie de L'Hay is one of my most successful rugosa roses. The flowers are wonderfully fragrant with a soft, relaxed form - 'neither purple nor crimson, but somewhere in between', to quote the New Zealand rosarian Trevor Griffiths.
Yellow Dagmar Hastrup AKA Topaz JewelYellow Dagmar Hastrup AKA Topaz Jewel...
Have just watered one of my newish roses, the rugosa 'Yellow Dagmar Hastrup'. But she is puzzling me. The original Frau Dagmar Hastrup (which grows by the glasshouse) is a single pale pink rugosa with large blooms. This yellow rose sounds like a relation, but is quite different. Something's funny!
Pink Grootendorst RosePink Grootendorst Rose...
I bought some pink Grootendorst rugosa roses in a sale. I love rugosas, I love the colour pink, and I love good cheap shrubs - not that any self-respecting gardener needs any reasons to buy new roses...
Corylus Rugosa RoseCorylus Rugosa Rose...
I fell in love with rugosa roses early in my country gardening life. Of course I love rose flowers, but rugosas also have wonderful textural foliage. The rose Corylus is one of my latest leafy rugosa treasures.
Yellow Agnes Rugosa RoseYellow Agnes Rugosa Rose...
This is the well known yellow rugosa rose Agnes. It is one of the first to flower in the garden near the glass-house, and the soft amber lemon flowers look beautiful against its strong green rugosa foliage.
Robusta Rugosa RoseRobusta Rugosa Rose...
Robusta is a modern rugosa rose hybrid which has crimson red single flowers. The name describes the rose perfectly - Robusta is very thorny and extremely vigorous. Strong red against strong green is such an appealing colour combination, too.