Rugosa rose
Rosa rugosa
- Size
- 1.5 m tall, 1.5 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun
- Hardy to
- -34 degrees
- Flowers
- June to September
- A hedge
- A barrier nothing walks through
- Food and shelter for wildlife
- Near the sea
- Good for pollinators
- Hips after the flowers
- Scented
Safety
- Thorny: not under a window and not along a path children run down.
- Excluded: high invasive risk in this region
- Note: spreads by suckers; give it a bed of its own or a root barrier
Reviewed and approved for Poland by a qualified gardener with thirty years of practice, 22 September 2026.
What it needs, what it becomes
- Type
- Fruit and herbs
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Size when mature
- 1.5 m tall, 1.5 m across
- Light
- Full sun, part sun
- Moisture
- Dry, medium
- Soil
- sand, loam
- Soil pH
- 5.5 to 7.5
- Hardy to
- -34 degrees
- Flowers
- June to September
- For pollinators
- Very good
- Water
- Low water
- Upkeep
- Little
- Growth
- Fast
- In Europe
- Introduced
- Spreading risk
- High, not planted by Verdlo
- If eaten
- People: Not toxic · Dogs: Not toxic · Cats: Not toxic
- Worth knowing
- Has thorns · Edible · Drops fruit, which makes a mess over paving
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Lists it is on
- Plants for bees and butterflies60 plantsForage from early spring to late autumn, with each plant's flowering months stated.
- Drought tolerant plants42 plantsA garden that gets through July without a hose starts with the plant list.
- Plants for a hedge13 plantsSpecies that take clipping and close into a line, with the mature height of each.
