Pink Grootendorst Hybrid Rugosa Rose

Rugosa roses are extremely hardy and most are exceptionally disease resistant with wonderful wrinkled healthy foliage.

Pink grootendorst hybrid rugosa rose. Hybrid rugosa historic rose shrub rose colors. The petals of the small dusty rose pink flowers are decorated with endearing fringes and resemble carnation blooms more so than roses. Height up to 6 ft. Hybrid rugosa fj grootendorst netherlands 1923 clusters of clear pink one inch double blooms with unique carnation like fringed petals.

The unusual flowers make up for it though. The flowers appear in abubdance throughout the growing season adding old world charm to beds and landscapes. Rugosa they inherited their health winter hardiness and typical thorns. Discovered in the netherlands by f.

Usda 5b 9b the heights zones are guidelines only. Their fragrance has notes of spice. Repeat blooms throughout the season on a compact 3 to 4 foot bush with light green crinkly foliage. Grootendorst with 19 images and 34 data details.

They can tolerate wind poor soil and salt spray. Pink grootendorst other names. It will stay low growing if pruned back each spring. Little or no scent.

Often seen en masse in parks or by roadways. It has a different colour but the flowers have the same fringed petals therefore they are called carnation roses. The flowers are double numerous but unfortunately scentless. Their ability to repeat flower make them ideal hedging plants.

This hybrid rugosa is a sport of the above. Dark rich green foliage shrugs off rose maladies. Rugosa roses are very tolerant of harsh conditions. A sport of f j grootendorst but with small bright rose pink flowers which are produced continuously.

Grootendorst grow best in fertile moist well drained soil in full sun or partial shade. This variety is a mutation of f. Rugosa rose hybrids are remarkably robust and disease free ideal for coastal gardening. All are derived from r.

4 6 shrub form. This shrub rose grows well in mixed borders hedges and in the landscape. Grootendorst as a sport of the rose that bears his namesake. Rugosa a native of japan and siberia.

Grootendorst is very thorny like most rugosas and is a repeat bloomer.