White Rugosa Rose
Rosa rugosa 'Alba'
An old-fashioned hardy shrub rose, covered in fragrant single white flowers in early summer, repeat-blooming; tall, upright habit with some suckering, hardy and resistant to disease, makes a great specimen shrub; needs full sun and well-drained soil
Features and Growing Tips
Note: Each live plant is unique and may differ from the photo while maintaining its beauty. Plants come in a plastic pot; other items in images are not included.
Landscape Qualities
but can be balanced by one or two finer or coarser trees or shrubs for an effective composition., White Rugosa Rose is a dense multi-stemmed deciduous shrub with a more or less rounded form. Its average texture blends into the landscape
Ornamental Qualities
White Rugosa Rose features showy fragrant white flowers with yellow eyes at the ends of the branches from late spring to late summer
Planting and Growing
and is suitable for planting under power lines. It grows at a fast rate, and under ideal conditions can be expected to live for approximately 25 years., White Rugosa Rose will grow to be about 5 feet tall at maturity, with a spread of 7 feet. It tends to fill out right to the ground and therefore doesn't necessarily require facer plants in front
but will not tolerate standing water. It is not particular as to soil type or pH, This shrub should only be grown in full sunlight. It does best in average to evenly moist conditions
Plant Facts
Prefers full sun
Keep moisture level average to moist
Mature Size 5'Hx7'W
Cutflower Favorite
Flowers are white with strong fragrance
Flowers from late spring to late summer
Attracts bees
Fall color scarlet
Zone 2b
Likes well drained soil