Price each per |
1 Tree |
10 Trees |
25 Trees |
100 Trees |
1000 Trees |
1yr 30-50cm |
£1.93 |
£1.32 |
£0.96 |
£0.66 |
£0.55 |
2yr 40-60cm |
£2.63 |
£1.80 |
£1.31 |
£0.90 |
£0.75 |
Prices stated do not include delivery and V.A.T. which will be added at the checkout.
Growing Rugosa Rose (Rosa rugosa)
- Extremely hardy, tough, and disease-resistant shrub rose, thriving in poor soils, coastal conditions, and cold UK climates.
- Fragrant repeat-flowering blooms (summer to autumn) in pink, white, or red, followed by large, ornamental scarlet hips rich in vitamin C (edible for syrups/jams).
- Excellent for dense, prickly hedging (impenetrable barrier), wildlife gardens (attracts bees, butterflies, birds with nectar, shelter, and hips), and low-maintenance landscaping.
- Best time to plant: Late autumn to early spring (November–March), ideally bare-root in dormant season for establishment.
- Site: Full sun preferred (tolerates partial shade); most soils, including sandy/clay, but best in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained.
- Planting: Dig hole twice root width; space 30–60cm for hedges, wider for shrubs; mulch after planting.
- Ongoing care: Minimal pruning (light in late summer or remove old stems in winter); mulch annually with organic matter; feed with rose fertiliser in spring/summer for best flowering.
- Management: Vigorous sucker growth; remove unwanted suckers to control spread in garden.
Text summery written with the assistance of Grok but content edited and checked for accuracy by a human bean
The Rugosa Rose is native to eastern Asia, in north-eastern China, Japan, Korea and south-eastern Siberia. It is widely used as an ornamental plant. It has been introduced to numerous areas of Europe and North America.
It is very thorny and fast growing to a maximum height of just over 2 metres (6-7') Easy to grow and usually trouble free it grows on almost any soil type except for waterlogged conditions. Best planted in full sun and can be cut back hard it it grows too unruly.
The mostly pink flowers appear from early summer until early autumn and are pleasantly scented and generally between 6–9 cm across. It usually starts to flower during the first growing season.
The hips are large, 2–3 cm diameter, and often shorter than their diameter, not elongated; in late summer and early autumn the plants often bear fruit and flowers at the same time. The leaves typically turn bright yellow before falling in autumn
This species hybridises readily with many other roses, and is valued by rose breeders for its considerable resistance to the diseases rose rust and rose black spot. It is also extremely tolerant of salt spray and storms and can be found even growing on the beach, just above the high tide mark. This extreme salt tolerance makes it a good shrub for planting along busy roads where a lot of salt spray is thrown up during the winter months.
It is widely used in landscaping, being relatively tough and trouble-free and needs little maintenance.
It is very thorny and fast growing to a maximum height of just over 2 metres (6-7') Easy to grow and usually trouble free it grows on almost any soil type except for waterlogged conditions. Best planted in full sun and can be cut back hard it it grows too unruly.
The mostly pink flowers appear from early summer until early autumn and are pleasantly scented and generally between 6–9 cm across. It usually starts to flower during the first growing season.
The hips are large, 2–3 cm diameter, and often shorter than their diameter, not elongated; in late summer and early autumn the plants often bear fruit and flowers at the same time. The leaves typically turn bright yellow before falling in autumn
This species hybridises readily with many other roses, and is valued by rose breeders for its considerable resistance to the diseases rose rust and rose black spot. It is also extremely tolerant of salt spray and storms and can be found even growing on the beach, just above the high tide mark. This extreme salt tolerance makes it a good shrub for planting along busy roads where a lot of salt spray is thrown up during the winter months.
It is widely used in landscaping, being relatively tough and trouble-free and needs little maintenance.
