Data specific to Roses (Edit)
Bloom size: Medium: 2-3"
Bloom shape: Flat
Petal count: Single: 1-7 petals
Rose bloom color: Mauve and mauve blend
Rebloom: Some
Class: Other: Rugosa, species
Extra Color Info: Hot pink
Growth Habit: May sucker
Fragrance: Strong
Hybridizer & year: Unknown
Optimal growing zones: USDA zones 2-9

General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Shrub
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun
Water Preferences: Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
Soil pH Preferences: Moderately acid (5.6 – 6.0)
Slightly acid (6.1 – 6.5)
Neutral (6.6 – 7.3)
Slightly alkaline (7.4 – 7.8)
Plant Height: 3-8 feet
Plant Spread: 6 feet
Leaves: Deciduous
Fruit: Showy
Edible to birds
Flowers: Showy
Fragrant
Flower Color: Mauve
Flower Time: Summer
Uses: Windbreak or Hedge
Erosion control
Medicinal Herb
Cut Flower
Edible Parts: Fruit
Wildlife Attractant: Bees
Resistances: Salt tolerant
Propagation: Seeds: Self fertile
Propagation: Other methods: Cuttings: Stem
Cuttings: Tip
Pollinators: Self
Various insects
Miscellaneous: With thorns/spines/prickles/teeth

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Common names
  • Beach Rose
  • Japanese Rose
  • Rose
  • Hedgehog Rose
  • Apfel-Rose
  • Tomato Rose
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Rosa rugosa
  • Synonym: Rosa andreae
  • Synonym: Rosa ferox
  • Synonym: Rosa rugosa f. rugosa

Photo Gallery
Location: Kalama, wa
Date: 2022-09-08
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-05-11
Location: Kalama, wa
Date: 2022-09-08
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Kalama, wa
Date: 2022-09-08
  • Uploaded by Joy
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-05-30
Location: Botanical Graden Meise - Nationale Plantentuin Meise - Brussel
Location: Botanical Graden Meise - Nationale Plantentuin Meise - Brussel
Location: My garden in N E Pa. 
Date: 2008-08-08
Location: Canada
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2014-09-18
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Location: Orange County, California
Date: 2022-03-23
The bees just love this rose!
Location: Steenenkamer
Date: 2021-08-01
Location: Swanton Vermont
Date: 2022
Location: Bea’s garden
Date: 2023-06-12
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Date: 1998
Ramanas Rose (Rosa rugosa). Wild plant in natural habitat.
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Date: 1998
Ramanas Rose (Rosa rugosa). Wild plant in natural habitat.
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Date: 1998
Ramanas Rose (Rosa rugosa). Wild plant in natural habitat.
Location: Hokkaido, Japan
Date: 1998
Ramanas Rose (Rosa rugosa). Wild plant in natural habitat.
Location: My garden in Ontario, Canada
Date: 2024-09-22
First blooms on a yearling division
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-06-25
Ramamnas Rose (Rosa rugosa). Wild plant in natural habitat.
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-07-29
Location: Hortus Botanicus Akureyensis - Akureya - Iceland
Date: 2019-07-29
Location: Illinois, US
Date: 2011-08-20
Location: province of Quebec, Canada
Date: 2011-02-12
Photo courtesy of: Letartean
Location: Winterthur Garden, Winterthur, Delaware 19735
Date: 2019-05-26
Wonderful fragrance!
Location: Mason, NH
Date: 2021-06-05
Photo credit: Rob Duval
Location: Atela Gardens, Alpiarça, 
Date: 2014-04-12
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Location: Scotland (Western Highlands)
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-08-11
Location: Brownstown Pennsylvania
Date: 2017-08-11
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5
Date: 2011-10-13
Leaflets are opposite and average seven to nine per leaf.
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-03
Started by seed 6 months earlier
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5
Date: 2011-07-01
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-30
"Rosa rugosa, 2018 photo, Rugosa Rose, , USDA Hardiness Zone 4, p
Location: Clinton, Michigan 49236
Date: 2018-05-30
"Rosa rugosa, 2018 photo, Rugosa Rose, , USDA Hardiness Zone 4, p
Location: Indiana  Zone 5
Date: 2012-08-23
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-05-07

Date: 2008-07-14
Photo courtesy of: Neelix

Date: 2005-10-02
Photo courtesy of: Miya.m

Photo courtesy of: Jurgen Howaldt
Location: Jindai Botanical Garden, Tokyo, Japan
Date: 2010-06-13
Photo courtesy of: Qwert1234
Location: Primorsky Kraj, Russia
Date: 2006-06-25
Ramamnas Rose (Rosa rugosa). Wild plant in natural habitat.

Date: 2017-07-29
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5
Date: 2011-10-16
More of a prickle-type than a thorny one.
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5
Date: Sep 20, 2011 12:04 PM
Location: Hidden Hills CA zone 10b
Date: 2013-06-03
6 month old seedling
Location: central Illinois
Date: 2015-05-15
Location: My Northeastern Indiana Gardens - Zone 5b
Date: 2011-11-07
Gold Autumn leaves in zone 5.

Date: 2006-10-28
Photo courtesy of: Marcin Ustrycki

Date: 2008-05-18
Photo courtesy of: Hedwig Storch
Location: Poland
Date: 2010-05-29
Photo courtesy of: JDavid
Location: Grape Island, Massachusetts
Photo courtesy of: DickClarkMises
Location: Korea
Date: 2008-05-07
Photo courtesy of: dalgial
Location: Korea
Date: 2008-05-07
Photo courtesy of: dalgial
Location: Gdansk, Poland
Photo courtesy of: Brosen

Date: 2010-06-27
Photo courtesy of: Vihljun

Date: 2010-06-27
Photo courtesy of: Vihljun

Date: 2010-06-27
Photo courtesy of: Vihljun

photo credit: Andrew Butko

photo credit: Andrew Butko
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gardengus On May 7, 2016 Obtained plant
lovesblooms On February 9, 2017 Seeds sown
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