R. Rugosa Alba
Rugosa Rose
Best For Fragrance
Colour: White
Flowering: Repeat Flowering
Fragrance: Strong, Old Rose
Size: Very Large Shrub
5ft (150cm)
5ft (150cm)
Bloom Size: Medium
Year of Introduction: 1899
Single, white flowers of silky texture with a strong Old Rose fragrance. These are quickly followed by exceptionally large, orange-red hips that ripen together with the last of its blooms. It forms a vigorous, spreading shrub.
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Kew Gardens®
(Ausfence)
English Shrub Rose Bred By David Austin
Small, single flowers held in very large heads, rather like a hydrangea, produced almost continuously from early summer into autumn. Soft apricot buds open to pure white, with a hint of soft lemon behind the stamens.