Rosa 'Frau Dagmar Hastrup': Rugosa Rose

'Frau Dagmar Hastrup' Rugosa Rose – Clove-Scented Pink

Single gently cupped light-pink flowers with intense clove-scented perfume. Blooms spring and sporadically through season, produces red hips. Autumn foliage turns deep maroon, then yellow with coppery highlights. Grows 3–4 feet high and wide. Rugosa roses: thorny branches, wrinkled leaves, tolerate harsh conditions (salt spray, wind, poor soil).

Culture

Fertile, moist, well-drained soil in full sun or partial shade. Good air circulation, remove fallen leaves. Late winter/early spring: prune lightly or back up to 1/3, reduce side shoots 1/2–1/3. Renovate: prune 1 in 4–5 shoots from base. Propagate by softwood cuttings spring–summer, hardwood cuttings fall. Many potential pests and diseases.

Features

• Single light-pink clove-scented flowers
• Red hips, maroon fall foliage
• Rugosa foliage, thorny
• Tolerates harsh conditions
• 3–6 feet tall and wide

Uses

Beds, borders, cut flowers, hedge, naturalizing, specimen, waterside in cottage and formal gardens.