Click on thumbnail images to enlarge
Ann Endt (1978)
Rugosa cross. This New Zealand bred rose is named for the long time gardener of one of our most eminent rosarians, Nancy Steen. It is a low growing, freely suckering bush with rugosa character and sublime, scented, large cerise single flowers. Repeats all season and has bunches of wonderful bright red hips, great for rose hip jelly. Available now
Belle Poitivine
Available soon
Fru Dagmar Hastrup ( 1914)
One of the most popular of the rugosas, she has very large soft pink single flowers and the signature big red hips. Probably the smallest of this group, makes a tidy low shrub. Available soon
Mrs Doreen Pike
David Austin. In true Austin style this is a Rugosa which ticks all boxes…Her foliage is obviously not truly Rugose, being more ferny and very fresh and green. The flowers are very delicate shades of lilac pink, full and frilly and dotted artfully over the bush. She suckers freely like the other Rugosas and makes a lovely picture in the garden. Available now
Pink Grootendorst (1923)
This is a cheerful and enduring rose, it’s grown on me over the years for these traits…Flowers rather salmon which doesn’t fit in so well with the other lilac/cerise pink rugosas, also small but in large bunches instead of studded on the foliage like most. Available now
Topaz Jewel (1987)
A rarity amongst the rugosas, Topaz Jewel is a beautiful clear yellow, the flowers semi double, fragrant and large. Within a very thorny group she is in a class of her own, being covered all over with huge thorns! Growth also rather angular, but hey, the flowers are yellow ! Available now