The only one I've got is the rugosa hybrid Therese Bugnet. It's been one full year since planting my band of it, and it's finally putting on a little size after sitting like a lump for the first season. It has put forth a couple of blooms that last 2 days. It has a very sweet, almost candy-like fragrance that reminds me a lot of the Bazooka Joe bubblegum from my childhood.

I can't grow rugosas here, I think because they hate how hot & dry it gets for 6-7 months. I did try twice, and both times the plant was dead within 2 years. There are so many other types of roses which love it here, and just take off, that I did not feel like trying again.

I have a friend who has a summer house on the coast of Maine (right on the beach), and I do enjoy her rugosas when we go to visit. In addition to her garden, which includes long hedges of rugosas along the property line, there are wild rugosas everywhere. They form sort of hedges along the beach front too. When she first moved there she told me about these weird plants the locals call "beach plums" - guess who those were?

Jackie

Sheila that white rose is beautiful.

Thanks for starting this thread. Beautiful photos, everyone. I just got bands of Purple Pavement, Snow Pavement, Hansa and Blanc Double de Coubert. I bought these thanks to the beautiful rugosas that are grown by folks on this forum. Looking forward to future years.

Carol is right, lots of people grow rugosas here. What just tickles me is that my local Fred Meyer has the most beautiful rugosas growing in the parking lot planters. Of course, I have no idea which one. One of the magenta ones. Happy blooms for months and gorgeous red orange hips in the fall.

Rugosas are the earliest bloomers here. My Hansa, Blanc Double de Coubert, and Therese Bugnet have almost finished their first flush. This is Linda Campbell, a late blooming rugosa. It tends to form a large cluster of about 20-30 flowers and really a showstopper. Very vigorous, nice repeater, but gets BS easily in our humid spring.

Beautiful Rugosas, everyone! Keep ’em coming. :-)

@Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b) I totally remember Bazooka! I need to smell TBugnet again.

@jacqueline9CA Rugosas are in their element at the coast. I’ll bet the ”beach plum” (😂) plants look fantastic along the Maine shore! There are miles of Rugosas along the coast in OR, too. The hips do look like plums, I have to admit.

@librarian_gardner_8b_pnw

How wonderful that this forum convinced you to try Rugosas! Our Fred Meyer boasts Rugosas, too, as does the nearby Shell station and Burgerville. 😊

@Sheila z8a Rogue Valley OR

I suspect the photos of your Rugosas were some of those influencing Librarian. I think the whole forum is in love with your Souv de Philemon Cochet!

@Feiy Lo (PNWZ8b)

Thank you for the photo of Linda! I don’t see her firey blooms very often.

Here are a couple more of Blanc Double de Coubert.

Does anybody else admire those elegantly elongated Rugosa buds? I really like the corduroy foliage, too.

And three shots of a Purple Pavement that I’m raising for a friend who…wait for it…lives at THE OREGON COAST. PP is about to become a ”beach plum”! 😂

We have Robusta. She is really big but right now not that tall because she got flattened by a snow storm this spring, after she had all her leaves. She has never stood up much again but she is starting to grow some vertical canes so is filling in.

This is a single plant from Rogue Valley Roses planted 5/2017.

Her color is a true red but I couldn't get the camera to take the photos that way.

This is Cape Diamond, planted at my old house around 2010. It is now about nine feet tall, covered in fragrant blooms. Zone 6, central Ohio. It never ever got black spot, when every other rose there did. No spray or fertilizer, and has had no care since 2013.

Wondering if my noID rugosa is Purple Pavement. Does PP repeat well? This one seems to be an once bloomer.

@Feiy Lo (PNWZ8b) Your lovely (and huge) rose bloom looks a lot like Purple Pavement. If I were to guess from a photo alone, I’d ID your rose as PP. In my experience, PP is mainly a once bloomer until it fully matures. Then there is some repeat. It is a smaller, tidy, well-behaved Rugosa with big magenta-mauve blooms! Carol

@mmmm12COzone5

Your Robusta is a real bright spot! Thank you for the photo. Even when Rugosas get flattened by snow or heavy rain, they retain their oh-so-graceful horizontal lines. Yours is beautiful!

@Roz OHzone 6

Wow! Your Cape Diamond is a magnificent specimen! I love that its been so healthy for you. Rugosas tend to be super healthy in my area too, even this spring when everything is blackspotting from unprecedented rain.

This is an un-named Rugosa hybrid from 2008 (I think): (R. foliolosa X Little Chief) X Belle Poitvine.

Its a very graceful arching shrub with fern-like foliage, completely disease free, thrives with zero care - not even water. Blooms only last 1-2 days but they fall cleanly. Nice Clove scent.

@Paul Barden

What a beautiful Rugosa! Great heritage, too: R foliolosa was used in the line of my much loved Basye’s Purple, and Belle Poitevine is a perfect combination of antique elegance and Rugosa durability. I can see R foliolosa’s contribution to the fine, airy foliage on your cultivar. I looked up R Moore’s Little Chief which, like so many of his introductions, is a miniature. How large does your Rugosa grow? Do you feel LC contributed to size limitations and bush form or more to bloom type/color? I LOVE the elongated buds on your cultivar! Rugosa buds and R foliolosa buds are two of my favorites. Carol

Here are some Basye’s Purple buds for comparison.

@portlandmysteryrose Thanks, Carol. Its a very interesting plant. Its growing in near total shade, so I expect it would flower more in a better location. I've never propagated it, so who knows what its capable of. And yes - R. foliolosa is a major contributor to the plant's growth habit and foliage style.

I have no idea if 'Little Chief' has contributed significantly to the look/style of this hybrid. You see, whenever you make a first generation hybrid with R. foliolosa, a lots of the seedlings bear resemblance to 'Basye's Purple' and/or 'Ann Endt'. It doesn't matter what you put on foliolosa, you will get some seedlings that look a lot like 'Basye's Purple'! In this case, the seed parent ("Purple Folio-Chief") looked like 'Basye's Purple'. There was nothing in its appearance that would indicate 'Little Chief' had been its parent. So, no - I can't say that 'Little Chief' has contributed any obvious influence on the style of this plant. Its genes are probably lurking beneath the surface, but you'd only find out by growing some seedlings from it.

That’s fascinating! There’s a detective and discovery element to rose breeding that is really intriguing. Like a good mystery. Genetics hiding in the shadows. Other influences on the surface. Multiple possibilities. Surprise endings!

If I had a larger garden, I’d grow many more Rugosas! I don’t have much to offer in the way of photos since my collection is really just a pair. I can say that in our absolutely saturated spring weather, Blanc Double de Coubert is holding up pretty well for a white rose. Basye’s Purple loses its petals in the showers, but they fall cleanly. And Basye’s P makes so gosh darn many blooms, more are always coming along!

BDdC

Just in case you feel badly about not being able to grow 'Eugene de Beauharnais', I should note that this alkaline environment is where Rugosas go to die. Literally. DIE. The ONLY Rugosa X that flourishes here is 'White Surprise', which I believe is X'd with R. bracteata:

Thank you for the commiseration! Right rose, right place. Sigh. It will make my future trips to CA exciting, though. Someday, I’m going to drag my family down there just to see all the roses that I can’t grow. White Surprise is beautiful and totally unfamiliar to me. I am looking it up on HMF right now….Carol

Oh boy! I can't wait to share some pictures in this lovely thread. Aside from certain varieties attracting girdlers, I adore the toughness and scent of the Rugosa roses.

I'm not sure if I have pics of everyone, but in my current collection I have:

Agnes (baby from HCR, not above 6" yet. One year old)

Mrs. Anthony Waterer

Therese Bugnet

Conrad Ferdinand Meyer (not very Rugosa, but it's good and hardy here)

Sarah Van Fleet

Mary Manners

Basye's Purple

Hansa (one year old)

Roseraie de l'Hay (new this spring from David Austin Roses)

They do quite well here overall; the soil doesn't induce chlorosis, they love my cold winters and generally abundant precipitation. They would make a good informal hedge for screening in these parts.

Steven

Let's see... Therese, Mary, Sarah, and Mrs. Anthony Waterer here...

Steven

Basye's Purple

I do not have any pics yet of Agnes, Hansa, Conrad Ferdinand Meyer, or Roseraie de l'Hay 

Steven

@MiGreenThumb (Z5b S.Michigan/Sunset 41) Elevation: 1,029 feet Those are beautiful Rugosas! What a diverse collection. Don’t you love the way they arch gracefully when allowed the space? I have to keep mine pruned tighter, unfortunately. Tiny garden. Tiny walkways. Thorny plants. You grow one of my favs—Basye’s Purple. I look forward to seeing the rest of your Rugosa gang!

I know I've posted it but I can't help it. Here's the real charm of Linda Campbell: The blossom blast!

@Feiy Lo (PNWZ8b) Wow! The blossom blast is magnificent! Armfuls of bright red blooms. Her color reminds me of Blaze, which my grandfather grew and I grew to honor him at my last garden.

My beloved Wild Edric is going into his second year in my garden. Last year he did extremely well in our sweltering summer heat.

This year the first flush was lovely:

His second flush is now under way, but unfortunately this time around all of the blooms look like this:

I've never had proliferation like this. We haven't had any big temperature swings, just gradually hotter as usual. Too much nitrogen perhaps?

I still love this rose, just looking forward to seeing normal blooms again! Fragrance is amazing in spite of it all.

I have a couple more rugosas, they took a break between flushes and are gull of buds again. I'll post here when they bloom.

Oh my yes. I enjoy it when they can fountain elegantly.

Here is Conrad Ferdinand Meyer! Now he has an exceptional and rich true old rose scent too. 

Steven

@seasiderooftop I definitely think weather plays into proliferation. My Maid Marion doesn’t usually have it and this year it has quite a few. Since I’m not a fan I’ll be glad when it is gone

@seasiderooftop

@MiGreenThumb (Z5b S.Michigan/Sunset 41) Elevation: 1,029 feet

Beautiful photos of two beautiful Rugosas! Thank you. I love the diversity of cultivars being posted. I am getting weather related proliferation this year, but sometimes a rose will proliferate for reasons beyond my discovery. Then it just returns to normal, also for reasons beyond my discovery. Some roses, like Spray Cecile Brunner, seem to randomly proliferate off and on every year.

Early this morning I checked to see if BDdC's flowers had opened yet... Almost there!

As you can see in the pic, I am not the only one in the garden who's looking forward to their opening!

@MiGreenThumb (Z5b S.Michigan/Sunset 41) Elevation: 1,029 feet

Your CFM looks flawless! I had read some reviews saying he was one of the less healthy rugosas, which would be a problem since you can't spray rugosas with anything, even neem.

But looking at your pics, the blooms are fantastic and the foliage looks spotless... I may have to revise my opinion. How has his health been for you?

@seasiderooftop I love BdDC’s long, satiny, unfurling buds, don’t you? They are some of the most elegant rose buds in my opinion. And those big snow white booms with their delicious spicy-rose fragrance. I can feel your anticipation! :-) My BdDC is still unfurling, too, and is awaiting its move from pot to garden bed as I finish prepping its place. Its foliage is so clean and green. Zero blackspot!

Portland Carol, I think those of us in the wet part of the PNW should give an update of the healthiest roses in wet weather. There are some clear winners for me this year for blackspot free foliage as well as botrytis resistant blooms. This spring has been a definite test.

librarian I'm thinking the same thing and want to make a list for it. That list won't be long. I'm very interested in which roses are the winners in the PNW gardens this year.

MARIE BUGNET is usually my first and last rose to bloom every year. She loads herself with beautiful white blooms which smell spicy and even the crinkly green foliage makes me happy! I am in Chicagoland zone 5.

@vickysgarden Your MB is gorgeous! She should be more widely grown! I don’t know why I’ve never tried her, the rare Bugnet. I love the fullness of her bright, white blooms against the crinkly green foliage that makes us both so happy! Thank you for posting her photos! Carol

@librarian_gardner_8b_pnw

@Feiy Lo (PNWZ8b)

I 100% agree! The forum needs a PNW disease resistance thread. This spring has been the trial of all fungal trials! I have been taking notes, too. Years ago, I eliminated all but a few disease prone roses, but this spring, I can see differences in how even those selections handled solid weeks of wet.

Stunning rose, Vicky!

Rotes Phänomen (Red Phenomenon) by Karl Baum

Very cool @MetteBee_Copenhagen8b !

It's a very pretty bloom, I love the reddish color of the parts at the center, it gives the flower a very distinctive look. She's beautiful, thanks for sharing!

@MetteBee_Copenhagen8b Thank you! What a vibrant Rugosa! It reminds me of a Purple Pavement bloom…but red. I have never seen, or even heard of, this beautiful variety. I am looking it up on HMF….

Found more pictures of my Mrs. Anthony Waterer!

She smells so good when she first opens.

Steven

It looks great next to those blue iris @MiGreenThumb (Z5b S.Michigan/Sunset 41) Elevation: 1,029 feet

Frau Dagmar Hartopp

Snow Pavement- first bloom for this one. I think this is its 3rd summer.

Oh how I wish I could touch those lamb's ears.

😂 They are very soft. And seed alot! I moved them from a differrent area a few years ago and I’m still removing a million seedlings in the original spot.

@cab84 Fru D is an all around great rose! And the Pavement series is really nice and compact with great blooms. Snow Pavement is a particularly ethereal one! Thank you for the photos! Seconding @Mischievous Magpie (CO 5b)’s ”I wanna pet the fuzzy lambs ears!” I need to find a spot for some in my garden. Carol

@vickysgarden Your Marie Bugnet is absolutely stunning! What a lovely contrast with the red buds and bright white blooms! I am obsessed.