If you mean full shade, then its not going to work. Rugosas are not good in shady locations.

The same response will be seen from 'Blanche Double de Coubert' to a shaded location as most any other rose.

I have not counted hours, it is out in the open but some of my neighbors trees are on the Eastern side (maybe 30 feet away) of the bed which shades its early morning sun. In the evening my house shades it from the west. I think it will only get direct sun from Maybe 10ish-11Am to possibly 3pm, not certain when the shade of the house will cover the area as the sun shifts in the coming moths). So definitely a shady spot for a rose. Found several posts online saying it was shade tolerant but they don’t actually specify what they mean by shade.

I haven’t had much luck growing any roses in 4ish to 5 hours of sun but I wonder if this one was different. Thank you both for your posts.

Shady?....worth a try. BDdC is extremely thorny as most Rugosa types are. She is a very disease resistant rose, especially to the dreaded black spot. Can get mildew. Repeat blooms very well if dead headed, but hip production is zero, of course. Leaving the last blooms of the season un-dead headed will yield decorative hips for the fall.

Never foliar spray anythinganyanythin ( on a RugosaRugosa, damages/kills the foliage.

Moses.....Gremlin at work as usual

@dianela7bnorthal If you have difficulty growing other roses with this amount of shade, none of the Rugosas will fare any better. It might be better to find something other than a rose for this location.

Thank you Moses for your post. I am on a quest to find blackspot resistant varieties that do well here. I have not sprayed in a couple of years which is reduced the numbers of acceptable roses from a few hundred to a small list so far in my garden. It is very encouraging to hear this rose is very disease resistant.

Paul thank you for your post. I will look into a hydrangea as backup.

Rugosa types thrive in sandy beaches, hence full sun. They also do not do well where there are not at least chilly winters, meaning Florida climesclimes are not their preferepreferencepreferepreference.

Moses

Have you considered hybrid musks? 4 to 5 hours of sun should be enough for them.

I agree with Reb: try one of the Hybrid Musks

The problem is picking just one!

Sir Thomas Lipton is reported to be great in the South East. I wish you could get one Dianela. It does great there I have read, while not a success in the North.

I tend to think of 'Marie Pavie' as a Hybrid Musk rather than a Polyantha. However, I found 'Marie Pavie' to be an excellent, healthy shrub that performs beautifully with only a few hours of sunlight per day.

'Bubble Bath' might be a good choice as well. Great perfume, both of these.

If you want some color, then 'Rosy Purple' is a really great HM. Massive clusters of single purple/magenta blooms.

I love polyanthas too. I have Perle d'Or in part sun and she does spectacularly, and smells amazing.

With any and all such discussions what, exactly a given participant is calling partial sun exposure is critical to how relevant their information is to a given situation that has been asked about. With relevant details including if full sun for part of a day is what is being talked about. Or if instead it is something like dappled sun coming through a tree or structure for most, if not all of the day.

Thank you all for the suggestions, I actually absolutely love hybrid musks and Polyanthas. I agree the toughest thing is to choose as I like all of them. I may try one of the roses on this thread or maybe an Aptos rose I got from Rogue valley a few years ago. They actually claim it performs well with almost no direct sunlight under maybe a pine tree.

Take a look at a hybrid musk called Ballerina. I've seen this recommended if you are stuck with a partial shade situation. I have no experience with it yet, but I will be getting one later this spring.

Thank you very much Nancy. I actually have had ballerina and she is a beautiful rose. I really love her but she gets a lot of blackspot in my my area even in full sun. I hope she does great for you, she is very beautiful.

InterestngInteresting, considering i saw Blanc D the other day at Otto&Sons nursery near here. Not many roses in bloom yet, but Blanc D was on the job.

I have also never grown a rugosa, but I admure them. I do worry Blanc D would grow too big here. i read 7’ high on HMF -?

apologies for the houzzlouzziness