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Rosaceae
Beach Rose
Rosa rugosa
Rugged beauty and simplicity.
- Family
- Rosaceae
- Genus
- Rosa
- Native to
- East Asia, Japan, China, Korea
- Bloom season
- Spring, Summer, Fall
- Type
- shrub
- Height
- 4-6 ft
- Sunlight
- full sun
- Soil
- sandy, well-drained
- Water
- low
- Hardiness
- 2-7
- Lifespan
- perennial
Did you know
- The species name 'rugosa' means wrinkled, referring to the distinctive deeply wrinkled and textured leaves.
- Its large red-orange rose hips contain 20 times more vitamin C than oranges and are used to make tea, jam, and syrup.
- Beach rose is so salt-tolerant that it thrives directly on ocean shorelines where salt spray is constant.
- Unlike most roses, it is remarkably disease-resistant and rarely suffers from black spot or mildew.
- In some regions it has become invasive, displacing native dune plants along the Atlantic coast of North America.
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simplicity
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rugged beauty