YOU ARE BIDDING ON 10 DEEP RED JAPANESE ROSE SEEDS
(ROSA RUGOSA VAR)
IT IS CALLED THE HEDGEHOG ROSE BECAUSE OF ITS INTENSE SPIKINESS OF THE LIMBS, ALSO KNOWN AS SALTSPRAY ROSE, SAND ROSE, WRINKLED ROSE, SHRUB ROSE, BEACH TOMATO OR SEA TOMATO
THE JAPANESE ROSE IS A FAST GROWING WILD ROSE WITH BEAUTIFUL VERY FRAGRANT PINK-RED FLOWERS IN VAST NUMBERS UP TO 4 INS ACROSS WHICH ARE IN BLOOM FROM LATE SPRING AND LASTING ALL SUMMER WITH RE-BLOOM UNTIL THE FIRST HARD FROST.
THE FLOWERS ARE FOLLOWED BY LARGE 1 INCH HIPS WHICH LOOK LIKE SMALL ORANGE TOMATOS IF THE HIPS ARE NOT HARVESTED IN THE AUTUMN THEY WILL LINGER AMONG THE LEAFLESS BRANCHES LONG INTO THE WINTER
THE PETALS ARE EDIBLE (RAW OR COOKED) AND THE LEAVES ARE USED TO MAKE ROSE TEA (THOUGH HAVEN'T TRIED THESE MYSELF)THE NAME "RUGOSA" REFERS TO WRINKLY LEAVES WHICH ARE GLOSSY AND ATTRACTIVE
ROSA RUGOSA IS EVERYTHING FANCIER ROSES TEND NEVER TO BE: HARDY, LOW MAINTANANCE, AN ATTRACTIVE FRAGRANT SHRUB WITH ITS CRINKLY LEAVES AND SPINY UPRIGHT STRUCTURE, ADAPTABLE TO ALMOST ANY SOIL CONDITIONS, AND SUITABLE IN A MOIST OR DRY LOCATION, IMPERVIOUS TO BAD WEATHER.
HEIGHT: 6 FEET
NATIVE TO CHINA, KOREA AND JAPAN.
HARDY TO ZONE 2 ONCE ESTABLISHED WILL NEED WINTER PROTECTION WHILST YOUNG
PLEASE NOTE RUGOSA'S CANNOT BE PLANTED ANYWHERE NEAR WHERE YOU WANT PEOPLE TO WALK SAFELY; DUE TO THE SPIKINESS OF THE LIMBS, IT MAKES A STUNNING PROTECTIVE HEDGE, OR ANTI-BURGLAR SHRUB
CARE OF RUGOSA'S IS REALLY EASY: THEY DO NOT REQUIRE FERTILIZATION TO BLOOM AND FRUIT WELL, THEY WANT FULL SUN YET ARE TOLERANT TO A LITTLE SHADE. THE MOST THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE FOR THEIR MAXIMUM BEAUTY IS AN ANNUAL PRUNING IN LATE WINTER BEFORE THE SPRING GROWTH BEGINS. THE OLDEST CANES SHOULD BE CUT RIGHT OUT OF THE SHRUB (RIGHT DOWN TO THE GROUND) IF YOU DO NOT WANT THIS TO GROW AS AN INCREASINGLY WIDE SHRUB, SUCKERS CAN BE EASILY REMOVED WHILST YOUNG
FULL SOWING INSTRUCTIONS INCLUDED.
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