These are some roses the city planted in front of my parent's place. They apparently do not get aphids, and my mom thinks they are native. The closest pic I've found so far is the 'apothecary rose.' They also smell really good and have fuzzy stems. About 2' high. I'd like to plant some elsewhere.
No, not native. It's not 'Apothecary Rose' either, but it is a rose cultivar with a lot of rugosa in its heritage, as indicated by the rugose leaves and strong fragrance. I have to admit I haven't paid much attention to roses, but you might try comparing to 'Pink Pavement', 'Snow Pavement'...
I can't help you with an ID beyond Rugosa, but here's a way to get the very same ones she has. You can propagate Rugosa and their descendants by cutting, bijjy - take some slips off of your Mum's roses, dip them in rooting hormone, and put them in little pots of rooting medium with good drainage until they take hold. You might want to make little greenhouses for the starts by inverting a plastic bag over the pot - until they form their own roots, the best way for them to take in moisture is through the leaves. My Da holds that any Rose other than the HT varieties is more like a thistle than anything else (I know, I know, only related in the most strictly general sense) - and thus they are very easy to propagate. He grew champion roses of all varieties (generational Scottish tradition), but Canadian Rugosas are one of our faves, both for profuse blooms and fragrance.
The first hint that it was not a native wild rose is that it has double flowers. Wild species roses have 5 petals. This is also true with all other wild species growing in nature, these never have double flowers except where all or part of a particular invididual has sported double flowers. These tend not to work well for reproduction and are seen in numbers only in cultivation or where these are persisting or escaping from cultivation, as with garden roses like 'Dorothy Perkins' growing on roadsides.
Thank you. Knowing at least that it's a Rugosa helps. The city (Delta) sent a letter to my parents outlining how to care for the roses, so maybe there is contact info on the letter that I can use to ask for more details and where to get it. It's good to know I can propagate via stem cuttings, but I'd rather just buy the whole plant and have some blooms sooner. Hehe. I'd like to make a border/hedge out of them.
Aha! I think it may be a 'Snow Pavement' Rugosa! Very light pink, seems to match this pic I found online pretty closely! http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/plant.asp?code=B708
My mom says: " The plant ' s name you want to know is indeed Rugosa rose (Rosa rugosa 'Snow Pavement"). I found it from the letter from Delta Corpoation. Care - Prune annually in summer, after flowering. Prune main stems lightly or cut back by up to 1/3, as necessary. cut out 1/5 of oldest flowered stem. However, I like the care as suggested in the web site u sent me. As long as we deadhead the plant, it continues to bloom till fall. However , it is not evergreen . It loses its leaves in winter."
You're welcome, bijjy. Some comments... We have almost all of the 'Pavement' series roses, and they bloom all summer through without any deadheading... that's just what they're bred for. The big flush is in early summer, and then slightly sparser bloom continues through until killing frost. You also really don't need to fuss with all the pruning.... All in all, these shrub roses are pretty low maintenance.
