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'Micrugosa' rose Description
'<i>Rosa</i> X <i>micrugosa</i>' rose photo
Photo courtesy of Singularly Beautiful Roses
Availability:
Commercially available
HMF Ratings:
33 favorite votes.  
ARS:
Light pink Shrub.
Origin:
Bred by Maurice Lévêque de Vilmorin (France, before 1905).
Introduced in Germany by Gärtnerei Henkel in 1910 as 'Rosa X micrugosa'.
Class:
Hybrid Roxburghii, Hybrid Rugosa, Shrub, Species Cross.  
Bloom:
Light pink.  Violet-pink.  Mild fragrance.  Average diameter 4".  Large, single (4-8 petals), borne mostly solitary bloom form.  Once-blooming spring or summer.  
Habit:
Armed with thorns / prickles, bushy, upright, well-branched.  Medium, semi-glossy, dark green, wrinkled (rugose) foliage.  9 to 13 leaflets.  

Height: up to 7' (up to 215cm).  Width: up to 4' (up to 120cm).
Growing:
USDA zone 6b through 9b (default).  
Patents:
Patent status unknown (to HelpMeFind).
Ploidy:
Diploid
Notes:
Rosa micrugosa H.Henkel [should be Fr. Henkel]. Gartenflora 59: 164, t.1581. 1910.
Round orange hips. Different opinions on parentage - see References.
 
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