Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 16.  
 
Rosa Rugosa Race spécialement rustique au large feuillage coriace. Idéal pour garnir les talus, faire des haies ou pour planter isolément ou en groupe. Ne craint pas l'altitude. Ils refleurissent tous jusqu'en automne.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 269.  
 
R. rugosa Thunb. Shrub 1-2m./3.3-6.6 ft. high, stems stout, tomentose, very prickly and bristly; leaflets 5-9, elliptic, 3-5 cm./1.2-2 in. long, dark green, wrinkled and glossy above, firm, thick, golden-yellow in the autumn; glaucous, reticulate and puberulent beneath; flowers solitary or few together, purple to white, 6-8 cm./2.4-3.2 in. across, june to autumn; pedicels short and bristly; fruits depressed-globose, to 2.5cm./1 in. across, smooth, of commercial use. 2n=14. (=R. regeliana Linden & André). N. China, Korea, Japan; locally naturalized in N., W. and C. Europe. May be the hardiest of all roses. 1854.
Many varieties and hybrids.

Book  (1981)  Page(s) 269.  

Book  (1976)  Page(s) 746.  
 
Chapter 16 - Functions of flavonoids in plants by J. B. Harborne
Another example is Rosa, in which cyanidin-peonidin mixtures are found almost exclusively in pinker varieties (Rosa rugosa and derived hybrids) whereas crimson and deeper red varieties have only cyanidin. (Harborne, 1961).

Magazine  (May 1966)  Page(s) 2. trimester, p. 20.  
 
Tableau Récapitulatif des différents Porte-Greffes
Rosa rugosa; Origine: Europe; Multiplication: Semis, bouture; Greffage: Œil poussant, œil dormant; Terrain: Tous; Température: Très rustique; Humidité: - ; Vigueur: bonne; Longevité: Bonne, drageonne; Resistance aux maladies: Bonne; Formes améliorées: Très peu utilisé, présente beacoup d'épines et drageone trop ; Races ou formes préferentielles: - ; Lieu d'utilisation: -

[see 'Manetti' for photo of whole table]

Book  (1966)  Page(s) 46, 48.  
 
p. 46: Rosa rugosa, Fru Dagmar Hastrup Shrub rose
A native of eastern Siberia and Japan, this is one of the most easily satisfied and hardy shrub roses. It is particularly suitable for growing in poor, sandy soil along the coast. It spreads rapidly by means of underground runners and forms a dense thicket. The leaves are dark green and wrinkled. The thorns are large and sharp, shaped like a brush. The wild species may reach a height of 6 ft whereas the varieties only grow to 3-4½ ft. This species has violet flowers, and, in autumn, large orange-red hips and handsome yellow-red foliage.

p. 48: R. rugosa, the parent species of this variety and of the variety Fru Dagmar Hastrup, grows up to hip height and is particularly suitable for coastal areas as it tolerates sea-fog and salt spray.

Book  (1965)  Page(s) 540-541.  
 
5. Rosa rugosa Thunb. R. ferox Lawrance; R. kamtschatica var. ferox (Lawrance) Géel; R. rugosa var. thunbergiana C. A. Mey.; R. rugosa var. ferox (Lawrance) C. A. Mey.—Hama-Nasu. Erect bushy shrub with stout densely short-pubescent branches with needlelike slender spines and stout flattened short-pubescent prickles; stipules broad, membranous, the free portion broadly ovate or deltoid; leaflets 7-9, nearly equal, oblong, elliptic or obovate, 3-5 cm. long, 2-3 cm. wide, obtuse to rounded, glabrous and minutely bullate or rugulose above, densely cinereous hairy and with sessile pale glandular dots; flowers 1-3, terminal, 6-10 cm. across, deep rose, the pedicels stout, erect, 1-3 cm. long, with slender prickles; calyx with a depressed-globose tube, the lobes 3-4 cm. long, appressed-pubescent and with slender prickles, sometimes with short stipitate glands; fruit subglobose, yellowish red, 2-2.5 cm. across.—June-Aug. Sandy shores; Hokkaido, Honshu on Pacific side south to n. Kantô and on Japan Sea side south to San'in Distr.).—Temperate and northern parts of e. Asia to the Kuriles, Kamchatka, and Sakhalin.

Magazine  (Nov 1952)  Page(s) 4.trimester, p. 116.  
 
Les Rugosa si résistants aux plus forts hivers, se prêtent bien à devenir de beaux arbustes. Leur beau feuillage vernissé, leurs fleurs nombreuses, larges simples ou doubles, suivies de très gros fruits, d'un rouge vif brillant les recommandent à l'attention de tous les amateurs. La variété rouge à larges fleurs simples est très belle.

Article (misc)  (1950)  Page(s) 111, 114.  
 
Page 111: R. rugosa [is] used as an understock
Page 114: In 1796 R. rugosa, native of Japan, Korea and extreme northeastern Asia, was introduced into England by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy

Book  (1940)  Page(s) 54.  
 
Frank Mason, NZ.  More Hybrids and Species
The Rose I have as R. Ferox does not strike me as being thorny enough to bear this name, but it is making a good shrub and, although no note was made of flowers, is fruiting.