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'Rugelda ®' rose Reviews & Comments
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Based on some of the growth habit comments I've read, would this make a good (albeit short-ish) pillar rose? I have a space between our windows on the east side of our Zone 5 brick house that might be a good pace for this rose, but the yard there is about 10 feet wide, so I don't want a rose that will reach out and 'grab' you as you pass by. Thoughts?
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Given the parentage of a triploid with a tetraploid, I believe this is one of the very few rugosas that are fully tetraploid.
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It is, although there are many Canadian hybrids that are as well.
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8 APR 08 by
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I believe Rugelda is more cold-tollerant than 5B. Here in northwest New Jersey I am in a high altitude and mountainous location with high winds in winter where I grow mostly zone 4 roses and this one has survived a number of years. It isn't bushy, mostly lanky but healthy with roses that repeat a few times during the season. The color is very pretty, a nice shade of yellow with just a little red around the edge of the petals. Mine grows in a slightly shaded spot. I would recommend it as few roses are really continuous anyway such as "Knock Out."
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This is great insight - exactly the kind of feedback that makes HMF so useful. Thanks !
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14 JUL 08 by
 Chris
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this is my Rugelda's second year in zone 5b and it heavily winterkilled last winter but is back with force this year. It does seem to reach out like a rambler! chris in ct.
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I grow Rugelda in Zone 3. It had died back to the ground but has since grown back is now a robust 4" tall.
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5 NOV 07 by
Chris
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the foliage is like holly, so shiny and dark green! chris
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