Book  (1993)  Page(s) 124.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 68.  Includes photo(s).
 
[Listed under "Wild Roses and Their Cultivars"] Description. Single flowers up to 5 1/2 in. across. Hips are large and red. Harkness, Britain, 1960. A form or hybrid of Rosa rugosa of unknown origin. Flowers throughout summer and autumn. Height: 7 ft. Well scented.

Book  (1992)  Page(s) 68.  
 
(R. rugosa Scabrosa) Rugosa shrub; reddish mauve, yellow stamens; blooms large, single; growth shrubby, rounded, 5 x 5 ft (1.5 x 1.5 m); leaves rich green, leathery, wrinkled; tomato-like hips; good scent. Origin unknown, introduced by Harkness 1950.

Book  (1991)  Page(s) 88.  
 
A selected Rosa rugosa seedling -- immense cerise single blooms... vigorous... dense with lush deep green foliage, making it an excellent background plant on a luxuriant hedge... continuous bloomer... virtually immune to disease...

Book  (1991)  Page(s) 102.  
 
Description... single, cherry red, highly fragrant... the foliage colours well in autumn and its hips are much the largest of any rose... suitable for hedging...

Book  (1989)  Page(s) 76.  
 
It has orange-red hips and very large single flowers coloured a rich magenta crimson.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 241 & 242.  Includes photo(s).
 
Origin and parentage unknown. Prior to 1839. Introduced by Harkness (UK) 1950. Description... Flowers: single, mauve-deep-pink to red, prominent yellow anthers... foliage dark green glossy and rugose...

Includes photos of hips

Book  (1987)  Page(s) 48 & 228.  Includes photo(s).
 
R. rugosa scabrosa... large, showy heps and perfect foliage... a single blossom can measure nearly 6 inches across... rosy-magenta flowers, with petals like crumpled silk... orange-red heps

Book  (Dec 1985)  Page(s) 62, 245 & 247.  Includes photo(s).
 
Harkness (UK) 1960. Description... Flowers: large, single, silvery-cerise, prominent anthers...

Website/Catalog  (1982)  Page(s) 37.  
 
Scabrosa (rugosa) Rich velvety crimson-mauve large single 5” flowers. Huge and conspicuous red hips. Of unknown origin. (R) 4 x 4’.