Rosa Rugosa Bare Root Rose Bush
- 🚚 Bare Root Roses ship January through April — perfectly timed for your growing zone
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About Rosa Rugosa Bare Root Rose Bush
Rosa rugosa — Japanese Rugosa Rose
The Rosa rugosa Bare Root Rose Bush is the original wild species behind many hardy landscape roses — a powerhouse of resilience, fragrance, and beauty. With its single magenta-pink blooms, crinkled green leaves, and brilliant orange hips, it thrives where few roses dare, from sandy dunes to frigid northern gardens.
💐 Plant & Flower Traits
🌹 Rose Type: Species / Rugosa Shrub Rose
🧬 Origin: Japan, Korea, and Eastern Asia
🎨 Color: Magenta-pink blooms with golden centers
🌸 Petal Count: ~5–8 petals (single)
💠 Bloom Form: Single, open blooms with textured petals
📏 Bloom Size: ~3–4″
🔁 Flowering: Repeats in flushes from late spring through fall; striking red-orange hips follow
🧴 Fragrance: Strong, clove-spiced rose perfume
🏺 Vase Life: Good — simple, elegant, and aromatic
🏡 Growth & Garden Habits
🌿 Growth Type: Upright to arching, suckering shrub
☀️ Light Requirements: Full sun
❄️ Hardiness Zones: USDA Zones 2–9
📐 Spacing: ~3–4′ apart (allowing for spread)
↕️ Height: ~4–6′
↔️ Width: ~4–6′
🛡️ Health & Suitability
💪 Disease Resistance: Exceptional — naturally immune to most rose diseases
🌞 Heat & Cool Adaptation: Incredibly cold-hardy, salt-tolerant, and adaptable to poor soils
🌎 Regional Recommendations:
West Coast • Intermountain West • Southwest • Southeast • Mid-Atlantic • Midwest • Northeast • Pacific Northwest
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Bare Root Rose Season is Here!
Reserve the most beautiful, healthiest Better Bare Root™ roses for your garden. Shipping January through April, perfectly timed to your climate, each rose arrives ready to thrive. Discover the largest online selection of bare root roses, grown by America’s finest rose grower using sustainable farming practices and time-honored artistry—so every plant begins its journey with strength, beauty, and promise.
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Our bare root roses are carefully selected and prepared to give you the best start for your garden. Each rose is inspected for quality and health before shipping.
Whether you choose own root or budded roses, you'll receive premium plants that are ready to thrive in your garden.
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One-Year Grow With Grace™ Guarantee
At Grace Rose Farm®, we’re all about growing gorgeous gardens and happy hearts. That’s why we’ve got your back with our One-Year Grow With Grace™ Guarantee—because we know sometimes things just don’t go as planned in the garden. If your plant doesn’t make it within the first year, no worries—we’ll help make it right with a little store credit love 💗.