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Rosa rugosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert'

Beach Rose

Plant Type:

DECIDUOUS SHRUBS

Rosa rugosa ‘Blanc Double de Coubert’ – Double white intensely fragrant flowers erupt in late spring. It flowers freely from June to frost, the large flowers emit extraordinary fragrance and are a magnet for bees and butterflies. The foliage is dark green, somewhat coarse and rugose (wrinkled), often turning bright yellow to gold in autumn while rose hips atop the stems turn orange-scarlet-red. The rose hips are large and showy which make understandable another of its common names, Beach Tomato; they provide a source of food for birds and mammals in winter. The stems are coarse and heavily prickled which help to foil deer. This shrub rose of easy disposition has been used extensively in breeding. Though this shrub is slightly left of coarse, ‘Blanc Double de Coubert’ stands on its own merits as an attractive-enough plant with a long bloom season of deliciously perfumed double flowers. Consider planting ‘Blanc Double de Coubert’ in the wild garden or as a casual hedge sited in sun in almost any soil that drains. Folks, it's holding dunes together and due to its thorny canes is keeping marauding beach-goers from trampling and decimating dune environments. Cutting grown.


Height:

5-6 ft

Spread:

5-8 ft

Colors:

White

Zone:

(4b)5 to 9
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Characteristics and Attributes for Rosa rugosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert'

Season of Interest (Flowering)

  • Late Spring / Summer

Season of Interest (Foliage)

  • Spring / Summer / Autumn

Interesting Bark

  • Thorny

Autumn Interest

  • Autumn Leaf Color
  • Fruit / Berries / Seed Heads

Nature Attraction

  • Honey Bees & Native Bees
  • Butterflies

Light

  • Full Sun

Attributes

  • Shrub Border
  • Border
  • Hedge
  • Fragrant
  • Massing
  • Wildlife Garden
  • Salt Tolerant
  • Foundation

Growth Rate in the Garden

  • Moderately Fast

Soil

  • Calcareous
  • Average
  • Fertile
  • Draining
  • Adaptable

Origins

  • Garden Origin

Propagated By

  • Cutting Grown