Hardy Shrub Roses for New Brunswick

Name

Colour

Height

Hardiness

Fragrance

Special Features

 Henry Kelsey

(R. kordesii hybrid)

*deep red

3

1

3

 vigorous trailing shrub can be used as a climber.

 John Cabot

[R. kordesii 'Wulff'x ('Masquerade' x R. Laxa)]

 red-pink

3

1

3

 blooms throughout season, can be used as a climber.

 Hansa

(R. rugosa hybrid)

 red-purple

2-3

1

4

 tremendous first bloom with occasional blooms throughout the season.

 Alexander MacKenzie

(R. kordesii hybrid)

 red-pink

2

1

3

 blooms in clusters throughout season, can be used as a climber.

 F.J.Grootendorst

(R. rugosa rubra x 'Norbert Lavavasseur')

 red

2

1

1

 blooms throughout season, occasional blackspot and aphids.

 Grootendorst supreme

('F.J. Grootendorst' sport)

 crimson

2

1

1

 blooms throughout season, occasional blackspot and aphids.

 Robusta

(R. rugosa x R. kordesii)

 crimson

2

2

3

 blooms throughout season dark green foliage with red tips.

 Charles de Mills

(R. gallica hybrid)

 *purple-red

1.5

1-2

4

 foliage dark matte green.

 Darts Dash

(R. rugosa hybrid)

 *purple-red

1.5

1

5

 blooms throughout summer and into fall, large red hips.

 Rheinaupark

(R. rugosa x R. kordesii)

 *red

1.5

2

2

blooms throughout season, susceptible to blackspot on older leaves.

 Cardinal Richlieu

(R. gallica hybrid)

 purple

1

2

3

 stems nearly thornless, maroon-edged leaves.

 Champlain

(R. kordesii hybrid)

 *deep red

1

3

2

 blooms throughout season until hard frost, new foliage reddish, turning to lustrous green.

 Charles Albanel

(R. rugosa hybrid)

 burgandy-red

0.5

1

4

 blooms throughout season, ground cover type rose.

 Red Max Graf

(R. rugosa x R. wichuraiana)

 crimson

0.1

2

1

 blooms late spring to midsummer, ground cover type rose.

Name

Colour

Height

Hardiness

Fragrance

Special Features

 Blanc Double de Coubert (R.rugosa x 'Sombreuil')

*white

2

1

5

 dense bush, deep green foliage.

 Kakwa

(R. pimpinellifolia hybrid?)

*white-pink

2

1

3

 early bloomer, dense arching shrub.

 Snow Dwarf

(R. rugosa x R. polyantha)

+white

1-1.5

1

4

 blooms throughout season.

 Karl Foerster

('Frau Karl Drushki x R. pimpinellifolia altaica)

*white

1.5

1

3

 blooms throughout season, medium green foliage.

 Repens Alba

(R. rugosa x R. paulii)

white

0.5

1

4

 creeping groundcover variety, blooms in early summer and again in late summer.

 Sea Foam

(R. wichuraiana hybrid)

white

0.3

1-2

2

 flowers throughout season, excellent groundcover can spread 2 m.

Name

Colour

Height

Hardiness

Fragrance

Special Features

 Agnes

(R. rugosa x R. foetida persiana)

yellow

2

1

3

 leaves deep lime green and crinkled,large first bloom then intermittent blooms until late season.

 Harison's Yellow

(R. pimpinellifolia x R. foetida)

yellow

2

1

2

 bloom lasts about 3 weeks, small gray-green leaves.

 Persian Yellow

(R.foetida persiana)

yellow

2

1

2

 blooms late June to early July, susceptible to blackspot.

Name

Colour

Height

Hardiness

Fragrance

Special Features

 William Baffin

(R. kordesii hybrid)

+pink

2-3

1

3

 can be used as a climber completely disease resistant.

 Therese Bugnet

(R. acicularis x R. kamtchatica) x [(R. amblyotis x R. rugosa plena) x Betty Bland)]

*pink

2-3

1

4

 stem bright red and nearly thornless next to flowers, some susceptibility to mildew in late season.

 Martin Frobisher

(R. rugosa 'Schneezewerg' seedling)

pink

2.5

1

3

 light yellow-green foliage resistant to mildew and blackspot.

 Grootendorst pink

('F.J. Grootendorst' sport)

pink

2

1

1

 flowers throughout season occasional blackspot and aphids.

 John Davis

(R. kordesii hybrid)

pink

2

1

2

 medium green leaves with slight red tinge, arching growth habit.

 David Thompson

(R. rugosa hybrid)

pink

1.5

1

4

 lime green foliage blooms throughout season.

 Jens Munk

(R. rugosa 'Schneezwerg' x R. rugosa 'Frau Dagmer Hastrup')

*pink

1.5

1

4

 blooms nearly continuously throughout season, remove dead heads for best appearance.

 Henry Hudson

(R. rugosa 'Schneezwerg' seedling)

pink-white

1

1

4

 foliage deep green remove dead heads for best appearance.

 Morden Ruby

('Fire King'x ('J.W.Fargo'x

'Assiniboine')]

*light rose

1

2

2

 arching and eventually mounding branches, susceptible to blackspot.

Pink Suprise

(R. kordesii hybrid)

pink

1

1

5

 striking reddish stems, blooms until mid-summer.