Rosa rugosa 'FRAU DAGMAR HASTRUP'

Ramanas rose is a top 5 rose among landscape architects. It has so many positive features that make it impossible not to grow at least a few in every road. Among all its advantages here are just some of them: absolutely care-free, extremely hardy, fully disease-resistant, and most importantly long-flowering. It originates in eastern parts of Russia, E. Asia and Japan.

Frau Dagmar Hastrup is a Ramanas rose variety found by Knup Julianus Hastrup in 1914 as a natural mutation. It produces abundance of medium-sized (5-8 cm across), single, strongly fragrant flowers of various colours: most of them are clear pink, some of them are very dark pink, and a few of them are very pale pink. Borne singly or in clusters of 2-3 they come out continuously from June until September, and are followed by deep orange red to scarlet red hips. The fruit is classified as edible and sweet in flavour, however, the layer of hairs around the seeds just beneath the flesh of the fruit has to be removed before eating since it could cause irritation to the mouth and digestive tract. This variety is shorter than the species and exhibits a rather prostrate yet dense habit.

Deciduous leaves are absolutely healthy, wrinkled, rich green and glossy, composed of 5-9 narrowly oblong leaflets. There is usually a lot of them and they completely cover the plant making it a great, non-transparent hedging choice. The stems are prickly, densely covered with short spines like hairy locust. It grows vigorously, moderately to fast, and can be pruned in early spring.

Ramanas rose will grow almost anywhere – it tolerates wide range of soils, adverse conditions and city pollution. For best results, however, grow it in medium-fertile soil in full sun, and keep the soil moist after transplanting before the plant grows large enough to cast enough shade to its roots. Hardy to about -34°C.

Last update 26-11-2019