Hansa Rugosa Rose is a compact thorny deciduous shrub with an upright mounded habit and glossed crinkly deep green foliage that turns fiery orange to orange-red in fall.  The intensely sweet-spice scented double flowers are deep crimson purple and blooms from late spring until frost. The orange-red rosehips begin in late summer.  Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils.  Hansa is highly disease resistant, and tolerates drought and salt. 

MAINTENANCE NEEDS:  Medium Maintenance. Roses are susceptible to powdery mildew, black spot, rust, and rose rosette and require regular fungicide in humid areas that experience a lot of rainfall.  Pest issues include aphids, borers, scale, mites thrips, midges, and leafhoppers.  Rugosa is suckering and will form dense colonies unless restrained. 

LANDSCAPE USES:  Accents or Group Plantings, Borders, Naturalized Areas, Wildlife Garden, Foundation Plantings, and Containers.

COMPANION PLANTS: Phlox, Hyssop, Tickseed

IMAGES: Salicyna, Rosa Hansa 2017-05-31 1626, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Salicyna, Rosa Hansa 2019-05-29 4165, CC BY-SA 4.0

*As plants have ranges in appearance they may not appear as the images shown.