| Description | Father Hugo Rose (Rosa hugonia) is a species heritage rose blooming early in the spring with yellow flowers. |
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| Plant Type | Shrubs Rose |
| Hardiness Zone | 4-10 |
| Sunlight | full |
| Moisture | average |
| Soil & Site | average |
| Flowers | 2 inch, lemon yellow, borne single on short stems, cupped or saucer shaped, little fragrance |
| Fruit | purple to red hips |
| Leaves | blue-green foliage, pinnate compound, odd number of leaflets, orange-bronze in fall |
| Stems | slender, prickly brown stems, lots of sharp flattened thorns |
| Dimensions | up to 9 feet tall, up to 7 feet across, upright arching growth habit |
| Maintenance | I like to keep my plants on the compact side. To do this, cut the new branches back 33-50% every 1-3 years in the spring. If you want a larger plant just let them grow more and prune less, but a good hard pruning every once in a while is good for the plant. Each spring there will be old dead stems to remove from the center and dead tips of branched to cut off. This plant is very thorny and a long sleeve shirt and a good pair of gloves are essential. I have found the long reach rose pruners make this pruning job much easier. Dead heading helps to promote quicker flushes of flowers. But by dead heading you will lose the rose hips. This is a matter of choice. Resistant to diseases. |
| Propagation | seeds, cuttings |
| Cultivar Origin | Cultivated since 1899. |
| Misc Facts | AKA: Rosa. xanthina, Father Hugos Rose, Golden Rose of China, Rosa xanthina f. hugonis |
| Notes & Reference | #111-Botanica’s Roses, #112-Taylor’s Guide to Roses (Nancy Ondra), |
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