A vigorous Rugosa Rose with red flowers and handsome foliage.
Plant Type
All Plants, Shrubs Rose
Hardiness Zone
3-9
Sunlight
full
Moisture
average
Soil & Site
average
Flowers
medium red, semi-double, repeat blooms (remontant), fragrant
Fruit
tomato shaped hip
Leaves
glossy green, leathery, wrinkled
Stems
covered with prickles
Roots
fiborus
Dimensions
2-3 feet tall, 4 feet spread, can grow like a ground cover rose
Maintenance
very disease resistant, stems covered with wicked prickles so wear puncture proof gloves and long shirts when pruning, can be and probably should be cut back hard each to every other year
Cultivar Origin
Morden Hybrid, Sveida, Canada in 1982
Misc Facts
Named after a French Jesuit Explorer Charles Albanel one of the first Europeans to travel overland to Hudson Bay.
Notes & Reference
#107-American Rose Society Encyclopedia of Roses (Charles and Brigid Quest-Ritson),
#111-Botanica’s Roses,
#112-Taylor’s Guide to Roses (Nancy Ondra)