Purple Pavement Rugosa Rose

Purple Pavement Rugosa Rose is a compact thorny deciduous shrub with a rounded habit and crinkly serrated deep green foliage that turns yellow and maroon in fall.  The spicy scented semi-double flowers are magenta purple and blooms from late spring into fall, which are followed by orange rosehips.  Best grown in full sun and rich, moist, slightly acidic well-drained soils.  Purple Pavement has good disease resistance and hip production, 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 Purple Pavement 2020-06-23 0414, CC BY-SA 4.0, (2) Salicyna, Rosa Purple Pavement 2020-06-23 0416, CC BY-SA 4.0, (3) Salicyna, Rosa Purple Pavement 2020-06-23 0418, CC BY-SA 4.0, (4) Salicyna, Rosa Purple Pavement 2020-06-23 0388, CC BY-SA 4.0, (5) Salicyna, Rosa Purple Pavement 2020-06-23 0420, CC BY-SA 4.0

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