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I would almost place a substantial bet that the hybrid rugosa in question is Roseraie de L' Hay. It and Schneekoppe (also goes by the name Snow Carpet), are by far my favorites in this excellent class of roses.

What is characteristic of RdLH is its very full, large, deep magenta flowers and its tendency to not produce hips unlike so many other hybrid rugosas. This means it spends more energy on repeat blooming, and not on making hips, requiring minimal dead heading (being hip less).

So many hybrid rugosas are sparse of petals and look rather coarse, but not RdLH. I have grown RdlH as a climber, attached to a 4' fence and it covered about 4 feet in each direction from its crown. The canes are not as giving as regular climbing roses, and the abundant thorns need to be handled carefully, but it is really not hard at all to bend the long canes and tie them in place.

Of course it can be grown free standing.

The fragrance is intoxicating.

Flowers are not very long lived but produced in clusters repeatedly all summer.

Another possibility could be that the rose is Hansa, which IMHO is not as good a hybrid rugosa as RdLH.

Almost a cast iron rose, needing no spraying what so ever, it does have one weakness and that it, as all hybrid rugosas are, is susceptible to cane girdler which there is no effective cure/treatment for. Fortunately only a cane or so a bush is usually affected, and really does no great harm to the bush's overall health and flowering potential.
The injured cane will live on a while, but is greatly compromised in vigor and flower production since the flow of sap is restricted by the girdling of the stem. Cut the stem out at the base of the bush and forget about the incident. But please make sure the cane is truly a victim of a cane girdler, do your research on identifying the damage, and make certain the damage is in fact cane girdler.

While on the subject of hybrid rugosas give Schneekoppe some consideration. It is shorter than RdLH, reaching just under 4 ft. by summer's end. Its flower starts out in bud as a lovely shade of very light lilac/lavender turning lighter upon opening. What is so good about Schneekoppe is its cupped flower form which is in contrast to the rather flat flower form of most other hybrid rugosas. This gives the flower greater dimensional definition when viewed from all angles.

Many hybrid rugosas look their best when only viewed from directly above. They 'disappear' somewhat when viewed from the side. Compare the phenomenon to a discus fish almost disappear in aquatic vegetation when viewed head on, but is plainly seen when viewed from the side.

Thorntorn

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