I've had terrible luck with Rugosa's but
I put that down to my poor abilities.

Last year both my Hansa & Blanc D Coubert
died when I tried to Fatten them in pots in June.

But the Rugosa Alba & Rubra I planted last july seem to
be doing just fine.

--
Theo in Zone 5
Kansas City

"mmarteen" wrote in message
...
Thanks everybody for the advice. I was planning to take a trip to
Hastings
to check out the selection. According to the website their last year's
catalog had all the roses I was interested in: Therese Bugnet, William
Baffin, Charles Albanel, JP Connell, John Cabot, Morden Blush, Morden
Centennial, Snow Pavement and maybe Dart's Dash. I have space for 5 or 6.

mm


"Charles Perry" wrote in message
...


mmarteen wrote:

...We are in zone 4, Minneapolis area. How late can I put rugosas in
...

Sam Kedem usually has a nice selection of rugoses and other hardy roses
in
pots
at his nursery near Hastings. The potted roses can be planted anytime
before
freeze up.

One year I had some potted Town and Country (not rugoses) roses go
dormant
in
the pots so I buried them pot and all for the winter, grew them in the
pots the
next summer and finally planted them in the fall. Most rugoses are even
tougher
than the Town and Country plants.
Regards,

Charles Z4a at Rochester
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Charles Perry
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