some roses are quite red here, even the german nursery where i bought my plant »corrected« the photo of their flowers into a dark-red with no slight blue or violet tint. but my roses almost never got direct sun and the plant itself is quite freshly planted, but i don’t believe this would add or elimante the purple colour. the controversy never stops!

love the cabbage-shaped flowers and their porcellain like translucence. their short durability adds a certain morbidity. the leaves are a bit lighter than standard rugosas which adds a certain sophistication too (probably a hybrid with an old garden rose but the parents are unknown). grows a little bit shorter than me in an upward diagonal fashion and does quite well on my sandy soil. never sets hips and the fragrance is underwhelming.

No nursery offer her anymore…..