7 rosebushes with red dog-rose flowers

The rosebush Décorosier 'Vesuvia', an abundance of flowers

The Decorosier rose ‘Vesuvia’ is adorned with red flowers featuring yellow stamens, from May until the first frosts. Measuring 5 cm across, the flowers are a rich velvety red and appear on thorny stems, complemented by dark green glossy foliage.

In addition to being highly floriferous, the ‘Vesuvia’ rose is robust and requires little maintenance. It forms a bush that reaches 70 cm in height and 50 cm in width. Favoured by landscapers, it is used in flower beds, borders, rockeries, slopes, and in bowls or pots.

Decorosier rose ‘Vesuvia’ (copyright Décorosiers)

The shrub rose 'Reine de la Nuit', a spectacular flowering.

The ‘Queen of the Night’ rose is a landscape rose with remarkable flowering that lasts from May until the first frosts. On dark green, glossy, and abundant foliage, spectacular clusters of around ten semi-double red flowers striated with purple close to black appear.

This bush is a creation of Delbard. It can reach a height of 1.30 metres and a width of 1 metre. Hardy and easy to grow, it can be planted in a border, a hedge, or in a pot.

‘Queen of the Night’ rose

The botanical rose Rosa moyesii 'Geranium', a beautiful cherry red.

The botanical rose Rosa moyesii ‘Geranium’ features original cherry-red flowers that contrast beautifully with the light green foliage. This botanical rose is very hardy, robust, and thorny, flowering in June, and then producing orange fruits known as hips in autumn.

It has a compact and irregular habit, can grow up to 2 metres, and can be trained to climb. It fits well in a wild hedge and provides, thanks to its thorny stems and small fruits, an attractive refuge for birds.

Rosa moyesii ‘Geranium’ (photo PBK)

The shrub rose 'Robusta', with large fragrant red flowers

The bush rose ‘Robusta’ is a 1.40-metre shrub that is covered in large, fragrant red flowers from June to August. Scarlet in colour, they measure 10 cm and reveal a heart of golden stamens. The bouquets of wild roses grow on light green, crinkled foliage and evoke the delicacy of poppies.

The ‘Robusta’ rose is derived from the rugosa rose ‘Regeliana’, which naturally grows in sandy dunes by the sea in Japan, Siberia, and China. Hardy, this variety from Kordes fits perfectly into a landscape or defensive hedge.

‘Robusta’ rose (photo F.D. Richards)

The climbing rose 'Cocktail', a light fruity and spicy fragrance

The climbing rose ‘Cocktail’ forms a bush covered in geranium-red flowers with a yellow centre, from June to July and then from September to October. The 5 cm flowers are grouped in cut flower arrangements on shiny green foliage. Melliferous, they exude a light spicy and fruity fragrance and make excellent cut flowers.

The climbing rose ‘Cocktail’ grows up to 1.5 metres in cooler regions and up to 2 metres in the South. This variety from Meilland was voted “world’s favourite rose” in 2015. This rose shows average resistance to diseases and is sensitive to severe frosts.

Rose ‘Cocktail’ (photo gianna elena)

The climbing rose 'Dortmund', fragrant and vigorous

The ‘Dortmund’ rose is a climbing variety that can grow up to 3 metres. It produces cut flower arrangements of large dark red flowers with a white centre from June to October. They emit a light, very sweet fragrance. This variety from Kordes is very vigorous and has received the excellent ADR label.

‘Dortmund’ rose

The old rose 'Basye's Purple Rose', a rare purple rose.

With its large purple-black eglantine flowers, black stems, and dark green purplish foliage, the old rose ‘Basye’s Purple Rose’ is a rare and very original rose. It was born from a cross-breeding between a rugged rose and a Rosa foliolosa in 1968 in the United States.

From June to October, it produces 7 cm flowers with a silky texture, which take on a wine-red hue as they fade. In autumn, it bears fleshy fruits reminiscent of ripe grapes against a yellowing foliage. It forms a bush 1.5 metres tall, with few thorns, robust, and requiring little maintenance.

‘Basye’s Purple Rose’

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