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Deer Resistant Rarely Damaged Roses


rugosa rose hips deer eating often eaten roses deer resistant rugosa rose

Deer love to eat roses.  Even roses with terrible thorns have susceptible new growth before the thorns have had time to harden.  Supposedly the new growth tastes best to the deer, but it is more likely that the deer prefer it because of the softness and the increased amount of nutrients in new growth.  New growth can be sprayed with an odor type deer repellent to make sure that deer don't browse at all on the roses.  The roses lised below have been found to least eaten of the many roses available.


Rugosa roses are very durable and can grow in a variety of conditions.  The strong clovelike fragrance of the flowers is a deterrent to browsing deer.  Also the rose canes are usually very thorny and bristly.  The leaves are usually leathery and rough.

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BOTANICAL NAME
FLOWER COLOR/FRAGRANCE
COMMENTS		 ZONE

Rosa 'Agnes'
Light yellow/Fragrant through mid-Spring		 Resistant to mildew and blackspot.  Suseptible to rust.
 6-9
Rosa 'Belle Poitevine'
 Pink/Fragrant
 Blooms spring through summer.
4-8
Rosa 'Blanc Double de Coubert'
 White/Fragrant
Hips provide fall color.		 Disease resistant. Shade tolerate.
3-9
Rosa 'Delicata'
 Mauve-pink late spring,early summer.
 Disease resistant.  Thorny.
3-9
Rosa 'Hansa'
 Red violet./spicey clovelike fragrance
 Disease resistant.
3-8
Rosa 'Scabrosa'
 Red/Fragrant.  Blooms spring through summer.
 Disease resistant.
3-8
Rosa 'Therese Bugnet'
 Red-violet doubles/Fragrant
 Resistant to black spot.  Shade tolerate.
3-9

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BOTANICAL NAME
FLOWER COLOR/FRAGRANCE
COMMENTS		 ZONE

Rosa 'Baronne Prevost'
Pink/Very fragrant early summer through fall		 Suseptible to blackspot.
 4-9
Rosa 'Conrad Ferdinand Meyer'
 Pink/ Very fragrant
tea-rose type blossoms		 Blooms spring through summer.
4-10
Rosa 'Fisherman's Friend'
 Crimson blosssoms
Hips provide fall color.		 Blooms through summer.Shade tolerate.
5-10
Rosa 'Harison's Yellow'
 Deep yellow blooms late spring,early summer.
 Shade tolerant.
3-9
Rosa 'Penelope'
 Coral-pink/Very fragrant late spring to early summer
 Doesn't like to be sprayed or pruned.
5-10
Rosa 'Robusta'
 Red/Fragrant.  Blooms spring through summer.
 Bourbon rose.
Thorny.
5-10

Old Garden Roses date back from the 1800's and tend to ramble and be very fragrant.

BOTANICAL NAME
FLOWER COLOR/FRAGRANCE
COMMENTS		 ZONE

Rosa 'Alfred de Dalmas'
Bush-pink		 Thorny. Rough leaves
 4-9
Common Moss Rose
 Pink/ Very fragrant
 Thorny. Fuzzy calyxes.
5-9
Rosa 'Crested Moss'
 Pink/ Very fragrant
 Very thorny.  Rough leaves
4-9
Rosa 'Henri Martin'
 Dark red blooms/Fragrant
 Thorny.
4-9
Rosa 'General Kleber'
 Medium pink/Very fragrant late spring to early summer
 Thorny.  Rough leaves
4-8
Rosa 'Konigin von Danemark'
 Pink/Fragrant.  Blooms late spring through summer.
 Very thorny. Rough leaves.Disease resistant
4-9
Rosa 'Louis Gimard'
 Mauve-pink/pine scented
 Very thorny. Blooms spring to summer
4-9
Rosa 'Madame de la Roche-Lambert'
 Pink globed shape.  Spring through summer.
 Very thorny. Resistant to black spot and rust.  Susceptible to mildew.
4-9
Rosa 'Maiden's Blush'
 Light blush pink/Very fragrant.
 Thorny. Shade tolerant.
4-9
Rosa 'Striped Moss'
 Red-and-white-striped flowers.
 Very thorny. Rough leaves.
4-9
Rosa 'William Lobb'
 Deep mauve/Very fragrant.
 Thorny and bristly.
4-9
Rosa 'York and Lancaster'
 Pink-and-white-striped petals/Fragrant
 Very thorny and bristly.  Rough leaves. Partial shade.
3-9

Name
Flower Color/Fragrant
Comments
Zones

Rosa villosa/Apple Rose
Mauve-pink/extremely fragrant
Hairs on rose hips cause irritation.
5-9

Rosa sericea pteracatha
Pink blossoms. Red thorns.
Best in temperate areas like Northwest
5-8

Rosa rugosa 'Alba','Rubra'		 Mauve-pink/extremely fragrant
 Covered with thorns.  Disease resistant.
Tolerates shade.
2-9

Rosa soulieana
White blossoms/orange hips		 Very thorny with yellow thorns.  Climber.  Foliage disease resistant. 

7

Rosa pimpinellifolia
White to yellow		 Very thorny. Fern-like leaves.
Good for hedges.		 3-8


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