Purple Pavement Rose (Rosa rugosa 'Purple Pavement')
ROE-sah roo-GO-sah 'Purple Pavement'

Deciduous Perennial Shrub in the Rosaceae Family
Clusters of purplish-pink semi-double fragrant flowers with yellow hearts.
Purple Pavement is a hardy rugosa shrub rose bred by Karl Baum in Germany in 1983, part of the German 'Pavement' (Rugosa Pavement) series bred for dense, low-growing landscape use. It bears purplish-pink, semi-double blooms with a strong, clove-like fragrance from late spring through summer, followed by showy red-orange hips in fall alongside golden foliage. Its coarse, deeply veined (rugose) foliage and compact, suckering habit make it a tough, disease-resistant choice for hedges and mass plantings.

Pros

  • Lovely scent
  • Beautiful blooms
  • Huge variety of shapes, sizes, colors, scents, and growing preferences

 

Cons

  • “Ouch!”
  • Should be pruned carefully according to type
  • Need full sun to bloom well

 
 

Plant Data

Mature Size 4 - 6 feet tall. 4 - 6 feet wide.
Moisture Tolerance Dry - Medium
Zones 2a - 7b (Usually hardy to -50° F)
Tags Attracts Butterflies, Attracts Pollinators, Deciduous, Deer Resistant, Disease Resistant, Drought Tolerant, Dry, Extended Bloom Time, Fall Color, Formal Garden, Foundation, Fragrant, Fragrant Flowers, Full Sun, Good for Accents, Good for Beginners, Good for Butterfly Garden, Good for Cottage Garden, Good for Hedges, Low Maintenance, Medium, Non-Allergenic, Normal Soil, Perennial, Reblooms, Showy Flowers, Showy Fruits, Shrub, Thorns, Tolerant of Loamy Soil, Tolerant of Moist Soil, Tolerant of Salt, Well-Drained Soil
Bloom Period May - September
Flower Color Purplish Pink
 

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Past Availability
2025 : 04/03 - 10/04
2024 : 05/01 - 10/05
2023 : 04/13 - 09/30

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Plants which are well-adapted to our local climate are most often field-grown (outside). Field-grown plants are generally cheaper and have the advantage of already somewhat acclimated to our cold winters, but that means they’re not artificially far along in the spring and tend to bloom at the normal time in our area.

Spring annuals and tender perennials are typically grown in Greenhouses so they can be ready and luxurious exactly when customers want them. Some perennials are also “forced” into early bloom in greenhouses. In May, there can be a very big difference between field-grown and greenhouse-grown plants of the same type. The latter typically look good right away (so they’re a great choice where that’s important), but we typically pay a premium for it.


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