Rosa rugosa TAKE IT EASY® Red - Rugosa Rose

The Take it Easy ® Red rose combines generosity, fragrance and robustness. This compact bush, almost thornless, offers semi-double flowers of a crimson red, highly fragrant, on dense and perfectly healthy foliage. They repeat from May to October, enlivening beds, borders or containers. A versatile, reliable, easy-going rose with a strong personality.

The Take it Easy ® Red rose was raised by De Ruiter Europe B.V. in the Netherlands, under the code 'RUIRBR557A' PBR. It has been registered at the European level under reference EU 20241257. This cultivar belongs to the group of Japanese rose hybrids, known for their hardiness and excellent disease resistance. It is a compact, bushy, well-branched shrub with balanced growth, reaching no more than 70 cm tall and about 60 cm wide. Its stems are very lightly thorned: it is ideal for walkways or container planting. The semi-double flowers, with undulating petals of a crimson red and a lighter reverse, measure 5 to 7 cm across. They open to reveal a heart of stamens and release a powerful fragrance, reminiscent of old varieties. The clustered flowering is generous, continuous from May to October. The dense, bright green foliage is formed of ovate and dentate leaflets, slightly puckered, typical of rugosa roses. It is deciduous: it falls in autumn and reappears in spring. Very disease-resistant, this rose requires virtually no treatment, even in difficult conditions.

Compact yet generous, the Take it Easy ® Red rose easily finds its place in a sunny border, a flower bed or in a pot on a patio. It can be combined with other easy groundcover roses such as 'Weg der Sinne', with bright pink corollas, and 'Crystal Fairy' with small double white flowers. Add hardy geraniums such as 'Orion', violet-blue, and common lady's mantle, whose velvety foliage and chartreuse green inflorescences form an elegant counterpoint.