Clark Pampanga Philippines: Growing and Caring for Rugosa Roses
Rugosa roses are a rose Class of the Subgenus II Rosa Eurosa, that is native to Asia. They have certain advantages for western rose gardeners, namely great cold tolerance and pest resistance. Rugosa roses are tall, shrubby plants that need room to spread out. Many are fragrant, produce colorful ‘hips’ and have vicious thorns. Be sure to plant them where you won’t be backing into them and use extreme caution moving a large rugosa rose.
Rugosa roses are starting to become naturalized in non-native areas and could potentially become a nuisance. Use caution when adding rugosa roses to your landscape.
Latin Name:
Rosa rugosa
Common Name:
Rugosa Rose
Cold Hardiness:
Hardiness will vary with variety, especially among newer hybrids, but in general Rugosas will grow in USDA Hardiness Zones 3 – 9.
Sun Exposure:
Full sun to Partial Shade.
Mature Size:
4-8′ (h) x 4-6′ (w)
Bloom Period:
Late spring to early summer. Many varieties will repeat bloom, but the initial flush of bloom in late spring will be the strongest.
Description:
Rugosa roses are large, sprawling, multi-branched, rose bushes. The canes are notoriously covered with spiny thorns.
Leaves: The Latin name Rugosa means ‘Wrinkled’ and refers specifically to the crinkled, serrated leaves with pronounced veins. Rugosa rose leaves occur in leaflets of 5 to 7 leaves.
Flowers: Rugosa rose flowers were often single (a circle of petals with a center disk), but double flowers have been hybridized. They tend to be only about 2-3″ wide. Colors include pink, red, lavender and white. Many have a slight to strong clove fragrance.
Sugges ted Varieties:
• ‘F.J. Grootendorst’ – Clusters of cranberry red flowers.
• ‘Hansa’ – Double, fragrant lavender-pink flowers and orange hips.
• ‘Henry Hudson’ – Smaller growing with white flowers.
• ‘Sandy’ – Developed specifically for sand dune stabilization.
• ‘Terese Bugnet’ – Reliable old variety with deep red stems for winter color.
Design Suggestions:
If you have a large cottage border, a Rugosa rose will make a nice back of the border plant or focal point. But Rugosa roses will engulf a small garden. A better bet would be to plant a single rose where it can lean against a structure, like a split rail fence. Use caution planting near entry and walk ways. The canes will bend when heavy with flowers and the thorns will reach out and grab you.
Growing Tips:
They are known as rugged roses because they can be virtually maintenance free. Rugosas can handle light shade, salt air, frigid temperatures, drought and high humidity.
Soil: Rugosa roses prefer a rich, well-draining soil with slight acidity of around 5.6 to 6.5 soil pH. However rugosa roses are very forgiving and can tolerate poor soil, clay and all kinds of abuse.
Planting: Rugosas roses establish best when there is little competition from weeds and nearby plants. They adapt best if planted in the spring and kept well watered.
Maintenance:
Fertilizer: I’ve never fed my rugosa roses anything but a foliage feed of fish emulsion. Some varieties have a sensitivity to chemical fertilizers and seem to fair better if they are watered well before feeding.
Pruning: How much to prune rugosa roses depends on how large your want them to be. You can prune them to almost ground level in the spring, if you want to keep it small or you can do minimal pruning of old wood and suckers, if you want a large, natural looking bush. To encourage new growth and keep the plant full, it helps to prune at least 3 – 10 inches from the tips in spring. As with all roses, don’t prune if a frost is anticipated within 6 weeks, to avoid winter dieback.
If you don’t deadhead the flowers, you will get wonderful rose hips in the fall that will persist through winter. The rose hips are similar to their cousins, the crab apples. They are high in vitamin C and can be used for teas, jams and jellies.
Some varieties will send out suckers that run and spread. Removing the suckers early will keep the shrub from becoming a nuisance.
Pests & Problems:
Rugosa is lower maintenance, but it is a rose and it can be suceptible to the usual diseases like black spot and stem canker and it is not immune to attacks from Japanese beetles, aphids, and borers.
Source: http://gardening.about.com/od/rose1/p/Rugosa-Roses.htm
Manila is fast becoming a city of luxurious fine dining accompanied by fine vintage wine. Not only must a 5-star Italian, French or Continental restaurant offer good food, nice ambience and immaculate service the restaurant wine list must be equally exciting to make the evening of wine and dine a memorable one. One top rated restaurant in Clark Pampanga has been paying special attention to this aspect of fine dining.
This 5-star fine dining restaurant in Pampanga Philippines is highly recommended by food critics and frequent diners in Manila as a place to wine and dine in Subic Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone. Although it is a famous fine dining restaurant in Clark Pampanga with an award winning 3000-line restaurant wine list, Yats Restaurant is also a popular restaurant for family with children. Aside from French Mediterranean haute cuisine, this restaurant also serves healthy food and the best vegetarian cuisines in the Philippines. Private dining rooms are also available in this restaurant for business and personal meetings of 4 to 20 people.
Favorites of frequent diners visiting this popular resto bar in Clark Pampanga are steaks, Wagyu, Foie Gras, seafood, lobsters, venison, kangaroo loin, osso buco, veal chops, Kurabuto pork, escargots and a good selection of cheeses to enjoy with fine Vintage port and Sauternes. Clark Pampanga’s highly recommended restaurant also offers Cuban cigars such as Monte Cristo, Cohiba, Upmann, Partagas, Romeo Julieta and Trinidad. Many fine cigars are enjoyed in the Magnum Room of this cozy and romantic restaurant in Clark Pampanga which is a wine bar and lounge for before and after dinner relaxation. A good selection of Armagnac, Cognac, Single Malt, Vodka and other liquor is served in addition to the wine vintage wines some served by the glass.
Built in 2000 by Hong Kong-based Yats International, a developer and operator of hospitality and residential projects in the Philippines, fine dining Yats Restaurant and Wine Bar has served not only as Pampanga’s highly recommended restaurant and wine lounge, but also as a place where business executives meet to finalize business deals over a nice meal with some fine vintage wine.
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Getting to this fine dining restaurant of Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Pampanga Philippines
How to get to this fine-dining restaurant in Clark Pampanga? Once you get to Clark Freeport, go straight until you hit Mimosa. After you enter Mimosa, stay on the left on Mimosa Drive, go past the Holiday Inn and Yats Restaurant (green top, independent 1-storey structure) is on your left. Just past the Yats Restaurant is the London Pub.
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