The potato rose (bot. Rosa rugosa) has many names. It is also known as apple or dune rose, in northern Germany also as Sylter Rose. It originally comes from East Asia, but also grows wild in this country.
Potato roses are easy to care for and robust
The best location
The potato rose is very robust and undemanding, this also applies to its cultivated forms. It thrives particularly well in a sunny or partially shaded location. The apple rose, on the other hand, does not like full shade. On the other hand, the wind doesn't bother her at all. However, the potato rose needs some space. Calculate about three to five square meters per plant.
The right floor
As the nickname Sylter Rose or dune rose suggests, the potato rose likes to grow on sandy and poor soil, but tolerates all variants from gravelly to clayey. Hardly any other plant grows where the potato rose no longer thrives.
It doesn't matter much whether the soil is slightly acidic, neutral or slightly alkaline (calcareous). The potato rose even copes well with slightly salty soil. Only a lot of lime in the soil can lead to chlorosis and turn your leaves yellow.
The best planting time
The potato rose is also not very demanding when it comes to the planting time. It can be planted in spring as well as in autumn. However, if a longer dry period follows the planting, you should water the plant from time to time.
Plant the potato rose
Don't plant potato roses too close together or next to other plants, except for hedges, which should be nice and dense quickly. Dig a sufficiently large planting hole and create a rhizome barrier all around. Then insert the potato rose and fill the hole with the excavated soil. Then water the plant well.
The essentials in brief:
- good for hedge planting
- Create a rhizome barrier
- Cut back shoots to a few buds
- water well after planting
- water occasionally if it is dry for a long time
tips
The potato rose likes to form underground runners. If you don't want it to spread unhindered in your garden, think about a root or rhizome barrier when planting.