Henry Hudson

Hybrid Rugosa (Svejda, Explorer, 1976)

***Still Growing – Status update in April 2025***

Rosy pink buds open to fragrant, white, 2½-inch double flowers. Bloom is recurrent on this low-growing shrub reaching 2 feet in height. Spreads through suckering to a width of 3–4 feet.

This rose is named for English sea explorer Henry Hudson (born c. 1560 – 1611). Hudson attempted to find a prospective Northwest Passage to China via a route above the Arctic Circle.