Turbo

Turbo is a rugosa rose that will thrive in Lubbock if it is watered properly. Rugosas are resistant to all of the diseases common in Lubbock. This specimen is six feet high and six feet wide, but would be at least nine feet high if not kept pruned back. It was planted as an own-root rose from Heirloom Roses, and had reached five feet in height by the end of the first summer. The canes are very thorny, and Turbo would be an excellent hedge rose.