Name of bush with flowers that smell good

[Gardening with Rabbits]

This was in our neighbor's yard where we used to live. When my DD was little she would go and smell the flowers and the neighbor said he would dig it up and bring us the "rose" for my DD. She calls it a rose, but it is not. We have had it here for 2 years and still do not know the name.

 

[journey11]

It looks like a rugosa rose species . Does it make huge rose hips?

 

[Carol Dee]

https://www.google.com/search?q=wil...bMsr4qAHuvoGQBg&ved=0CE8QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=612

A rose it is. A wild praire rose. Check images on the link above.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

It looks like a rugosa rose species . Does it make huge rose hips?

No. I have only seen the flowers like in the picture.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

https://www.google.com/search?q=wil...bMsr4qAHuvoGQBg&ved=0CE8QsAQ&biw=1024&bih=612

A rose it is. A wild praire rose. Check images on the link above.

The flower sure looks like it, but the leaves look so different, but I will go with wild prairie rose. It sure smells good. Thank you!

 

[catjac1975]

Around here they call it beach rose, definitely rosa rugosa.

 

[Nyboy]

I love them, they grow on their own roots and are almost indestructible. One of the few roses that can handle salt. Great for beach or along roads that get salted in winter.

 

[Gardening with Rabbits]

Thanks to all. I guess the leaves fooled me. I thought I was going to get an exotic name of something unusual, but looked at the flowers closer and smelling them I should have know it was a type of rose. I used to pick wild roses along the side of the road in Kansas and they smelled just like this. It has sure grown in the last 2 years.