Have you noticed how the common names of plants sometimes depend on where you live? Okay! Now, I know you’re probably thinking, “well, that was an obvious statement.” But, when I say it depends on where you live, I don’t mean that you must live great distances apart like from the east coast to the west coast or from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. No, when I say it depends on where you live, I mean as in my situation, in the same state, just a few miles apart, from inland to along the coast!
Take, for example, a rose whose Latin name is Rosa rugosa. Inland, they’re called a wrinkled rose but, along the coast, they’re called a beach rose. Same clothes, different label. Go figure!
But, what is even more amazing, is just how much this rose seems to LOVE neglect. Heck, I think it even LOVES abuse! I mean, really, what other plant does not want any TLC? Especially a rose! I have two of these rose bushes in my yard and nearly killed them when I tried to rid them of ants. And the plants along the coast? They endure salt spray and salty sand. I think that’s just INCREDIBLE!
Just take a look at this beach rose blossom! And look at those healthy leaves!
And when I say along the coast, I don’t mean just in the vicinity, I mean right along the shoreline as in this next photo!
Oh! How I wish I could include the fragrance of these rose blossoms in this post! It is pure heaven! 
I know exactly what you mean. That looks quite similar to our wild roses around here and the smell is indeed wonderful. By coincidence, I saw the first or our wild roses blooming just today.
Lovely flower. Since you can’t send the fragrance, could you mail me a bottle of Old Spice instead?
I saw these dormant at the end of winter everywhere on Martha’s Vineyard, growing on the dunes right on the beach. A good incentive to return to see them in bloom, they must be really lovely right now. What a nice picture!
These are beautiful flowers but it is their fragrance that is most appealing to me and, funny thing, I love the deep green, wrinkled leaves too.
Toward the autumn, the rose hip will be HUGE and bright red in color!
It seems that this rose has something to offer nearly all year round!