Common names: Wild rose white, white Japanese rose, white wrinkled rose, Ramanas rose Our Royal Horticultural Society Wild Rose White (Rosa rugosa ` Alba`) is an upright, fast growing deciduous rose hedge that flowers for most of the summer, with thorny stems & shiny, brightgreen, wrinkled foliage. It produces highly scented large yellowcentred, pure white flowers June to September, followed by large round, red or orange hips in early autumn.