On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 07:54:15 -0400, Henry
wrote:

Cass wrote:
If you have other roses in your garden, this is not a rose you want to
have in your garden, as it is a carrier of a mite that might carry a
virus callede rose rosette, a rose disease that can kill your roses.

Actually, my understanding is that multiflora is considered to be more
susceptible to rose rosette than any other rose. If it is heathly, it
is unlikely to be carrying the disease.

--
Henry



Alice's rose is definitely rosa mulitflora!
I have read Ann of TN's warnings about rose rosette, but I still keep
a stand of multflora on the wild side of my yard because I like it. I
believe the original owner may have had a Cecile Brunner on multiflora
stock before I moved here. I remember seeing the small pink blooms
langusihing in the shade. I hacked it out with the rest of the
overgrown stuff, and the multiflora came up later.

Like the originator of this thread, I first thought it was a wild
berry vine. Then in bloomed and I love it. Very sweet smelling, and it
thrives in shade.