Shiva,

Here are a few pix of Rosa Canina:

http://www.arborea.se/roscan.htm

http://www.beenthere-donethat.org.uk/dogrose01big.html

http://botany.cs.tamu.edu/FLORA/schoepke/Pio00592.jpg

I have to confess that one of the coolest things I saw when I image-googled
for "rosa canina" was a nice little hotel/restaurant in Austria! (At least
I assume it was in Austria; the URL ended in ".at" and the text was in
German (except for the link labeled "Slow Down"!)

Anne Lurie
Raleigh, NC


"Shiva" wrote in message
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J. Del Col wrote:


The classic hedgerows of Normandy, France are made of R. canina.
Planted closely and allowed to grow for decades, they could literally
stop an army, as
the GI's found out as they tried to break out of the Normandy
beachhead.

The fighting in the "bocage" was vicious and bloody until somebody
figured out how to fit a tank with a kind of cutter bar that was used to
uproot
the hedgerows and allow easy passage of troops and tanks.

Just a little historical highlight.

Very nice. Can you direct me to a photo of this rose in a hedge? If you
have one handy?



J. Del Col