"Elizabeth" wrote in message
.. .
Anybody good with species roses? The white flowered climbing rose is
blooming in Southern Louisiana right now. It is awesome along highway 21
in
Covington and also along I-12. I've a close--up of the bloom from a vine
on
my property in Baton Rouge. Look in the Local Flora file on the site
below.
Tried to get a good pic of the vine's habit, but the undergrowth is too
dense. This rose climbs large trees and cascades with the blossoms facing
out. Very dramatic. Blooms annually in April around here.
If anyone knows the name of this beauty, I'd be very grateful to learn it.
Thanks,
--
elizabeth, Baton Rouge, LA
http://community.webshots.com/user/elott63


It's rosa lavegata which actually isn't a naitive, but and invasive
foreigner that has naturalized itself throughout the Lower South, much like
multiflora has throughout the Midwest and South. It's tender, and won't
grow much beyond zone 7 unless given winter protection.

Sunflower
MS 7b