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Please can someone ID this rose (link to pic inside)
Cass wrote:
In article 3ff04e712c0d7fd411a85483bcc0fd43@TeraNews, Theo Asir wrote: be rosa multiflora, which is an invasive species rose in much of the eastern and central US. Here is a link to the HelpMeFind page on rosa I disagree on the invasive term. Its got a bad rap from farmers who can't look after their fields properly. While it does have a million seeds fairly regular haying usually dealls with that problem. Then you haven't been in Pennsylvania in the end of May. Everywhere you look, you will see multiflora blooming: by the side of the expressway, in every vacant lot, in everyone's back yard, next to every parking lot. It is the epitomy of invasive there. I have to agree (strongly) with Cass on this point. I decided to see what people have written about R. multiflora in different books I have. Both David Austin and Grahap Thomas had lots of good things to say about it. Then I got to Michael Dirr's "Manual of Woody Landscape Plants." Dirr has a cassual style that I really like and his book is quite a work (at nearly 1,200 pages). Under the heading "Habit" he says, "A fountain with long, slender, recurving branches; eventually forming an impenetrable tangle of brush suitable only for burning." About its growth rate he says, "fast; too fast for most farmers who have this species in their fields." His description for "Culture" is, "Same as described under R. rugosa although this species is more invasive; tolerates dry heavy soils very well." He goes on with an entry for "Landscape Value" of "None in the residential landscape; has received a lot of attention for conservation purposes; makes a good place for all the "critters" to hide, yet can be a real nuisance for the birds deposit the seeds in fence rows and open areas, and soon one has a jungle; use this species with the knowledge that none of your gardening friends in the immediate vicinity will ever speak to you again." Finally, he gives the folliwng "Additional Notes." "Utilized as an understock for budding the highly domesticated selections. Another species that appears resistant to black-spot and the typical rose diseases. I cannot overemphasize the invasive and greedy nature of this species. Have observed entire pastures/fields invaded and captured by the plant." I went out yesterday to the open area near my office and took a few pictures of the roses there. I also found a pink flowering rose that still looks a lot like multiflora. I've taken cuttings and am trying to root them. Pictures and the text of what the three different authors said about R. multiflora can be found he http://www.dotrose.com/whatsinbloom/20030604.php On 5/31/2003 we had a beautiful sunny day and I've got pictures of the first bloom on Pat Austin and the first three on Johann Strauss (a light pink with a little fragrance). -- Henry |
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