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Dear All, June 22, 2017
I am back, at least long enough to send this e-mail, but continue to be=
swamped with the task of getting Alison settled into a Nursing Home. So t=
ime will tell.
I wish to draw your attention to a 'thornless' strain of Multiflora Ros=
e which, on the one site where I have been able to observe it (home), fruit=
s well and is mobbed in late winter by Waxwings. The small thorns, present =
near the ends of current growth are weak and soon shed so I think the term =
thornless is justified.
The initial stand was a mixture of thorned and thornless but by selecti=
vely cutting the thorned strain off over a period of >5 years the thornless=
strain was able to take over and snuff out the thorned strain.
I tried to root cuttings this year soon after leaves emerged and all fo=
ur cuttings developed roots in a glass of water within 7-10 days.
If this thornless strain were widely planted as an ornamental or for ha=
bitat improvement purposes (late winter bird food, erosion control...) then=
crossing with the thorned might yield a less thorned and less obnoxious su=
ite of hybrids.
At the very least such plantings would enable enjoyment of the benefits=
of Multiflora Rose (pleasant odor of blossoms, attractive plant year round=
, good erosion control, local wind-break, food for pollinating insects, lat=
e winter food for mobs of Waxings and, I suspect, food for one to two bird =
mobs of Cardinals) without the detriment of large, curved and sharp thorns =
which seem to reach out and grab exposed flesh.
It is in full bloom now (June 22, 2017) and I don't yet know whether sh=
oot tips/or side shoots will readily root throughout the growing season or =
only shortly after leaf emergence. Sterile shoots are currently pale and lo=
ok weak and I assume are being drained by nearby flowering shoots.
If anyone would care to try this plant then let me know and I will try =
to get a rooted cutting into your hands within a year.
Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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<DIV>Dear All,
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June 22, 2017</DIV>
<DIV> I am back, at least long enough to send this e-mail=
,
but continue to be swamped with the task of getting Al=
ison
settled into a Nursing Home. So time will tell.</DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> I wish to draw your attention to a 'thornless' stra=
in of
Multiflora Rose which, on the one site where I have been able to observe it=
(home), fruits well and is mobbed in late winter by Waxwings. The small tho=
rns,
present near the ends of current growth are weak and soon shed so=
I
think the term thornless is justified. </DIV>
<DIV> The initial stand was a mixture of thorned and thor=
nless
but by selectively cutting the thorned strain off over a period of >5 ye=
ars
the thornless strain was able to take over and snuff out the thorned
strain.</DIV>
<DIV> I tried to root cuttings this year soon after leave=
s
emerged and all four cuttings developed roots in a glass of water with=
in
7-10 days.</DIV>
<DIV> If this thornless strain were widely planted as an =
ornamental or for habitat improvement purposes (late winter bird
food, erosion control...) then crossing with the thorned
<EM>might</EM> yield a less thorned and less obnoxious suite of hybrids. </=
DIV>
<DIV> At the very least such plantings would enable enjoy=
ment
of the benefits of Multiflora Rose (pleasant odor of blossoms, attract=
ive
plant year round, good erosion control, local wind-break, food for
pollinating insects, late winter food for mobs of Waxings and, I suspect, f=
ood
for one to two bird mobs of Cardinals) without the detriment of large, curv=
ed
and sharp thorns which seem to reach out and grab exposed flesh.</DIV>
<DIV> It is in full bloom now (June 22, 2017) and I don't=
yet
know whether shoot tips/or side shoots will readily root throughout the gro=
wing
season or only shortly after leaf emergence. Sterile shoots are currently p=
ale
and look weak and I assume are being drained by nearby flowering
shoots. </DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV> If anyone would care to try this plant then let me =
know
and I will try to get a rooted cutting into your hands within a year. </DIV=
>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV>Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville</DIV>
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