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src="https://ipmcdn.avast.com/images/icons/icon-envelo This is a multipart message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_12A5_01D2EC1E.670301B0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_001_12A6_01D2EC1E.670301B0" ------=_NextPart_001_12A6_01D2EC1E.670301B0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dave, hi. Would you recommend putting the cuttings directly in the = ground, or first in water? Rooting compound necessary? Jane p.s. Where do you live? =20 From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of David Currie Sent: June 22, 2017 6:53 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Thornless Multiflora Rose =20 Very much agree with David's account of the thornless variety of = multiflora. I've had these planted (8 plants), for 15 years. They have = not only enhanced the privacy value of suburban living but certainly the = benefits to pollinators and birds are obvious plus the fragrance is = wonderful as you know.=20 =20 The garden has attracted many more species that would not have stopped = there otherwise, including waxwings, catbirds, mockingbird, brown = thrashers and cardinals plus several warblers species including chats.=20 =20 I can also make the same offer for anyone in the HRM area to take a = cutting home to try. =20 Dave=20 =20 =20 =20 =20 =20 Sent from my iPhone On Jun 22, 2017, at 5:17 PM, David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com = <mailto:dwebster@glinx.com> > wrote: 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 time will tell. =20 I wish to draw your attention to a 'thornless' strain 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 thorns, = present near the ends of current growth are weak and soon shed so I = think the term thornless is justified.=20 The initial stand was a mixture of thorned and thornless but by = selectively 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 = four cuttings developed roots in a glass of water within 7-10 days. 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 might yield a less thorned and less = obnoxious suite of hybrids.=20 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, late 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 = shoot tips/or side shoots will readily root throughout the growing = season or only shortly after leaf emergence. Sterile shoots are = currently pale and look weak and I assume are being drained by nearby = flowering shoots.=20 =20 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.=20 =20 Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville =20 =20 =20 =20 = <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dlink&= utm_campaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Demailclient>=20 Virus-free. = <http://www.avg.com/email-signature?utm_medium=3Demail&utm_source=3Dlink&= utm_campaign=3Dsig-email&utm_content=3Demailclient> www.avg.com=20 =20 ------=_NextPart_001_12A6_01D2EC1E.670301B0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" = xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" = xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" = xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"><head><meta = http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dutf-8"><meta = name=3DGenerator content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><!--[if = !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style><![endif]--><style><!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face {font-family:"Cambria Math"; panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;} @font-face {font-family:Calibri; panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal {margin:0cm; margin-bottom:.0001pt; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} a:link, span.MsoHyperlink {mso-style-priority:99; color:blue; text-decoration:underline;} a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed {mso-style-priority:99; color:purple; text-decoration:underline;} p.msonormal0, li.msonormal0, div.msonormal0 {mso-style-name:msonormal; mso-margin-top-alt:auto; margin-right:0cm; mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto; margin-left:0cm; font-size:11.0pt; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;} span.EmailStyle19 {mso-style-type:personal-reply; font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif; color:windowtext;} .MsoChpDefault {mso-style-type:export-only; font-size:10.0pt;} @page WordSection1 {size:612.0pt 792.0pt; margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;} div.WordSection1 {page:WordSection1;} --></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapedefaults v:ext=3D"edit" spidmax=3D"1026" /> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml> <o:shapelayout v:ext=3D"edit"> <o:idmap v:ext=3D"edit" data=3D"1" /> </o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=3DEN-US link=3Dblue = vlink=3Dpurple><div class=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>Dave, = hi.=C2=A0 Would you recommend putting the cuttings directly in the = ground, or first in water?=C2=A0 Rooting compound = necessary?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Jane<o:p></o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal>p.s.=C2=A0 Where do you live?<o:p></o:p></p><p = class=3DMsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div = style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b>From:</b> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca = [mailto:naturens-owner@c