rosa multiflora

Meanwhile, old man's beard, also known as virgin's bower, has twined its viney self over the rampant rosa multiflora.

nature green in thorn and tendril asakiyume 2008

I didn't have my camera with me, but I picked a sprig--which is hard, because rosa multiflora is the most heavily armed plant I know.

flowers, fragrance, and plastic bags asakiyume 2007

Which reminds me, rosa multiflora is in its glory right now, cascading in flowers flowers, heyes, that turn out to be hermaphroditic: both male and female organs in one flower, as I discovered here.

flowers, fragrance, and plastic bags asakiyume 2007

So I stopped in my tracks and looked until I could see the grape vines and their treasures path barred by poison ivy and rosa multiflora.

what is not visible from space? asakiyume 2006

After doing some pruning yesterday in the undiscovered country, so as to be able to walk there without being attacked by rosa multiflora, today I didn't even walk there--instead I went down along the trail toward the Abandoned Town, then walked along the road past the farm and stretched my eyes on the long views there.

ice and memories asakiyume 2006

But black raspberries and blackberries give you delicious berries, and rosa multiflora does not--it doesn't even give big rose hips, just little tiny ones.

busy thoughts asakiyume 2006

Not so keen on that rosa multiflora, for instance, but that's mainly because it's so SHARP and hard to get through.

Sky ocean, invasive plants asakiyume 2006

If you listen to some people, you'd think there were some "good" species--native ones like bluebirds and sugar maples--and other "bad ones," like starlings and rosa multiflora.

busy thoughts asakiyume 2006