The vines are thorny like a rose and the bloom's fragrance is as sweet and heady as any good rose - I wouldn't be surprised if it was in some way related to one. If anyone has any idea as to what it might be, please let me know! I need to start learning my flowers!
Virginia rose? It's really the only other plant I know, and I just received a baby one so I did a search on the flowers and they look similar to the photos of Virginia Roses.
ReplyDeleteOh! It's Rosa multiflora. Major invader, and very pretty.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/plants/multiflorarose.shtml
ReplyDeleteDefinitely a rose. I don't know its taxonomy, but it will produce really seedy hips that birds are fond of, but that you can dehydrate to make tea.
ReplyDeleteLooks like a multiflora rose to me, invasive yet good bird habitat
ReplyDeleteWild rose I call it. Intoxicating aroma this time of year. But watch out. I had one take down a spruce tree without my noticing. Find its base and dig it out if there is anything you want to keep around it.
ReplyDeleteYes, it looks like the invasive Multiflora Rose. It was once used as root stock for more desirable roses.
ReplyDeleteI have some that I have been battling in my flower garden for years. I keep trimming and digging it up and it keeps coming back.
Thanks for the info everyone! I had a feeling it was a rose of some sort. I would make sense then that it would be classified as an invasive. Luckily it's not around any trees on our property worth saving.
ReplyDeleteI do notice a few seedlings popping up in the garden from time to time but they are easily removed. So interesting so hear how this species became "invasive". I wish other invasives were as sweet smelling.
Rosa multiflora is a serious pest, even the deer won't eat it, although goats find it tasty. You will be doing yourself and your neighbors a service by eradicating it so it doesn't self-sow all over, out-competing the native plant species. There are many rose species you can plant in it's place that are beautiful and non-invasive, such as Rosa glauca (pink flowers, bluish leaves, and large rose hips. Love your blog!
ReplyDeleteIt's what we call a Dog Rose ...NO idea why it's called that though!
ReplyDeleteWe have a TON of these in our pasture. While our cows won't eat them our goats LOVE them. We have been moving their fence around the pasture so they can eat the shrubs down.
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