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Hagoromo is a very popular large flowered climber in Japan...

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R. multiflora it is called 'No-ibara' (meaning "field rose") in Japan... it grows wild almost everywhere... The roses which illustrate classical Japanese works are considered to be No-ibaras... description and growth...

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R. multiflora var. adenochaeta ('Tsukushi-ibara')... this variety of R. multiflora grows in the southern part of Kyushu Island... description...

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R. rugosa... called the 'Japanese Rose' in the West, In Japan it is called 'Hama-nasu' or 'Hama-nashi' because Hama means beach or shore which is where it naturally occurs... Because its large fruits resemble an aubergine (eggplant) it is sometimes called nasu which is the Japanese term for this vegetable... in the areas of Japan where it is found, people speak with a nashi accent... its fruit resembles a Japanese pear, also called nashi... Carl Peter Thunberg (the Swedish botanist who introduced this rose to the West) called it the 'Ramanas Rose' which is believed to be a misinterpretation of one of the Japanese names... on his return to Europe he published his Flora Japonica 1784... it grows wild along the shoreline... In 1978 the Hokkaido local government made this rose their local symbol.

(May 1998)  Page(s) 4.  
 
R. wichuraiana Crépin ('Teriha-No-ibara')... Teriha is Japanese for "glossy leaves"... grows wild almost everywhere... The German botanist Dr. Max Ernst Wichura was in Japan between 1859 and 1861 and during this time sent plants of this rose back to Europe one of which was seen by the Belgian botanist F. Crépin... who named this rose wichuraiana to commemorate Dr. Wichura... discussion of descendants...

(May 1998)  Page(s) 4.  
 
Sinsetu a popular large flowered climber in Japan... bred by Mr. Seizo Suzuki using a 'New Dawn' seedling as a parent...