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'Rosa multiflora' rose Reviews & Comments
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19 OCT 19 by
 Plazbo
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It's true what they say. Multiflora cuttings strike very easily.
Last year the Robusta I bought had a root sucker, thornless and was three times the size of the Robusta plant by the time I got to cutting it out. I cut it into foot long pieces and jammed into an empty pot. None of them died and now roughly 9 months later flower buds are appearing. A diploid source of thornless and good roots/vigour, now to see what seedlings come of it next year.
So far this (lack of) technique has been less successful with other types of roses.
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It seems that forms such as this occur naturally, as a plant collected from a patch of multiflora that had grown from seed had almost no thorns. This plant later showed symptoms of rose rosette, so I promptly removed it.
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4 JUL 15 by
styrax
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There is surprising variation. Poking around locally, there run from deep pink to white, semi double to almost no petals, and vary greatly in color, amount and odor of glandulation the buds, as well as thorns.
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What is the average size of a single bloom? The rose that I have found in the hedgerows in northern Italy is likewise thornless but sometimes there is a small "thorn" on the central rib of the underside of the leaf.
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Beautiful rootstock. A little too much suckering but apart from that it makes roses very vigorous. I note that there are a few strains of this rose and the green looking leaves suffer mildew badly. The yellowish green type with bigger canes have no problem with mildew.
Kardinal budded on Multiflora grows like an elephant! Most of my roses grow on Multiflora so well.
It roots well under shade without the need for bright light. Can root under florescent lights. Roots come out of the bottom 2 nodes more than than from the end of the cane.
The canes can be a little too slim for standards, it takes 1 year to thicken up after budding the roses on.
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