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Large flower bush fine thorns on stems that sting

Discussion in 'Plant ID' started by GunZ McGraw, Jun 15, 2009.

  1. GunZ McGraw

    GunZ McGraw New Seed

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    Hello
    We have moved for the last time(hopefully. The previous owners, a older English couple had many, many wonderful plants of which I can only ID about .25%. Thanks in advance for any help members can give me.

    My first post is of a multi stemmed flowering bush. I thought it might be a Rose of Sharon but not convinced after looking it up on the net. This is a well established specimen. It has about 20 stems running fairly straight up to about 4.5 feet with about 3 or 4 new suckers coming up. The stems have very fine thorns that sting like the dickens. Large fragrant flowers.
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  3. GunZ McGraw

    GunZ McGraw New Seed

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    Well I was reading other peoples post and think I got a answer from "dmouse's" post ... rugosa rose
     
  4. digital flower

    digital flower Seedling

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    Definitely a Rugosa Rose.
     
  5. GunZ McGraw

    GunZ McGraw New Seed

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    Thanks for the confirmation
    BTW .. nice blog and excellent photographs !!
     



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  6. Netty

    Netty Chaotic Gardener Plants Contributor

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    Rugosa Rose most definately!
     
  7. stratsmom

    stratsmom Flower Fanatic

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    That's what I was thinkin' too ;) They are thorny little buggers but boy do they smell good! :D
     
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    Happy I could inadvertently help!
     

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