This rose has climbed about 15ft into a tree, has small round hips, slender green stems, a few curved thorns, and a little fringe around the base of the leaf where it joins the stem. I didn't think multiflora was hardy in my zone, but is this it?

From what I can tell by the photos, it appears to be. If it has lots of small white blooms, you can be fairly certain it is.

Hi June: I don't know a thing about roses, just that they produce beautiful (and sometimes fragrant) blooms. So, I don't know if your plant in question is a dreaded pest or not but hopefully one of our great rose experts will be along soon to maybe help ID that type of rose.

Oops, looks likd SongofJoy and I cross posted.

I wouldn't call myself a rose expert but we do have the multifloras around here. They aren't generally too popular (understatement).

Might try posting the question on the Ask ATP Webapp
http://garden.org/apps/ask/

Tee: I don't know roses so I had no clue what type it was but I knew someone would recognize it.


Debra: I think if posted on the Ask A Question Forum it would be moved back here since it's looking for a plant identification.

Ah, okay, that makes sense.

What color were the blossoms?

Hmm, learn something new all the time. I apparently have this as well. I've not found it to be awful, but it's definitely grown into a fairly large thicket over the years. I planted it in two spots in our pasture for a bit of screening, and it's worked well for that - hasn't so far gotten away from me, but I'll definitely keep an eye on it. When we had cows they kept it in check a bit. It now makes sense why my husband came home with this many years ago as a 'freebie' from a woman who encouraged him to take ALL of it...

I missed seeing this rose when it was blooming, so I won't know the color of its flowers until next year. I do recall seeing a climbing rose with small white flowers about half a mile away, though.

@Bonehead I know you didn't mean to make a joke just now, but my sick mind is thinking - thank goodness the
'freebie' was a plant. I will now go stand in the corner until I can learn to behave properly.

If my wild rose really is the invasive multiflora, I'm glad I have deer to keep it under control!

Going through my photo archive, I found a pic I took a couple of years ago of the other rose bush about half a mile away. It does look like multiflora - this one was not climbing, but presumably only because it wasn't next to a tree!

Greene

JuneOntario said:If my wild rose really is the invasive multiflora, I'm glad I have deer to keep it under control!

That is actually why invasive roses are a problem. It's not that they get out of control in the garden setting. It's that they produce tons of seed and are spread far and wide by the animals that it them. Once the animals redeposit them in the wild they take over and displace native plants. We have Macarney Roses, Rosa bracteata here, and they for impenetrable walls of thorns.

JuneOntario said:If my wild rose really is the invasive multiflora, I'm glad I have deer to keep it under control!

That is actually why invasive roses are a problem. It's not that they get out of control in the garden setting. It's that they produce tons of seed and are spread far and wide by the animals that it them. Once the animals redeposit them in the wild they take over and displace native plants. We have Macarney Roses, Rosa bracteata here, and they for impenetrable walls of thorns.

I meant that deer will eat new multiflora rose bushes to nubbins before the plants have a chance to bloom and set seed. That's probably why there are so few multifloras growing in this area. The deer have their uses!

Goats too
My two little ones just love roses and will eat them to death. There are places around here where you can rent a goat herd to do exactly that , eat your weeds to death especially roses.

gardengus said:Goats too There are places around here where you can rent a goat herd to do exactly that , eat your weeds to death especially roses.

I have so many weeds; I NEED goats ... a herd of goats!