A Many-flowered Rose

Many flowered rose
Many-flowered Rose Rosa multiflora   Photo: Bob Ellis

In late June this stunning display could be seen in a hedgerow near Saxthorpe. With its large number of small (25-30 mm diameter) flowers in each inflorescence; the styles fused into a column and numerous small stalked glands on the upper part of the pedicels, it appears to be a form of Many-flowered Rose, Rosa multiflora. The hedge had probably been planted within the last ten to fifteen years and this beauty may have been a part of that planting.

many flowered rose
Many-flowered Rose Rosa multiflora   Photo: Bob Ellis

 

 

Bob Ellis
24.06.2018