FW: ID of your rose

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From: oronperi@hotmail.com
To: medit-plant@ucdavis.edu
Subject: ID of your rose
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 11:15:17 +0000

As for your climbing rose, this is Rosa fortuniana, that was introduced from China in 1848, it is closely related
 to Rosa banksiae Alba.
 
Regards
Oron Peri

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From: oronperi@hotmail.com
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: FW: [Fwd: Plant ID]
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:52:36 +0000

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From: oronperi@hotmail.com
To: mario.brincat@onvol.net
Subject: RE: [Fwd: Plant ID]
Date: Sun, 23 Mar 2008 08:49:44 +0000


Dear Mario,
 
Your 'weed' is a young almond tree that was probably cut back to the ground some time ago and now became multi trunk.
 
It seems also that it doesn't get enough sun. I suggest to leave the main trunk and take off the others.
 
Regards,
Oron peri

Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 10:04:03 +0100
From: mario.brincat@onvol.net
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: [Fwd: Plant ID]

http://picasaweb.google.com/xprunara/PLantID?authkey=ac_KQ_B4Oag
 
Dear All,
If the link in my previous mail doesn't work please try the above.
Thanks.
Mario.

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Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:27:17 +0100
From: mario.brincat@onvol.net
To: medit-plants@ucdavis.edu
Subject: Plant ID

Dear All,
 
Would appreciate your help with identifying two plants (photos in a 
Picasa web album at 
*http://picasaweb.google.com/xprunara/PLantID?authkey=ac_KQ_B4Oag*).
 
The first is a climbing or rambling rose (are these terms 
interchangeable?) growing in an abandoned lot. Took a few cuttings in 
January, and they seem to be doing quite well (I noticed the first new 
leaves about two weeks ago). The site is very exposed, and in a very 
polluted area. The rose must be very tough, and probably quite old. It’s 
evergreen, quite thorny, produces single, medium-sized flowers (did not 
notice any clusters). Can’t say whether they’re scented or not, but if 
they are !
 scented their scent is probably towards the weaker end of the 
scale (otherwise I would have noticed it while taking the photos).
 
I'm an absolute ignoramus in this area, but I'm pretty sure this 
particular specimen must have escaped from someone's garden - the only 
rose that occurs naturally here (in Malta) is the Evergreen Rose (Rosa 
sempervirens), and our friend is surely not one of those.
 
The second is a weed I've 'adopted'. This probably makes me an apostate 
in gardening circles but it looked interesting and I couldn't resist 
waiting to see how it would turn out. This is now in its second season, 
having made its first appearance early in 2007. Went into hibernation at 
one point but started to grow again quite soon after - the photos were 
taken in February, soon after it re-activated itself. It's continued to 
grow rapidly since then and has become quite straggly. It's never 
flowered, but someone claims to have se!
 en a specimen with small orange 
flowers. Haven't seen this myself 
so I can't be sure it's not a case of 
mistaken identity.
 
Thanks and regards,
Mario.
 
 

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