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Thursday, June 01, 2006

Pernacious native rose


While I have pulled out two of the three native rose bushes I originally planted, little "volunteers" are popping up everywhere. The nootka rose send out roots in all directions and I thought I had dug them all up. But now that true spring days have arri ved you can hear the garden growing. Even if it was only a small twig of the former plant, it is sending up shoots.

And in my far end of my native garden, I've got another variety growing, another volunteer. I have no idea how it got there. The leaves are much smaller and the thorns are much thinner than the nootka rose. Coincidently, it happens to be in the same area as where I threw down some native seed last year - I think the seeds were supposed to be for the arbutus tree. Like the lily of the valley/chocolate lily mix-up, could it be that instead of a much-desired arbutus tree, I've got more native rose?

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