Rose Bush or Thorny Weed?
dblove
16 years ago
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carol23_gw
16 years agodblove
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Thorny giant weed?
Comments (2)Carol23, I think you've got it! Tropical Soda Apple - a noxious weed that I'll pull up tomorrow (with gloves on)! Thank you....See MoreAdditional image to The Thorny bush
Comments (1)Location of the plant can aid identification. Might be Toothache Tree, Zanthoxylum clava-herculis or similar species....See MoreIs this a rose bush (very thorny)
Comments (10)I've seen Damask Perpetuals ("Portlands") with that look, especially when they grow in soil particularly to their liking. My 'Pickering Four-Seasons' and original 'Rose du Roi' look very much like the rose in these pictures when they're first coming out in the spring; and the 'Portland Rose' itself isn't too far off in its characteristics......See MoreWeed control: Dollar weeds around a rose bush
Comments (1)Round-up is sudden death for roses.... or any type of weed-killer...... either dig-dig-dig and get those roots up out of there, or do like I do, take some roofing shingles and lay on the weed and suffocate it.... leave it there for several weeks, and if you can't stand the look of the shingles just throw a bit of mulch on them..... sally...See MoreGingerBlue
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