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Good that your back Dave
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I've had success with Multiflora Rosa with Hardwood cutting in
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late fall and overwinter them in a cool basement. They were well
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rooted come spring and grew well.
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Enjoy the summer
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Paul
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On June 22, 2017 at 5:17 PM David Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote:
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Dear All,                                                June 22, 2017
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    I am back, at least long enough to send this e-mail, but continue to be  swamped with the task of getting Alison settled into a Nursing Home. So time will tell.
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    I wish to draw your attention to a 'thornless' strain of Multiflora Rose which, on the one site where I have been able to observe it (home), fruits well and is mobbed in late winter by Waxwings. The small thorns, present near the ends of current growth are weak and soon shed so I think the term thornless is justified. 
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    The initial stand was a mixture of thorned and thornless but by selectively cutting the thorned strain off over a period of >5 years the thornless strain was able to take over and snuff out the thorned strain.
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    I tried to root cuttings this year soon after leaves emerged and all four cuttings developed roots in a glass of water within 7-10 days.
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    If this thornless strain were widely planted as an ornamental or for habitat improvement purposes (late winter bird food, erosion control...) then crossing with the thorned
<em>might</em> yield a less thorned and less obnoxious suite of hybrids.
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    At the very least such plantings would enable enjoyment of the benefits of Multiflora Rose (pleasant odor of blossoms, attractive plant year round, good erosion control, local wind-break, food for pollinating insects, late winter food for mobs of Waxings and, I suspect, food for one to two bird mobs of Cardinals) without the detriment of large, curved and sharp thorns which seem to reach out and grab exposed flesh.
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    It is in full bloom now (June 22, 2017) and I don't yet know whether shoot tips/or side shoots will readily root throughout the growing season or only shortly after leaf emergence. Sterile shoots are currently pale and look weak and I assume are being drained by nearby flowering shoots. 
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    If anyone would care to try this plant then let me know and I will try to get a rooted cutting into your hands within a year.
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Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville
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