Let us know your multiflora rose horror stories in the comments! Also, if you would like to learn about another woody invasive species that the channel viewers voted as the biggest problem on their properties check out this video on bush honeysuckle: ua-cam.com/video/ckKM4de59hU/v-deo.html
@@BackyardEcology looking forward to it! My native garden is still young, still learning what works here, that rose has been a one of a number of standouts in vigor and looks, especially through the winter. Many suckers are soon to be transplanted and potted up to share with any neighbor I can convince to take it. Can't wait to see how it all looks by next winter when all the other native grasses and herbs I have surrounded it with start to fill in. Will be nice on the eyes and the wildlife trying to make it in suburbia
Ugh we have one on our rental property and it’s MASSIVE despite cutting back every year…. Every year it’s flowering gives us the worst allergies right thru our windows! 🤧 Birds love it though that’s for sure! Thanks for the info 🙏🏻
I'm in a multi year battle on my property and the edges of my neighbor's property with this. I just read the seeds can live 20 years, so I guess I'm going to be doing it for a while.
It can be a long process if it has been on a place for a bit. If you use methods that don't disturb the soil it will reduce the impact from the seed bank.
Yikes I have a Horror Story about multiflora rose. We bought 38 acres in SW PA 23 years ago and had a few MFR then. We tried to keep up on it by mostly cut and treat the stumps it worked well but due to our age and health it has taken over and is now impenetrable. We were told we could hire folks to spray the foliage but that kills everything and so does forestry mulching. Neighbors have lots of it to and no good alternative in site.
Once it gets to that stage there is little alternative to chemical control, unfortunately. The hardest part of dealing with any invasive species is keeping it knocked back long enough to exhaust the seed bank in the soil, which for some species can last for decades. It is more about controlling many of the woody invasives at this point than eradicating them.
I've tried spraying them the surrounding plants died the invasives did not so I started burning them some come back but are weak I believe another burn will finish them some areas in our woods are covered with them things just haven't been able to get to them all yet there is so many probably growing and spreading over the last 20 yrs
Is there anything that will grow well in NE FL that will do everything this plant does for security and privacy without becoming invasive quickly? If it takes 20 years for something to become invasive I don’t mind it. I’ll probably be dead or not know I’m alive by then. For now I want increased privacy and security.
If a plant is invasive it is so labeled because it has proven to be able to invade native ecosystems and cause damage to them or because it can spread widely and be a hazard to humans. Planting anything that is considered invasive is just a bad idea - and illegal in many instances. Florida is a how different world than the rest of the southeast and there are a ton of native species there that I am not too familiar with. You may want to check out @WildFloridian as her channel covers just Florida.
Thanks for the great overview of Multiflora Rose. I have an immediate need to screen part of my property in Zone 6. The growing conditions are: Shaded all day, wet clayish soil and I need a plant that will reach about 10' high. Do you have any suggestions for an alternative shrub( or tree) to Multiflora Rose? Thanks again!
Are you looking for evergreen, deciduous, woody plants or herbaceous? The fact that it is shaded all day is going to make it tough finding something that will grow quickly and produce an adequate screen. How thick does it need to be?
We have a VERY steep bank approx 50 yards down to the lake. Originally it had large trees and undergrowth but we removed most of that when developing the property to be able to have water view. We left 5 of the largest trees and have spent 2 years trying to get rid of random weeds and shrubs. Now we have a problem with erosion in one area. We have been considering planting this along the erosion area. Advice???? Other options? Mid Alabama. Many deer.
Fighting that kind of erosion is going to be tough. You removed the stuff that was already holding the soil in place and getting something else to grow there fast enough to hold the soil will be an uphill battle. Planting the invasive multiflora rose is not an option in my opinion as it is one, invasive, and two, listed as a noxious weed in Alabama so it is supposed to be removed and not planted. One option might be trumpet creeper as it will spread quickly and has explosive growth. Ninebark is a shrub that may work - it has a huge root system and is used to stabilize stream banks. You may also try contacting your NRCS or Extension office as they might have experience with similar sites.
@wyrdscynce I never advocate planting species outside of their native ranges as that is how we end up with more problem species. Willowherb looks like it has the potential to spread beyond the place of planting so I would steer clear of it in this situation.
I was wondering what this terrible plant was. I rent an apartment with a ditch behind me full of invasive weeds and trees. I'm actively trying to replace invasive weeds with native plants...just because gardening makes me happy a I want to improve where I live. This junk is everywhere 😢
Please consider a video on removing Chinese Praying Mantid egg sacs from gardens. I did because they decimated Bumblebee population in my garden and a Carolina Mantid came in!!❤
I have a wooded area right next to my front yard and this stuff is growing all over everything. I am concerned about it spreading and taking over my property. It grows all over my town. You can smell it while driving in the car.
Your concern is well warranted - it will spread. Getting control of it quickly is about the only option. I recommend talking to your local extension office about control methods.
@@BackyardEcology It’s on township property. I’ve contacted them about fallen trees, etc. in the past and I hate to say the guys they send out are not really into work. More into standing around leaning on shovels. So they just do as little effort as possible and leave asap. There real is a massive amount. I’ll look int the extension route.
@@BackyardEcology I grow knockouts around my house and have never seen them spread. They are pretty and bloom for months and months with low maintenance
Knockouts are a hybrid shrub rose, different thing than Rosa multiflora. Multiflora is the main host for a disease called rose rosette disease which absolutely hammers knockout roses. Basically impossible to grow a knockout rose in my area due to the amount of Rosa multiflora - the knockouts are dead in a couple of years from RRD. @@davidschultz2198
Why do so many invasive plants wake up from dormancy so early, or skip it altogether? Native plants must have this dormancy timing for a reason, right? It boggles my mind that early emerging is so advantageous, yet none of the natives do it!
There are probably many variables that go into it. There are some native species that have similar growth habits such as coral honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens which tends to hold leaves late and have an early bud break. Our coral honeysuckle vines usually have leaves well into November and are leafing back out by mid February.
It sounds like multiflora rose, but if you can take a pic to your local agricultural extension office to confirm. If it is multiflora rose best to deal with it quickly before it gets too well established.
While multiflora rose is highly susceptible to rose rosette and it can kill some plants, it has not been found to be a limiting agent over the long haul. Rose rosette has been in North America since the 1940s and multiflora rose has certainly spread far and wide since then.
@@BackyardEcology I see it more these days in central Ohio. I was just hoping it would help out with it. It would also be bad for the native roses though.
@@scottmurdoch7750 It is much mire prevalent in some areas than it use to be. It also does effect the MFR, it just doesn't seem to hurt it enough to control it. Our native roses can also get it and it effects them to varying degrees. It seems to hit the garden hybrid tea roses and knockout roses quite hard.
one night i went around a gravel turn and slid off the steep road bank that was covered in this stuff. I had to crawl in the dark through the briars to lock in the wheels. It was rough. Last thing you want to crash in is this sticker bush
Let us know your multiflora rose horror stories in the comments! Also, if you would like to learn about another woody invasive species that the channel viewers voted as the biggest problem on their properties check out this video on bush honeysuckle: ua-cam.com/video/ckKM4de59hU/v-deo.html
I would love to see a video about how to identify multiflora rose vs our native roses!
Stay tuned! I will get one put together.
Me too.
Me too. Thanks for this video!
Absolutely, teach us how to identify the native roses, too!!
It is in the works!
I am absolutely in love with my Rosa carolina. Its gorgeous all year long! I'd definitely like a lengthier video on rose identification.
Carolina rose is and awesome native! There is a rose video in the works!
@@BackyardEcology looking forward to it! My native garden is still young, still learning what works here, that rose has been a one of a number of standouts in vigor and looks, especially through the winter. Many suckers are soon to be transplanted and potted up to share with any neighbor I can convince to take it.
Can't wait to see how it all looks by next winter when all the other native grasses and herbs I have surrounded it with start to fill in. Will be nice on the eyes and the wildlife trying to make it in suburbia
We have a pink “wild rose” on our property. I assume it’s native but I’m definitely interested in the video to identify them!
If it has pink flowers and they have 5 petals (not a bunch of petals like a garden rose) they are very likely one of the native species. So cool!
thank you so much for the video. i really want to know how to eliminate from my yard.
Stay tuned for future videos!
Good protection!
Wow! This is such helpful information! Thank you for sharing this!
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome presentation!
Thank you
Yes please identify the difference
Did a video about how to tell them apart a while back. It can be seen here: ua-cam.com/video/zoqkMvyVZVc/v-deo.html
Ugh we have one on our rental property and it’s MASSIVE despite cutting back every year…. Every year it’s flowering gives us the worst allergies right thru our windows! 🤧
Birds love it though that’s for sure!
Thanks for the info 🙏🏻
They are bad. At least you have only one, we fight acres of them.
I'm in a multi year battle on my property and the edges of my neighbor's property with this. I just read the seeds can live 20 years, so I guess I'm going to be doing it for a while.
It can be a long process if it has been on a place for a bit. If you use methods that don't disturb the soil it will reduce the impact from the seed bank.
Yikes I have a Horror Story about multiflora rose. We bought 38 acres in SW PA 23 years ago and had a few MFR then. We tried to keep up on it by mostly cut and treat the stumps it worked well but due to our age and health it has taken over and is now impenetrable. We were told we could hire folks to spray the foliage but that kills everything and so does forestry mulching. Neighbors have lots of it to and no good alternative in site.
Once it gets to that stage there is little alternative to chemical control, unfortunately. The hardest part of dealing with any invasive species is keeping it knocked back long enough to exhaust the seed bank in the soil, which for some species can last for decades. It is more about controlling many of the woody invasives at this point than eradicating them.
I've tried spraying them the surrounding plants died the invasives did not so I started burning them some come back but are weak I believe another burn will finish them some areas in our woods are covered with them things just haven't been able to get to them all yet there is so many probably growing and spreading over the last 20 yrs
Is there anything that will grow well in NE FL that will do everything this plant does for security and privacy without becoming invasive quickly? If it takes 20 years for something to become invasive I don’t mind it. I’ll probably be dead or not know I’m alive by then. For now I want increased privacy and security.
If a plant is invasive it is so labeled because it has proven to be able to invade native ecosystems and cause damage to them or because it can spread widely and be a hazard to humans. Planting anything that is considered invasive is just a bad idea - and illegal in many instances. Florida is a how different world than the rest of the southeast and there are a ton of native species there that I am not too familiar with. You may want to check out @WildFloridian as her channel covers just Florida.
Thanks for the great overview of Multiflora Rose. I have an immediate need to screen part of my property in Zone 6. The growing conditions are: Shaded all day, wet clayish soil and I need a plant that will reach about 10' high. Do you have any suggestions for an alternative shrub( or tree) to Multiflora Rose? Thanks again!
Are you looking for evergreen, deciduous, woody plants or herbaceous? The fact that it is shaded all day is going to make it tough finding something that will grow quickly and produce an adequate screen. How thick does it need to be?
This is a horrible painful bush. I remember my neighbor had a hedge of them in the 1960s. The birds are planting them in my yard all the time.
It is one that grabs a hold and won't let go! Fighting it is a never ending battle.
We have a VERY steep bank approx 50 yards down to the lake. Originally it had large trees and undergrowth but we removed most of that when developing the property to be able to have water view. We left 5 of the largest trees and have spent 2 years trying to get rid of random weeds and shrubs. Now we have a problem with erosion in one area. We have been considering planting this along the erosion area. Advice???? Other options? Mid Alabama. Many deer.
Fighting that kind of erosion is going to be tough. You removed the stuff that was already holding the soil in place and getting something else to grow there fast enough to hold the soil will be an uphill battle. Planting the invasive multiflora rose is not an option in my opinion as it is one, invasive, and two, listed as a noxious weed in Alabama so it is supposed to be removed and not planted. One option might be trumpet creeper as it will spread quickly and has explosive growth. Ninebark is a shrub that may work - it has a huge root system and is used to stabilize stream banks. You may also try contacting your NRCS or Extension office as they might have experience with similar sites.
@wyrdscynce Not native to the state of Alabama or anywhere in the southeast.
@wyrdscynce I never advocate planting species outside of their native ranges as that is how we end up with more problem species. Willowherb looks like it has the potential to spread beyond the place of planting so I would steer clear of it in this situation.
I was wondering what this terrible plant was. I rent an apartment with a ditch behind me full of invasive weeds and trees. I'm actively trying to replace invasive weeds with native plants...just because gardening makes me happy a I want to improve where I live. This junk is everywhere 😢
Awesome for trying to make that plant community better! There is no shortage of multiflora rose, it seems to be everywhere.
Please consider a video on removing Chinese Praying Mantid egg sacs from gardens. I did because they decimated Bumblebee population in my garden and a Carolina Mantid came in!!❤
I have a wooded area right next to my front yard and this stuff is growing all over everything. I am concerned about it spreading and taking over my property. It grows all over my town. You can smell it while driving in the car.
Your concern is well warranted - it will spread. Getting control of it quickly is about the only option. I recommend talking to your local extension office about control methods.
@@BackyardEcology It’s on township property. I’ve contacted them about fallen trees, etc. in the past and I hate to say the guys they send out are not really into work. More into standing around leaning on shovels. So they just do as little effort as possible and leave asap. There real is a massive amount. I’ll look int the extension route.
@@dirtylemon3379 MFR is listed as a noxious weed in many areas so they may have to control it if it is on public land. Worth looking into. Good Luck!
@@BackyardEcology ✅ Thanks.
I have never seen it grow wildly
Multiflora rose is everywhere in eastern NA. There are fields where it is about the only shrub growing because has crowded everything else out.
@@BackyardEcology I grow knockouts around my house and have never seen them spread. They are pretty and bloom for months and months with low maintenance
Knockouts are a hybrid shrub rose, different thing than Rosa multiflora. Multiflora is the main host for a disease called rose rosette disease which absolutely hammers knockout roses. Basically impossible to grow a knockout rose in my area due to the amount of Rosa multiflora - the knockouts are dead in a couple of years from RRD. @@davidschultz2198
Oh, whew! Great info. Thanks!
Why do so many invasive plants wake up from dormancy so early, or skip it altogether? Native plants must have this dormancy timing for a reason, right? It boggles my mind that early emerging is so advantageous, yet none of the natives do it!
There are probably many variables that go into it. There are some native species that have similar growth habits such as coral honeysuckle, Lonicera sempervirens which tends to hold leaves late and have an early bud break. Our coral honeysuckle vines usually have leaves well into November and are leafing back out by mid February.
I have a big bush of the all white cluster ones. I took a pic but i can't add it. So is this bad?
It sounds like multiflora rose, but if you can take a pic to your local agricultural extension office to confirm. If it is multiflora rose best to deal with it quickly before it gets too well established.
@@BackyardEcology thank you
Maybe rose rosette disease will help get rid of it?
While multiflora rose is highly susceptible to rose rosette and it can kill some plants, it has not been found to be a limiting agent over the long haul. Rose rosette has been in North America since the 1940s and multiflora rose has certainly spread far and wide since then.
@@BackyardEcology
I see it more these days in central Ohio. I was just hoping it would help out with it. It would also be bad for the native roses though.
@@scottmurdoch7750 It is much mire prevalent in some areas than it use to be. It also does effect the MFR, it just doesn't seem to hurt it enough to control it. Our native roses can also get it and it effects them to varying degrees. It seems to hit the garden hybrid tea roses and knockout roses quite hard.
one night i went around a gravel turn and slid off the steep road bank that was covered in this stuff. I had to crawl in the dark through the briars to lock in the wheels. It was rough. Last thing you want to crash in is this sticker bush