Or, at least some prickles. While wrapping some cuttings a little while ago, in preparation for a propagation demo for South Coast Rose Society on the 17th, I grabbed a cane from the Double White Banksiae out back. It bit me! I've found prickles on it before and thought this might make an interesting example of how even the most "prickle free" roses sometimes bite. It just isn't the nature of a rose NOT to have prickles. When one arises, it's the anomaly, not its real Nature. I believe this gives some credence to the thought our prickle free forms of Banksiae are likely ancient selections. Kim

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This post was edited by roseseek on Thu, Jan 3, 13 at 18:41