The Multiflora Rose came from places like Korea, China, Japan and Asia just like our most beloved Kudzu and Mimosa trees. We would rather see multiflora roses gathered more often outside of our meadow fences. The flowers are very fragrant during the spring months when they bloom and have the bees going nuts.
These plants have "rose hips" that contain tons of vitamin c to those who make tea and other stuff out of it. It's even beautiful during the fall and winter months when rose hips are purplish and red.
The blooms on the multiflora roses vary from white, pink and purplish pink and they are considered very noxious by the state of Alabama. They aren't too much of a threat among the soil or anything. They love crawling along the roadways from the northern most of the state to the farthest pan-handle.
You can make rosehip jams, jellies, teas and all sorts of stuff from the hips during the fall-winter months. There are tons of recipes online that you can follow to make the stuff with. I really enjoy writing these blogs. It is really peaceful thoughts to think about a wild rose and something in my environment that can relate to someone else whether it is a person from Japan, Korea, or China or my next door neighbor. I am going to give you some links for the rosehip recipes, I haven't tried anything but the raw ones. I don't think you are supposed to eat them, (but I did) They taste cherrish and citrus flavored.
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