Sunday, December 23, 2007

cherokee rose

here is rosa laevigata in the family of roscaceae:

a beautiful rose, if you chance upon one in the wild i'd expect you to agree with me that it is breath-taking. when i found this plant, i spent a good ten minutes just staring at it, though the delicate scent played no small part in my lingering. this flower is slightly larger than the palm of my hand and a very pure white. it is perched gracefully upon a thorny vine that can climb quite high. the blooms are numerous. r. laevigata was introduced to the United States, but for my part, i welcome this plant.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Where did you find it?

sarab

afreeflyingsoul said...

just off of tank road on the way to chaple hill

Anonymous said...

this one make me smile
Kyla