One of my Mother's Day plants...Rose Therese Bugnet

thornless?

It's odd, Bik. I had a R. Therese Bugnet in my last garden...it was so large and covered with spines...not just thorns..that I didn't even try to lift it when it was time to move. It was dangerous to deadhead. This rose, however, is, as you observed, almost thornless. I think this may be a different rose...it has lovely flowers with a gorgeous scent...but it is not as close to the rugosa as my previous specimen. Time will tell. At present it is being consumed by beetles. I squish all I can find three or four times a day...but they are very mobile. Standing in the garden I can hear them buzzing past on their way to chew my pretty plants....they are not in the least choosy...I've found them on daisies, evening primrose, and vervain...and my precious rose. The battle continues...

you mean those green ones?

i think I have a pic that I took last year...will have to post..when I can find it!

ok lori

found it...and my brain finally started working...they are Rose Chafers... nasty little blighters...chew my lovely rose blossoms to bits. I have spray the roses with soapy water frequently to discourage them...as soon as the foliage drys they return! I won't use insecticide so it's Squish, squish, squish. Yucky!

that happens every were.