Briar
Make Question.com your homepage
Can't find what you want? Ask your question here ...
Green Briar
By Engels
Green Briar (Smilax Rotundifolia) - A high climbing species with large, thin, and nearly round leaves. The stems are angular and the prickles stout, scattered, and sometimes a little curved.
Sweetbriar Rose, Eglantine Rose RO-za eg-lan-TER-i-a
Deciduous shrub, erect, to 8 ft (2.4 m), dense, much-branched, stems armed with large oval-based, recurved prickles ("thorns").
Roemer Sensitive Briar, Catclaw, Sensitive Briar,Roemer
Species:
Schrankia roemeriana ...
Although thorns and briars pose no problems to them, the fibrous or fuzzy foliage of ferns, ornamental grasses, tarragon and wormwood (Artemesia), lamb's ears (Stachys) and borage-family plants like bugloss (Anchusa), borage, heliotrope, ...
'Anne of Geierstein' is a hardy Sweet Briar rose which produces semi-double, dark red blooms with white-gold stamens. Foliage is lightly scented. Blooms during the summer. Tolerates shade and should be lightly pruned. Makes an excellent hedge.
The French breeder Joseph Pernet-Ducher initiated the first class of roses to include genes from the old Austrian briar rose (Rosa foetida) with his 1900 introduction of 'Soleil d'Or.
Austrian Copper Briar (Rosa foetida 'Bicolor')
Austrian Copper Rose (Rosa foetida 'Bicolor')
Autumn Elaeagnus (Elaeagnus umbellata)
Autumn Joy Stonecrop (Sedum 'Autumn Joy')
Autumn Moor Grass (Sesleria autumnalis)
Autumn Olive (Elaeagnus umbellata) ...
Rubus, from the Latin, "bramble, briar"
parviflorus, from the Latin parvus, "small, little, insignificant," and florus, "bloom or flower"; hence, "small flowered".
Thimbleberry, from the shape of the fruit.
Similar Species: Littleleaf Sensitive-briar (Mimosa microphylla) which is well known for it's leaves that react to touch by folding the leaflets has larger pink flowers is found in our area and nearly identical to it is Nuttall's Sensitive-briar ...
Because Isaiah compared evil transformed into goodness to briars transformed into myrtle [Isa 55:13] it is said that Zeresh the evil wife of Haman was the briar and Esther the myrtle; ...
When I think of hawthorns, a dense tangle of impassable briars and the sweeping horizontal branches that embody the prairie landscape comes to mind.
Competition from weeds (especially woody weeds such as blackberry, briar rose and willows).
Frequent fire.
Grazing by domestic stock.
Clearing of habitat on private land.
This method also works for: Alba, Centifolia, Damask, Gallica, Hybrid Musk, Moss, Scots and Sweet Briar groups; which includes the cultivars 'Charles de Mills' and 'William Lobb'.
Repeat-flowering shrub roses ...
Bok Tower Gardens Mini-tour
A Spring Break in Steve's Garden
Briarpatch Field Trips Menu ...
Weeds that have not gone to seed can be added to the compost pile. Weeds with large storage roots like nutsedge, Florida betony or greenbriar should be left out and dried in the sun before composting to reduce their chances of survival.
Other plants that may be grown for their scent are the Monarda or Bergamot with its scarlet flowers and scented leaves; Balm with its delightfully lemon scented foliage; Lavender; the Lemon-scented Verbena; Sweet Briar Roses; ...
The most valuable sort of Nettle in regard to length and suppleness is most common in the bottom of ditches, among briars and in shaded valleys, where the soil is a strong loam.
My affection and pleasure are everlasting; you are purity and sweetness; thou art all that is lovely. Sorrel (Rumex acetosa, Zone 4); perennial pea (Lathyrus latifolia, Zone 4); white lily (Lilium spp.); Austrian briar (Rosa foetida, Zone 4).
Tutsan, Stone Bramble, Stone Parsley, Strapwort, Strawberry Clover, Strawberry Tree, String Sedge, Suffocated Clover, Sulphur Cinquefoil, Sulphur Clover, Summer Snowflake, Sun Spurge, Swamp Meadow-grass, Swedish Whitebeam, Sweet Alison, Sweet Briar, ...
 See also: Green, May, Rose, Grass, Pink
|
