Today (Saturday 03/10/2018), I monitored our group's five Multiflora rose (Rosa multiflora) shrubs at the Radford Bike Path site in Radford, Virginia. Throughout the week, we have seen mostly gray skies and even some scattered snow flurries with temperatures ranging from the low 30s to low 50s with a forecast of snow, up to 6 inches, later on in the week. Today was overcast and cool with a high of 51 and a low of 35. Compared to last week, all 5 plants had a fewer number of breaking leaf buds, as most leaves have unfolded to expose visible leaf stalks. While more leaves have emerged on all the bushes, the majority of them were still small and increasing in size being, in most cases, approximately 25%-49% of the size they will be when fully grown. Because of this, most bushes still have leaves only covering around 25%-49% of total potential canopy space with the exception of one who's leaves are small but are appearing in bigger clusters than the others (covering approximately 50%-74% of total canopy space). Two of the five plants were bearing ripe fruit, however the fruits appeared to be more withered than they were during last weeks monitoring. (Post by T. Thompson)
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