Rosa laevigata 25/12 Restock The common name century plant

The common name century plant nods to the long wait for bloom: after years

Among the wild irises of North America

the spring flowers feed bees either way

when the twiggy shrub disappears under rounded clusters of small golden flowers

and in traditional Chinese medicine the dried immature fruit and peel

Rosa laevigata 25/12 Restock The common name century plantWe have discontinued the propagation of this plant due to extensive documentation of invasive growth across the southeast. This page serves as a reference. In every thicket where she rambles, Rosa laevigatathe Cherokee Rosecarries the weight of a story larger than herself. Though her roots lie in the southern reaches of China, she has become so deeply embedded in the soil of the American South that few recall she is not native to it. Her legend,