They vary from dull to bright red, minutely speckled. They usually mature in August or September. Annual fruit production starts at about five years and ordinarily is very heavy. Multiflora Rose Multiflora rose is a spreading shrub reaching a height of 10 feet or more. It has many large, drooping limbs or canes that occasionally climb trees.
Most plants have strong thorns, but some are thornless.
Usually nine oblong leaves occur on the main leaf stem. Abundant small, white flowers develop in clusters. The pea-size fruit is red or reddish orange. Multiflora rose spreads aggressively on bare or sparsely vegetated soils, such as roadsides, burned areas, or overgrazed pastures, but is less likely to germinate and survive in heavy sod of tall grass or weeds. It is an erect, multi-stemmed plant, with slightly drooping branches.