The popular label is wrong. Under a rose bloom, the sharp hook that catches your sleeve is usually a prickle, not a thorn. That distinction is not botanical pedantry: a thorn is a modified stem, whereas a rose prickle is an outgrowth of epidermal and cortical tissue. Pull it sideways. It often snaps free far more easily than a true thorn.That small correction changes how you see the plant. You are...More