{"id":18765,"date":"2020-04-30T19:23:42","date_gmt":"2020-04-30T18:23:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/?p=18765"},"modified":"2020-04-30T19:23:42","modified_gmt":"2020-04-30T18:23:42","slug":"roses-for-good-hips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenerstips.co.uk\/blog\/gardening\/tips\/roses-for-good-hips\/","title":{"rendered":"Roses for Good Hips"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Some gardeners say the best hips are produced by species roses. Here are some Hips Tips<\/strong> that I have discovered over the years.<\/p>\n

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  1. Rugarosa for big juicy spherical hips<\/li>\n
  2. Birds adore the red, egg-shaped hips of the wild dog rose Rosa canina which are also good for cooking.<\/li>\n
  3. Masses of orange-red hips adorn the rampant rambler Rosa filipes ‘Kiftsgate’. It needs a large tree or building to grow over\u00c2\u00a0 as does Rambling Rector.<\/li>\n
  4. Rosa ‘Madame Gr\u00c3\u00a9goire Staechelin’ is a glorious climber with huge hips that turn from yellow to pinkish-red.<\/li>\n
  5. The Scotch rose, Rosa spinosissima is a\u00c2\u00a0 very prickly species rose with purplish-black hips<\/li>\n
  6. Bristly, urn-shaped, dark red hips hang on the arching stems of Rosa setipoda, make a striking autumn feature.<\/li>\n
  7. Hips vary in shape and colour with Rosa moyesii Evesbatch having long elongated hips and Rosa pimpinellifolia round black hips.<\/li>\n
  8. Rosa villosa has gooseberry like hips whilst for small, orange-red hips try Rosa ‘Fru Dagmnar Hastrup’ that look like cherry tomatoes.<\/li>\n
  9. The fatter and juicier the hip the better they make rose hip syrup.<\/li>\n
  10. As a child we used to break open the hip and push seed down the back of friends shirts to cause itching. I haven’t tried that for 60 years or so! but I still get the itch.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    A few\u00c2\u00a0 older shrub roses that are recommended by the RHS:<\/strong><\/p>\n