Here are a list of roses we recommend to use for attractive hips. Often overlooked, many species and old roses, have some amazing variations. Their shapes can be plump and round like the Rugosas or even flagon shaped like Rosa moyseii. Colours often start out green then change to reds/ oranges or even black. Remember they are not just pretty to look at, they are edible too. They can be dried for teas, or even boiled with sugars to create tasty syrups. Our top edible varieties include Rugosa’s such as Roseraie de l’Hay, Hansa, Scabrosa, Rugosa ‘Alba’ and Fru Dagmar Hastrup.
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Out of stockVery large reddy mauve blooms. Enormous large red hips in the Autumn. Good scent. Excellent healthy foliage. Recurrent flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.2m.
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a.k.a The Field Rose, or 'Shakespeare's Musk'. A vigorous trailing or rambling rose. Masses of single, white (2cm diameter) blooms in clusters or individually with a strong, musky scent. Slender, glaucous, purple stems. Summer flowering only. Small, round red hips follow. Very shade tolerant. Size 250 x 200cm.
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Out of stockA.k.a Rosa spinosissima 'Mary Queen of Scots'. Smothered in small beautiful semi-double blooms of lilac pink with paler edges and reverse to the petal. Dense prickly growth with dark green foliage. Maroon hips in autumn. Spring flowering. Size 90cm x 90cm.
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Out of stockA.k.a Rosa spinosissima 'Double White'. Small globular pure white blooms. Dense prickly rounded growth with dainty small leaves. An excellent variety. Will grow in most soils. Spring flowering. Size:1.2 x 1.2m.
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Out of stockUnique beauty. Single blooms of cerise pink paling to ivory white in the centre with prominent stamens. Very healthy. A good autumn rose. Continuous flowering. Size:1.2m x 1.2m.