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.
Scobrosa in flower with its hips
Chesnut Shaped Hips on Rosa Stellata Mirifica
Black hips. Rosa pimpinellifolia
Flagon shaped hips – Rosa Moyesii
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COLOUR
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HIGHLY FRAGRANT
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AWARD WINNING
GIFT IDEAS
BREEDER
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A.k.a Rosa x alba 'Alba Semi-Plena'. The White Rose of York. Semi-double, fragrant pure white blooms. Strong growth with grey-green foliage. Polished red hips in the autumn. Grown for Attar in Bulgaria. Summer flowering. Size: 2m x 1.5m. -
Clusters of small pale pink flowers with a white centers. Very floriferous. Small red hips in the autumn. Long flowering season. Slight scent. Size:1.2m x 90cm. -
Clear bright salmon pink double blooms are arranged in small clusters. Strong myrrh fragrance. Thorny with a mid-green foliage. Summer flowering. Decorative orange hips in autumn. Good in most soils and aspects. Size: 1.5m x 1m. -
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Large double magenta-pinkblooms. Spicy scent. Very healthy. Repeat flowering. Sometimes produces large red fruit with the later blooms. Size: 1.8m x 1.6m. -
Large pure white semi-double fragrant blooms. Excellent disease-resistant foliage. Forms a dense shrub. Useful for hedging. Perpetual flowering. Size:1.8m x 1.5m. -
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Dainty Bess is a single flowered hybrid Tea of Sophistication. Large blooms of silvery pink with maroon stamens. Sweetly scented. Dark green leathery leaves. Vigorous upright habit. Perpetual flowering. Size.90cm x 60cm. -
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Large single blooms of dusky crimson offset by golden anthers with a strong fragrance. The flowers are borne in clusters amidst dark green foliage. Repeat flowering. Size 90cm x 90cm. -
Single blooms in clusters of cream laced with pink. Eye-catching claret colour stems. Vigorous growth with dark foliage. Perpetual flowering. Size:90cm x 90cm.
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Unique 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. -
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Rose of The Year for 2015. Single pink blooms of pink/apricot/salmon with a distinctive dark central eye. Very free flowering. Shiny disease resistant foliage. Nice lemony fragrance. Continuous flowering. Size:0.9m x 0.9m. -
Francesca has loose nodding semi-double blooms of apricot fading to cream. Beautiful pointed buds. Dark green foliage. Scented. Perpetual flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2. -
Clusters of full pale pink with a hint of salmon blooms. Pleasing fragrance. Leathery grey foliage on an arched bushy shrub. Very Healthy. Summer flowering. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m. -
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A.k.a Frau Dagmar Hartopp. Large single clear pink blooms. A strong scent. Compact growth. Good autumn foliage. Large red round fruit. Perpetual flowering. Very healthy. Size:1.2m x 1.2m. -
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Golden Wings is dainty but strong. Large single primrose yellow blooms emerge from lovely pointed buds. Scented. Size 120 x 150cm. -
Grouse is a densely growing very vigorous ground cover rose. Single pink to white blooms. Strongly scented. Excellent glossy healthy foliage. Summer flowering. Short unless given support. Size: 60cm x 3m. -
Double blooms of cerise-purple. Sweet spicy scent. Large round red fruits in autumn. Healthy leathery foliage. Good for hedging. Almost identical to Roseraie de l'Hay, this would make a good substitute. Repeat flowering. Size: 1.8m x 1.5m. -
a.k.a Rosa helenae. The huge clusters of oval red fruits are outstanding and follow a display of small white single fragrant flowers in June. Strong growth with grey-green foliage. Summer Flowering. Size 6m x 4.5m. -
A recent addition to the Gallicas, one of a few introduced during the 20th century. Large, flat, blooms of rich bright crimson with contrasting golden stamens. Sweet fragrance. Profuse summer flowering. Healthy, bushy growth. Size: 1.5m x 1.2m. -
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Named after the Norwegian explorer and just as tough. This violet-pink, semi-double Rugosa has charming yellow stamens. Ideal to be trained as a hedge, with its welcoming scent. Smaller in foliage and stature than most Rugosas. Repeats. Size 1.2 x 1.2m. -
Extremely rampant rambler bearing huge trusses of small single creamy flowers. Strong fragrance. Summer flowering. Suitable for growing into a tree, as seen famously in Kiftsgate Court Gardens. Red hips in autumn. Size:9m x 6m. -
Bred by Canadian 'Bugnet' for extreme winter hardiness. This virtually thornless Rugosa has a compact , upright habit. Pleasant wrinked foliage. Delightful purple streaked buds open to reveal pure white double blooms. Size 1.2m x 1m -
Large pink semi-double blooms. A tall dense well- foliated shrub. Fragrant. Summer flowering sometimes has a later flush. Size:2.1m x 2.1m. -
a.k.a Spanish Beauty. Large pale pink blooms with deeper veining. Very prolific in bloom. Delicious fragrance. Flowers early summer. Hips in autumn. Vigorous. Size: 4.5m x 3.6m. (Mme Gregoire Staechelin) -
A super rose in all respects. Large, single flowers of soft apricot in clusters. Dark green foliage and dark chocolate brown stems. Continuous flowering. Size: 90cm x 90cm.
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Large fully double blooms of salmon pink with a yellow base. Fragrant. A sturdy shrub with glossy leaves. Perpetual flowering. Size:1.8m x 1.2m. -
Pleine de Grace is a gently arching rambler, with well-formed pure white clusters of single flowers. It can be grown as a tall shrub or left to ramble with support. Orange hips follow in Autumn. Its dazzling blooms make it a perfect choice for pollinating insects. Size 3.5m x 2m -
Rambling Rector has masses of small semi-double highly fragrant white blooms. Very vigorous growth. Summer flowering. Requires room to flourish, as it can grow to 6m x 4.5m -
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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. -
A large shrub of upright growth but with arching side shoots smothered with pale yellow single blooms in May. Orange red hips in autumn. Spring flowering. Size :2.0m x 1.5m. Perfect for pollinators -
Rosa davidii has small pink flowers with golden stamens in the center. It's well regarded as one of the best wild roses to grow for hips, which are flagon shaped in a reddish orange colour. Size: 1.5m x 1m -
Fairly large pure white single blooms on a vigorous shrub with very distinct grey-green foliage. Virtually thornless. Sweetly scented. Summer flowering. Size : 1.8m x 1.2m. -
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a.k.a Threepenny Bit Rose, Rosa elegantula 'Persetosa'. Tiny lilac pink flowers in abundance on a very graceful shrub with bristly stems. Ferny foliage turns purple in autumn with bright orange hips. Summer flowering. Size:1.5m x 1.5m. -
A vigorous shrub with fine purple green foliage. The single carmine pink flowers are followed by very decorative flagon-shaped hips. Summer flowering. Size:2m x 2m.
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An exceptionally vigorous rambler. Huge sprays of single white scented blooms. Polished almost evergreen foliage. Tiny orange-red hips. Summer flowering. Size:6m x 6m. -
The authentic Musk Rose. Thought to be 'Shakespeare's Musk'. Clusters of highly fragrant single white flowers . Strong growth,grey-green foliage. Starts flowering July but continues until September. Makes a short climber or large shrub. Size:3.0m x 1.8m. -
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a.k.a. Princess of Nassau. Clusters of semi-double cream flowers emerge from red tinged buds. Plentiful light green foliage. Flowers from July to September. Strong fragrance. A good shorter climber. Size: 3.0m x 2.5m. -
a.k.a Persian Musk Rose. Small, single white flowers in clusters. Strong fragrance. Pale green foliage. Vigorous growth. Repeat flowering. Size 4m x 3m. -
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Sent from China by Wilson. Single crimson-red blooms with creamy stamens produced on a large shrub. Ornamental flagon-shaped hips in autumn. Summer flowering. Size:3m x 2.4m. -
Single geranium red blooms with creamy stamens. Flagon-shaped hips. Vigorous growth. Healthy and hardy. Summer flowering. Size:2.4m 1.5m. -
A large shrub bearing single flowers of deep pink. Ornamental flagon-shaped hips in the autumn which last well into the winter. Summer flowering. Size:2.4m x 2.0m.
