Best roses for tasty tea hips?
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11 years ago
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Tessiess, SoCal Inland, 9b, 1272' elev
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Best OGRS/Species for Rose Hip Production
Comments (10)I haven't ever eaten a rosehip before so I have no idea which hips are the tastiest, but I do know of several that make plump hips. As others have mentioned, alba Semiplena produces smooth hips in good numbers. Also, r. eglanteria makes loads of hips, as does r. pomifera. Be forewarned about r. eglanteria....it makes a MASSIVE, thorny shrub. Even here in zone 4 it is 10 feet tall and wide....by far the largest rosebush I know of here. No kidding, my husband had to get out his chainsaw to help me prune the older canes on it! It has loads of thorns, too. The leaves do smell like apples, though, especially after it rains. Of course there are the rugosas with their large, tomato-like hips. R. canina also makes good rosehips. I can vouch that birds absolutely love the hips of r. pomifera because they devour them soon after they turn red. I'm not a bird, but it seems THEY think those are some pretty tasty hips. If you look at my picture of r. pomifera you will see how plump and large the hips are. They are wonderful. Celeste r. eglanteria..... flowers: The hips of r. POMIFERA....... r. CANINA........See MoreBest tasting rose hips
Comments (9)My best tasting rose hips for fresh eating are Rosa californica 'First Dawn' and Rosa canina 'Laxa'. The FD hips are small and chewy, about the consistency of dried apricots and also tangy but milder in flavor. The dog rose hips I tried when they were green--ugh, tasted like cardboard. But when ripe they are also chewy and tangy like FD's but around 3 times bigger. Both roses produce hundreds of hips. Their hips are "meatier" than some other roses (meaning not much fuzzy stuff inside). R. canina 'Laxa' is a once bloomer. FD repeats throughout the year. R. spinosissima also has tasty hips. Not quite as good as the other two and smaller than either. The Gift (white polyantha) produces lots of even smaller hips that have fairly good flavor. The small size is a drawback. R. primula produces hundreds of hips each year. Medium size. Blah tasting IMHO. However, wild creatures treat them like candy. R. alabukensis sets a big crop of large hips for a species. Not much flavor. Cassie sets a bazillion hips. Unfortunately they are so teensy I haven't even attempted eating. R. pomifera (the apple rose) is arriving soon. It is raised for its hips in Europe for eating. Funny thing I was just out walking the dogs with my neighbor, and we were discussing trying various rose hips in tea to see which taste the best. Both Rosa californica 'First Dawn' and R. canina are loaded right now, so they will be the initial volunteers. The Greenmantle website has a lot of info about using various parts of roses for food, perfume, etc. Scroll down on the link below for recipes and roses used. Melissa Here is a link that might be useful: Rose petals perfume, potpourri + hip recipes...See Moregood tasting rose hips
Comments (7)Strawberry, Had to immediately run to the the kitchen, turn my stash of tea cannister upside down on the counter and search for the Meyer Lemon from months ago. Ahhh, that's good and sour to clean the gills, whatever that means. Over last summer I collected lavender to make sachets ; just the lavender stalks broken up with half a Stash peppermint tea bag mixed together oddly came out smelling like vanilla had been added, incredibly nice ! -Too late to retrieve my Stash tea box from the community center, I better go buy more peppermint. I didn't know it was so high in demand, and didn't know any men besides Jean Luc Picard drink tea. Photo is of a wildflower; "butter cups" grow in the Washington woods before any other flowers come up in Spring. Now that there are few undeveloped woods close by, few childhood wildflowers appear. My son hikes through Idaho with his camera and gets some photos meaningful to me. Breaks over, back to sewing the baby dress....See MoreNeed help with roses for tea
Comments (3)Rugosa roses and some hybrid rugosas make abundant hips, some which come the size of nice sized crab apples. They grow without spraying very well in zone 6. I believe they would be your best bet. Moses...See Morenorthspruce
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