Many people think the rose that produces the best hips is the common wild rose, also known as the Dog Rose. The large hips are the ones prized for collecting for tea and other uses. If you notice the pods or hips on various rose types, some are very large while others are much smaller. It’s just that mostly Roses are grown from cuttings or, now, tissue culture, that we rarely think of growing Roses from seed. Oh, you didn’t realize Roses produce seed? Of course they do.
Now that we have determined Roses are a fabulous flower, some originating in the United States, wtih myriad uses, let’s concentrate on Rose Hips, the seed pods of the Rose. Here is further information on the Rose in Amercia from Texas A&M Horticulture. Fossilized remains from 35 million years ago have also been found in Montana and Oregon. It was then that a rose left its imprint on a slate deposit at Florissant, Colorado. In America, fossil evidence of the rose has been dated to some 40 million years ago. Here is a short article on some of the ancient history of the Rose. You can see the roses in the upper right of the picture.įrom that period forward to today, roses are evident in many cultures, including ancient Rome, Persia, India and China, to name just a few.
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