Q: What is the ball-like structure that forms at the base of a spent rose bloom? Can I plant this? How do I root cuttings? - B.F., Houston A: The green balls are rose hips, the plant's seed pods. The ...

Jessica C. of Windsor asks: I have a few roses that produce many rose hips at this time of the year. Do you have any suggestions what I can do with them, culinary-wise? In late summer and early fall, ...

Rose hips are small and scattered, they take time to gather, and they may be on thorny bushes. But their pure, wild flavor are appreciated especially in winter. Rose hips are the fruits of the rose; ...

The parking lot of my local Shaw’s is swimming in rose hip bushes. All summer, I watched as their papery pink blossoms hardened into tiny fruits that ripened to deep, satisfying red. Each orb packs a ...

Most of us choose roses for their color, their scintillating scents or their fabulous forms. But have you sorted your roses by the subtle differences of their hips? Just as the scents and colors of ...

HEALDSBURG Rose Company holding year's last open garden Get your last rose fix for the season when Russian River Rose Company holds its final open garden day of the year on Nov. 15. At this time of ...

The rose has long been regarded as the “queen of flowers,” revered for its fragrance and beauty. But less lauded are the orange and red hips, or seedpods, that form after the flowers fade. And that’s ...

Rosa arkansana, one of several plants known as prairie roses in the United States, is native to 21 states (including Ohio) and grows primarily between the Rocky Mountains and the Appalachians, from ...