rosehip
What Is a Rose Hip?
Rose hips are the fruit, or seed pods, of rose plants. They are usually red or orange but can be purple or black, and they typically ripen in the late summer or fall.
However, if you leave the spent flowers on the rose bush for winter, you should see these small, berry-sized, reddish seed balls left on the tips of the stems. They are ornamental, looking like small crabapples. Rose hips are edible and many birds enjoy them.
"..Unlike people, roses probably do not consider themselves as having a purpose in life. But if a rose bush did have a mission, I expect its greatest sense of achievement would come from creating, not just a whole lot of beautiful flowers, but the grand array of round, red rose hips which come after them....
Elderwoman. page 267
rosehip
What Is a Rose Hip?
Rose hips are the fruit, or seed pods, of rose plants. They are usually red or orange but can be purple or black, and they typically ripen in the late summer or fall.
However, if you leave the spent flowers on the rose bush for winter, you should see these small, berry-sized, reddish seed balls left on the tips of the stems. They are ornamental, looking like small crabapples. Rose hips are edible and many birds enjoy them.
"..Unlike people, roses probably do not consider themselves as having a purpose in life. But if a rose bush did have a mission, I expect its greatest sense of achievement would come from creating, not just a whole lot of beautiful flowers, but the grand array of round, red rose hips which come after them....
Elderwoman. page 267