Rose Hips in an English Country Garden
by Carla Parris
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Rose Hips in an English Country Garden
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Carla Parris
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Photograph - Digital Photograph
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ROSE HIPS IN AN ENGLISH COUNTRY GARDEN is a digital photograph by Carla Parris.
These beautiful rosehips were photographed in an English cottage style country garden at Leeds Castle, near Maidstone, outside London, in the district of Kent which is known as "the garden of England."
Rose hips are the fleshy fruits of roses that are the pods containing the seeds, or achenes. Their resemblance to crabapples is not surprising, as roses are in the same family, botanically, as apples and crabapples.
Although all roses can produce rose hips, these large rose hips are likely from a rugosa, or a hansa.
Rose hips are produced after the flower has faded and lost its petals. The production of rose hips requires pollination, so plants with open faced flowers that are easily accessible to bees are the most likely to produce these beautiful seed pods. Most rose hips appear in the autumn.
Rose hips are replete with vitamin C and bioflavonoids. When boiled, they produce a syrup which can be used in jams, jellies, and other foods. During World War II, the British were encouraged by their government to harvest and consume rose hips for nutritional purposes.
I love English gardens, and luscious, fragrant English roses are certainly a key feature of these gardens during the summer when the roses are in full bloom. However, in a September visit to England, I discovered the autumn beauty of roses, as well, when lovely rose hips such as those pictured here add their own unique beauty to the jumble of colors, shapes, and textures which characterize English country gardens.
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September 25th, 2014
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