I have four rose bushes that didn’t die in 2011. Two of those make very large roses. The two climbers against the back fence may have a rose or not as they are still recovering from that bad summer. I have another climber on one of the brick walls and get a few large roses off that.
Tell me about rose hips when you have time. Exactly which part is it? It must be the center of the rose attached to the limb? What do you do with the rose hip? I know it has vitamin C. Do you make tea with it and how would you do that? I should already know this but I don’t.
Here’s a link that has a nice picture and description of the rose hip. I also has some links for using them. I usually use mine in tea. The ones I have are from rosa rugosa and the hips range from peas size to the size of olives. I just crush them a bit and toss them in the tea ball along with the herbal tea that I am steeping.
http://www.ehow.com/how_6909669_dry-rose-hips.html