Backyard Foraging by Ellen Zachos

Author:Ellen Zachos
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: edible plants, foragers, forage, weeds, edible, flowers, mushrooms, ornamental, plants, yard, neighborhood, identification, safe, backyard
Publisher: Storey Publishing, LLC
Published: 2013-04-04T04:00:00+00:00

Pick rose hips after they’ve turned red and before they start to wrinkle. If you can wait until after a frost, they’ll be sweeter. Hips can be frozen until you have time to work with them.

All roses grow best in full sun and well-drained soil. Good air circulation helps keep foliar diseases at bay. Rugosa rose is especially disease resistant and also salt tolerant, making it a useful planting along roads and beaches.

Bright red rose hips are especially ornamental in winter.

How to Harvest

Harvesting both flowers and fruit from the same rose is tricky, but it can be done. While it’s possible to remove only the petals from a flower, leaving the center of the rose behind to form fruit, remember that it’s the petals that attract pollinators. Without petals, the flower may not be appealing enough to lure the essential bee. You’re better off harvesting every second or third flower for petals, leaving the rest behind to form fruit.

Pick flowers just after they’ve opened, while petals are still firm and fresh. Trim off the white ends of each petal (where they joined the base of the flower); these can be bitter.

Pick rose hips after they’ve turned red and before they start to wrinkle. If you can wait until after a frost, they’ll be sweeter. Hips can be frozen until you have time to work with them.

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