Rose photo courtesy of CCCaf

Sweet Hips in foreground, Rugosa Alba in back. Two of my 3 very favorite plants (the other is Fru Dagmar Hastrup). With all rugosas, get them on their own roots and prune drastically in late winter, to about 2 inches, to keep them neat. Otherwise they can get scraggly. Springdale, Arkansas Sept 2023

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Rose photo courtesy of CCCaf

First hip August 2023, Springdale, AR.

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Rose photo courtesy of CCCaf

Springdale AR Late summer 2023

Uploaded 1 OCT 23

Rose photo courtesy of CCCaf

Eating first hip August 2023 after planting bareroot in early spring. Tastes good - similar to the hips of Fru Dagmar Hastrup. Be sure to remove fuzzy seeds. I do have several other rugosas for cross pollination and Sweet Hips now has more green hips forming nicely than the others even though it is a younger plant than some of the others (although I did move the others to a new home.)

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