10 thoughts on “Wordless Wednesday – Wrinkled Rose”

  1. Chloris
    October 8, 2014

    They look like the nice fat hips of Rosa rugosa. Lovely!

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    • croftgarden
      October 10, 2014

      I only have one small plant which struggles to survive, but it does produce a few hips each year.
      I think you got my pun too – rugosus meaning wrinkled.

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      • Chloris
        October 10, 2014

        Yes, but it took me a minute or two to work it out!

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        • croftgarden
          October 10, 2014

          I knew you would get it – good gardeners are usually classical scholars and botanists by default.

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  2. Cathy
    October 8, 2014

    Hopefully I will have some of those next year too!

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    • croftgarden
      October 10, 2014

      I’m sure you will – probably enough for gallons of syrup when they start rampaging through your garden!

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      • Cathy
        October 10, 2014

        You are filling me with a sense of foreboding, Christine….

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        • croftgarden
          October 11, 2014

          I did try to hint that R.rugosa can have thuggish tendencies. It produces runners which seem can wander a considerable distance and if not controlled can be invasive. It’s not too bad if they appear in the grass then they can just be mown, but elsewhere can create problems. There may be cultivars which are better behaved. It is a lovely rose and I wouldn’t be without it, but it has been planted by the road in a spot where it can be contained.

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          • Cathy
            October 11, 2014

            Oh the hint was noted, but they were already ordered at that point 😉 I have ordered Alba, Agnes and Hansa

          • croftgarden
            October 12, 2014

            I am sure you are a match for any garden thug!

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