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[Spidra Webster <spidra@speakeasy.net>]

I bought a rosa rugosa "Wild Spice" hoping that a rugosa rose would be 
a good choice for hips.  The hips are very pretty but really full of 
seeds. More seeds than flesh.  I'm beginning to think I should have 
bought a rosa canina, but I have not been able to find a mail order 
source for them.

Do folks here have experience with growing roses for hips?  Which 
varieties would you recommend?  I'm in Berkeley, CA and the wind whips 
a fair bit around here.  Not too much heat.

I'm interested in using the hips for medicine, tea, and Swedish 
nypponsoppa.


Spidra Webster
USDA Zone 9b. Sunset Zone 17.
Berkeley, CA "Athens of the West"