permaculture

["Sharon Gordon" <gordonse@one.net>]

A disease resistant, more drought resistant, antique rose (Rosa) on its own
roots with good rose hips(hips vary in size from the size a small pea to
that of a small apple) might be a solution.  They have food, medicinal,
garden, and decorative functions.

*Food*
(Don't eat the seed hairs. Avoid the white part of the petal bottom which
tends to be bitter.)
Dried herb, plain or in spice mixtures.
Dried fruit soups in winter.
Petals in salads, soups, desserts(cake, mediterranean sweets, sorbet), and
rice/grain dishes.
Petals crystalized
Fruit or petals in jams, jellies
Fruit in pies
Grind seed(but not the seed hairs) and add to flours(adds to Vitamin E).
Tea(leaves, petals, hips, some twigs)
Young tips and buds as cooked greens or added to soups
Young shoots peeled and eaten raw like carrot sticks

*Medicinal*
Very high in several nutients especially Vitamins A, C, E; essential fatty
acids, flavanoids
High vitamin syrup.
Astringent uses.
Pain and fever reliever
Anti-cancer
Menstruation improver
Childbirth
Infertility
Hair restorative
Aromatherapy
For variety of digestive, intestinal, kidney problems.
As external wash for wounds, eye infections, and skin care.
Athletes foot
Poultice for bee stings
Cardiovascular system improver
Seed oil for skin: skin cream, scars, burns

*Garden*
Hedge types as fence, or wind shelter
Draws birds, butterflies, bees
Ones with especially good root systems good for soil stabilization
Ones that sucker well stabilize sand
Some types salt tolerant

*Decorative*
Plant is attractive.
Good flowers for arrangements
Branches of ripe hips good for arrangements
Scent soap, perfumes and other toiletries, pot-pourri
Petals make beads for jewelry.
Dyes: brown, orange
Stems in basketry (strip thorns)
Root/thick stem in decorative woodworking and turned wood vessels

Sharon
gordonse@one.net