dog roses

[daveandtara]

i would love to have a rambling dog rose in my garden, preferably one that i could use the rosehips to make syrup or wine with.
does anyone know a good variety or where i might get one from?
thanks, Tara xx

[daveandtara]

[Icyberjunkie]

No can't help but will certainly watch for the answers for I love the country 'cottage-ness' of them as well.

[undercarriage plan]

Hey you all!! Well, as Eric knows, I'm big rose fan, black spot and all!! I've found these little darlings in my "Big, grown up" rose book-;
Rosa corymbifera -single white/pink flowers and orangey red hips.
Rosa glauca - pink flowers, purplish red hips
Rosa eglanteria - Sweet briar, pink fragrant flowers, orangey red hips, best as hedging
Rosa nutkana - single, fragrant pink flowers, red round hips.

There's quite a list here, can't vouch for them as have small garden, but if you'd like the full list, pm me and I'll send it to you.
There is one Rosa palustris...... Eric  ;D Lottie

[redimp]

During September to November go walking with your secateurs.  Cut off a few stems where this years joins last years.  Take off leaves and branches and trim down to length of about 4-5 buds.  Here methods differ.  I bury with the top most tips poking above the soil and wait for spring to happen - I get about 50% success this way but do it in pots, not the ground so frost gets some I think.  I have read you can tie a bundle together and bury on their side in a trench.  In the spring they should be dug up again and planted with the new top growth poking above the soil.  Remember to cut a straight edge at the top and a diagonal one at the bottom so you know which way is up.