Rosehips: Color lasts until winter

A rosehip is simply a faded rose. Strictly speaking, it's the aggregate fruit of roses, because botanically speaking, the actual fruits are the seeds inside. Some of the largest and most intensely colored rosehips can be found in autumn on the common wild dog rose (Rosa canina). Unlike many cultivated varieties, it has single flowers in pale pink to white and is found in gardens as well as in wild hedges or light woodlands. Depending on the rose species and variety, the color, size, and shape of the rosehips vary. Climbing rambler roses – from the English word "to ramble " – produce many small, oval fruits, while wild roses produce larger, elongated ones. The structure of a rosehip is always the same: a fleshy husk contains numerous seeds. Rosehips ripen in October but remain on the branches throughout the winter. Incidentally, one thing all rose varieties have in common is that the number of their petals is divisible by five. However, this can only be verified when they are in bloom.