The wild Burnet Rose can be found growing on sand dunes round the coast of the British Isles.
A characteristic unique among wild roses are its purple-black hips.
Other wild roses have red or orange fruits .....
Leaves and hips, which have a distinct aromatic flavour, can be used to make Burnet Rose Tea
and Danish Burnet Rose Schnapps ......
The stems have a very large number of thorns resembling barbed wire .....
In summer the flowers are creamy white .....
Sometimes splashed with pink .....
Gulls waiting on the shore line .....
Pink Dog Rose and scarlet hips.
A powerful medicinal plant - syrup made from the fruit is rich in vitamin C .....
The name Dog Rose is thought to have been coined by the ancient Greeks,who believed the roots
could cure someone bitten by a mad dog. Later adopted by the Romans, "Rosa Canina" was subsequently translated directly into English .....
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Lovely roses! The rose hips are very pretty as well. Enjoy your weekend!
ReplyDeleteIt is interesting to see those pretty black rose hips having sharp thorns.Those white flowers are beautifully shunning!
ReplyDeleteHappy weekend to you,Ruby.
Hello, pretty images of the berries, flowers and the gulls on the beach. Thank you for linking up and sharing your critters. Happy Saturday, enjoy your weekend!
ReplyDeleteVery pretty an colourful flowers.
ReplyDeleteDear Ruby - The Burnet Rose delighted me with its dramatic change from the pure white maidens to the matured dark purple ladies. Both flowers and hips look so impressive.
ReplyDeleteYoko
I've never seen the Burnet rose before & it's black hips & wiry stems are fascinating!
ReplyDeleteRosa canina is abundant here & a favourite of mine! Beautiful photos!
Boa tarde, as suas imagens tem o dom de quem sbe fotografar bem, elas são belas com muita qualidade, encantam.
ReplyDeleteBom fim de semana,
AG
Dear,Ruma,
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Hello!:) Wonderful photography of my favourite flowers, even the wild rose is really pretty. We have a number of Dog Roses on the farm, but I never knew the origin of it's name, until I read it here. Lovely shot of the gulls too.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful photos and very interesting read too. I didn't know that was how the dog rose got its name. And I've never seen this particular wild rose.
ReplyDeleteGorgeous photos. May I make a little comment and say that the green script font is very hard to read. Otherwise your blog is lovely!
ReplyDeleteFantastic photos and close-ups. Thank you for always sharing with Today's Flowers, and enjoy your week :)
ReplyDeleteFantastic photos and close-ups. Thank you for always sharing with Today's Flowers, and enjoy your week :)
ReplyDeleteAll lovely photos ~ especially the black rose hips are fascinating ~
ReplyDeleteHave a great week ~ ^_^
Lovely shots. I have never seen black rose hips before.
ReplyDeleteBeautiful rose, and interesting one can make tea of the hips (love to try out new teas!) But the barbed wire locking branches look sharp! Many thanks for sharing this wild rose with SEASONS - lovely contribution:) Have great week.
ReplyDeleteyou still have some gulls visiting. :) Interesting plant that looks like wire. :)
ReplyDeleteWe have roses along a stairway from a parking lot down to the marina near our home. The flower are beautiful in summer and the rose hips give the birds something to chew on in winter. - Margy
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! And it does look like barb wire!
ReplyDeleteGreat and beautiful photos!
ReplyDeleteThese black rose hips are amazing, I don't think I've seen them before. The blackberries or brambles are all out now, complete with thorns, I've garnered quite a few lately, the colour they leave your fingers is great, dark purple stains. The thorns are not so great though!
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I have always loved the look of "ordinary" rose hips, but oh my goodness those black ones are stunning! And completely new to me...what a marvelous rose bush ... beautiful in all stages. The other one is lovely too of course ..... I really lik how you put this post together, showing the bushes in bloom and in the last stage.
ReplyDeleteHi,Ruby. It's nice you can enjoy two times, one is for watching and another is for a drinking of rose hip tea. Generally speaking,the black color fruits are tasteful more than pink color ones. Thanks for sharing.
ReplyDeleteI've never seen a black rose hip before, it was quite fascinating. Lovely roses, so delicate looking. Pretty shot of the gulls too.
ReplyDeleteBerries and flowers, special gifts from mother nature.
ReplyDeleteAmalia
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How lovely they are, in both forms.
ReplyDeleteI think I prefer the unique rose hip color, though. :-)
Oh to have views of the shore, like this!!!
Luna Crone
Thank you for sharing about the Burnet rose. I had never seen dark hips. Makes me want to smell the flowers and leaves, taste the rips hips. I made syrup out of our wild rose hipes a month ago. Yum! Magick.
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