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Dog rose
Rosa canina
The hedgerow rose — hips for winter vitamin C, petals for a cooling, fragrant cup.
Flavor
Hips are tart apple-tomato; petals are perfume and green tea, faintly honeyed.
Symptoms
cold, sore throat, irritable skin
Against
Itchy hip hairs if unstrained
Days to harvest
Petals year 2; hips 500–700 days from a young shrub
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