Berries on Rose bushes, are they new growth or old and should you cut them off?

Question

We just moved into a new place with a number of rose bushes, some of them seem to have for a lack of a better word berries on them. I don't know if these are new flowers coming and I should leave them alone or if they are old and I should prune them off. HELP

Answer 1

They are rose hips and can be very decorative because they are usually orange or red. However, they prevent the rose bushes from blooming. If you want new roses and live in a climate such as Arizona or California where roses are in bloom right now, cut them off. If you live in a cold winter climate leave them on because they look pretty with snow on them. Then in the spring, you can cut them off to encourage new blooms.

Answer 2

Your berries are rose hips. Like any berry they are seed pods. They can be used as a tea, but ONLY IF YOU HAVE NOT USED A FERTILIZER that is non-organic. NEVER use a systemic type of fertilizer. It's just not worth it - hips or no hips. The best fertilizer to use is alfalfa meal or steer manure (in bags from the nursery otherwise you will not only have an "odeeeure" but you'll introduce grass seeds into your garden!

In the fall, if you live in an area that freezes in the winter, only prune a rose bush by removing any branches that are touching each other - and thereby causing a friction that can introduce disease into an open "sore." If you prune too close to the ground take into account the frost damage that the exposed branches will endure over the winter. Do most of your pruning in spring - after heavy freezes are done for the year. Prune, do the alfalfa thing, and sit back and enjoy.

One further thing.... :)... by choosing to use alfalfa instead of a systemic, all you'll need to do for the whole season is... well, nothing! A touchy rose, susceptible to black spot and mildew, will really benefit from it. OTOH - some roses are just not going to be happy in your yard. Life's too short.... go out and rip the thing out and find one at your nursery that will love it there.

Answer 3

The berries on your rose bush are seeds. Which are one of the highest source of vitamin C. You may have seen it as ROSE HIPS. Well don't go eating your seeds they taste like an unrippened Persimmon. Yes do some pruning, you did'nt say where you live, so I can't say how much you should prune.
Or how far back to the ground, for now remove the berries and any dead canes you may have.
Go ahead and by some fungicide for leaf spot and powdery mildew, which are two disease's roses are affected by. Buy fertilizer for roses too. When your roses make their appearance this spring, you'll need to cut your roses at an angle[ at a slant] with a clean sharp knife, in the early morning, put them in a vase with a teaspoon of bleach to prevent bacteria from growing in the water. Hope I helped you! Happy Growing!!

Answer 4

Bushes With Berries

Answer 5

Those are not berries, they are called rose hips. cut them off or the energy from the bush will go into the hips not the next flowers.

Answer 6

Those are called Rosehips and they form after the flowers have gone. You can prune the heck out of a rosebush and it will come back every year.

Answer 7

They could be what are known as rose hips. I would leave them alone. They may have some medicinal value. I think you find them on older type roses.

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Keep them if you think they are pretty. Prune early spring.