Best roses for rose hip syrup?

[jersey bean]

Afternoon all!

Presumably all roses are good for making syrup but are some better than others?

Thank you

[Thelma Sanders]

The wild dog roses you find in hedges are good, and rosa rugosa (often used for hedges) which are planted by the side of footpaths here
They produce big red hips and make syrup with a nice peachy/rose colour.

[Alison]

I just gather whichever ones I can from a local woods and come back and try to scrub my hands clean . Think they are a general mix and it seems to work well - am having a slug of rosehip syrup every morning when I get up to ward off winter colds.

[VirginVegGrower]

Rosa Rugosa - the wild rose hedging. It has either hot pink or white highly scented flowers. Fat hips come Autumn.

[bearded bloke]

I also use any wild hips from local hedgerows In your location I doubt there are many frosts,bung them in the freezer overnight & then let thaw naturally before cooking,improves flavour & reduces cooking time that way

[rustylady]

Same as the others really. I have some Rosa Rugosa in the back garden, but pick hips from the planting the Council kindly did when they built the "new road". A mixture really, but seems to work well. As BB says, freezing overnight helps break them down a bit.

[jersey bean]

Thanks everyone, I'm not big on traditional roses so a rose hedge sounds lovely for me. My friend made some rose hip syrup, it was delicious and as you say good for warding off the colds!

Bearded Bloke - not many frosts, but we do get a few. Minus one the other night bit chilly for here.

[Hilary B]

I'd go for the wild ones where possible (suspect the flavour is better) but Rugosa give you a better yield! A kmixture (as everyone else says) is going to be as good as you could ask for.
You can use the hips from ordinary garden roses, but most growers deadhead their roses before hips are formed, so there tend not to be very many about....