Wild rose hips

The rose hips are starting to ripen nicely. I can feel a batch of rose hip syrup coming on! I think the ladybird is lying in wait hoping for some nice fat aphids - but I couldn't see any so I think it's out of luck!

[Bep]

Rose hip syrop sounds delicious. Do you have rose hip jam too?

[~*~ Jo ~*~]

Lovely capture

[bkb in the city]

Nice shot

[Rick]

Never heard of those. Always learning something on this site. Great capture.

[Christopher Cox]

I love the red colours and the little ladybird

[Deborah McGavock]

I do love to see the rose hips in the hedgrows, but have never quite come to terms with rose hip syrup!

[Joan Morvinson]

Lovely shot

[ShirleyB]

Lovely close up shot. Looks like a good place to shelter if you a ladybird, camouflaged by colour.

[Julienne Jones]

@gijsje I've never tried rose hip jam but it sounds interesting! I may look up a recipe :)

[Julienne Jones]

@woofandweft1 - like many people of my age, I was brought up on it! I think that in the post war years people were encouraged to give it to kids because of its very high Vitamin C content. Now vitamin C is easier to come by and sugar is rather a "no-no"! I think it's delicious! I use it as a pour on syrup for fruit, ice cream etc and sometimes diluted as a drink.

[Julienne Jones]

@ziggy77 @bkbinthecity @rickster549 @christophercox @jomo @shirleybankfarm thanks for the comments - rose hip syrup is delicious so give it a try :)