Rose hip Rose hip The rose hip or rosehip, also called rose haw and rose hep, is the accessory fruit of the rose plant. It is typically red to orange, but ranges from dark purple to black in some species. Rose hips begin to form after successful pollination of flowers in spring or early summer, and ripen in late summer through autumn. Roses are propagated from hips by removing the achenes that contain the seeds from the hypanthium (the outer coating) and sowing just beneath the surface of the soil. The seeds can take many months to germinate. Most species require chilling
A Rose Is Still a Rose complimented Franklin on her decision to adapt a younger sound following the adult contemporary material on her previous albums. "Time" magazine called the album "one of the five best albums of the year", declaring it "Franklin's most rewarding album in more than two decades." "The Village Voice" journalist Robert Christgau gave "A Rose Is Still a Rose" an A rating and noted that "none of these 11 songs aspires to the declarative tunes and pungent phrases of the soul era, and at 55 Aretha is losing her high end. But after a decade in artistic seclusion, she had something to