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 in the United States. Elsewhere, "A Rose Is Still a Rose" entered the top forty of the charts it appeared on but was less successful than previous releases. The album debuted and peaked at number 29 on the Swedish Albums Chart, and reached number 32 and number 36 in Norway and Switzerland, becoming her lowest-charting album since 1983's "Get It Right" on all three markets. "A Rose Is Still a Rose" produced two singles, led by its same-titled lead single. Franklin's highest-charting single in four years, it peaked at number 26 on the US "Billboard" Hot 100 and reached number