How to I dry rose hips? I would like to keep them over the winter months for their vitamin C.

They should just dry by themselves, and after that you can keep them in the freezer and thaw them out whenever you need some.

Yep, they'll dry by themselves but I've found if you pick them when they are a nice juicy red color you can more easily get all the seeds out of them than waiting for them to fully dry. When they are fresh you can open them with your fingers, scoop the seeds out with a quick "scoop" of your thumb, then lay the hips on a tray to dry. You could also just go ahead and freeze them as is if you like.

Shoe (who recently lost his Rugosa rose plants )

Think of them as "rose apples", because that is exactly what they are. Roses are in the same plant family as roses. You can handle them the same way you would apples. Some roses are richer in vitamins than others.

Smiles,
Lyn

Thank you all for helping !!

Ooops ! I meant to say that roses are in the same family as apples ...

Smiles,
Lyn