FREE: *Cherokee White Rose* Seeds (5)

The listing, *Cherokee White Rose* Seeds (5) has ended.

Native American Roses are wild flowering shrubs that provide full spectrum pollen for bees, nesting places for birds, and seclusion for small mammals. Their fruits or hips are tasty treats for wildlife as well as a powerhouse of important antioxidants for humans. Native roses are important components of food forests and land restoration projects. Introduced species roses have in many cases naturalized into the landscape, in addition to Vitamin C, "Rose hips also contain vitamins A, B-3, D and E as well as bioflavonoids, citric acid, flavonoids, fructose, malic acid, tannins and zinc. " Many wild roses are shade tolerant and would fit well into a food forest planting. The flowers of native roses are blooms ranging from thumbnail size to perhaps 2 inches in diameter in some shade of pink, it is rare to find in white. The flowers provide broad spectrum pollen which attracts bees and butterflies. So wild roses are excellent to have for bee keepers or fruit orchards. Nearly all wild roses bloom only once in late spring or early summer. The fruit or hips develop in the fall. If the fruit is not consumed by birds or small animals, it can be gathered and processed into marmalade, pancake syrup, or even schnapps perhaps to enjoy medicinally on a winter's evening. There are links to rose hip recipes as well as one for making rosary beads from the petals.
I accept PayPal or send two LOOSE postage "FOREVER" stamps along with a self-addressed envelope -- Don't affix stamps to anything.

*Note: There will be no refund of credits due to your failure to read listing stating that there is a shipping fee. I have MS and can't afford free shipping! Any rude comments, you will be blocked.
.