(For sale in the Native Hedging section of the shop)
Eggarton Cottages, Eggarton Lane, Godmersham, Kent, CT4 7DY
Tel/Fax: 01227 730242
(For sale in the Native Hedging section of the shop)
Also known as Eglantine Rose. The rubiginosa part of its botanical name means rusty, due to the leaves and stems having a brownish-red tint. Bright pink flowers in late spring to early summer give way to bright red hips. The leaves have a fruity scent when rubbed due to sticky brownish glands on the underside. The whole plant forms a dense mass. Deciduous.
A charm from Scotland reads:
"To cure a broken bone they take a Brier and cleave it almost from one end to the other and put therein a charm . . . this brier they put upon the wall above the sick person's bed, and as the rod joins so will the bone".