Ian, a lot depends on what you want your hips for. Are you thinking of decorative garden value only, or are you thinking of making hip jelly, or of consuming them for Vitamin C? FDH does set a lot of pretty hips, and they are fairly large. Being a rugosa hybrid, and single-flowered, that's just what I would expect, although a few rugosa descendants aren't prolific hip producers. Some of the doubles, and also species crosses with Rugosa have never had any hips in my garden. Blanc Double de Coubert and Agnes come to mind.

FDH blooms several times if well taken care of, so WHEN she bears hips can be up to you. If you want early ones, you'll have to sacrifice any (or at least a lot of) later blooms, since bearing hips reduces later bloom. If you're willing to wait until Fall, just let her do her thing. I'd still prevent hip production (by dead heading) until midsummer to maximize both early bloom and later hips. You should get a good crop in Fall. Just remember, hips are FRUIT, so you need to treat the rose accordingly by keeping it well-fertilized and watered.

If you really want a good crop, the species rugosas are all good, and Scabrosa has a huge crop of crabapple-sized hips. These rugosas are all singles. Rugosa 'Hansa', a double, also sets a good crop. Some unusual hips are produced by Rosa Glauca, R. Moyesii, R. Pendulina, and R. Roxburghii. One of my modern roses that produces a lot of large (orange) hips is Zaide. It's a shrub rose hybridized by Kordes. The hips aren't extremely abundant, but they are very large and bright.

Just as an aside, the registered name for FDH is just 'Dagmar Hastrup'.

@fig_insanity Thank you soo much! And honestly, a little bit of all. Merely looking for extremely large hips for both looks and cooking use.

I've looked into Scabrosa however I noted that it was too large and doesn't bloom as prolific as my likings, though I've heard that Scabrosa has the largest hips!

I've also looked into R. Roxburghii though not sure how I would manage to get my hands on a cutting lol. Certainly a unique rose for any collection.

Again thank you soo much!

I’m discovering this fall how much different the flavor of rose hips can be from one variety to the next. My daughter was picking some last week and bringing them to me to sample. I believe it was Sally Holmes that had the best flavor of the ones she brought me. Some of the others tasted like bitter sawdust.

@judijunebuharizonazn8 Thanks for the comment! I've looked into Sally Holmes! Beautiful rose certainly. Were the hips big? Would love to here back from you.

Ian, the hips aren’t large on Sally Holmes. They’re bigger than the hips on some hybrid musks, say like Ballerina, but still quite small. However, they were mostly fruit and very small seeds so I enjoyed eating the entire fruit without needing to spit out big seeds.

Sally Holmes is a beautiful, healthy, floriferous rose for me.

That sounds pleasant, and we're the hairs inside not a big problem? Looking in to perhaps buying Sally Holmes now.

Oh wow, that is divine..Needed this picture lol, looks very vigorous

I don’t recall any hairs in the Sally Holmes hips. They were quite succulent.

Interesting! Thank you for the information, very cool atuff 🫡