Rose hips are produced at the end of the growing season. Inside the rose hips are the seeds and the fruit, the latter of which has both culinary and therapeutic uses.
Rose hips can be harvested in fall, after they mature on the bush. Many foragers will wait until the frosts arrive, which can add sweetness to the fruit.
Roses which bloomed in June will have an earlier rose hip harvest, as those which bloomed in July or August, because those rose hips are later forming.