From the wild dog roses of the hedgerow to the highly developed hybrid teas in the garden, hips contain a rose’s seed and their bright colours attract the birds to eat and distribute them. Master Hugh, whose orange-red hips are probably the largest of all, and follow rich pink flowers, feature in this Moorcroft design with a lustful array of rose blooms offset with Hydrangea macrophylla Adora. This classic Hydrangea, with its green-light green colour tinged with pink, adds another layer of structure and colour. The pointed bloom of an apricot-pink hybrid tea rose swirls above a floribunda rose, which create its own display with ruffled, delicate pink double blooms as a single white Japanese rose appears to land like a flying saucer above. Of course, these flowers would not be found blooming together – but such is Moorcroft design, where the miraculous can be hidden against a garden-room green background.