In article ,
says...

I'm helping to renovate a neglected garden and there is a rose which I
think qualifies as a rambling ground cover rose.

At least, it has a lot of thin stems which grow up and out of a centre in
all directions and bend back down to the ground. The general habit is like
a well behaved bramble.

Anyway, it had no rose hips over winter, nor signs of last year's
flowers.

Possibly it's a sterile double flowering type which produces no hips.
Once the flowers drop off there might be no sign left.

http://www.gardeningblog.net/how-to-grow/rose-hips/

quote

"A basic guideline is that hips won?t form on roses that produce blooms
with tightly packed petals, like tea roses."

Janet