Wild Rose Bush Seeds

General Discussion
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Hi Everyone,

I have obtained some seeds labeled "Wild Rose Bush/Pink Flowers through a seed swap and am wondering if it is too late in the season to start these up, using the information I have found on this website:

http://www.rosehybridizers.org/howto.html

Your help is appreciated. I am a pretty decent vegetable gardener, but would like to learn more about these rose seeds and other flowers.

Thank you :slight_smile:

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See URL below, I think this might help.

Link: www.paulbardenroses.com/seedproduction.2004.html

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Upstate,

Rose seeds need to be stratified (kept cold and moist) for a couple of months: have your seeds been stratified?

Wild rose seeds may be difficult to germinate: last fall, a couple hundred R virginiana and glauca seeds were collected; so far, only one has germinated. Maybe more later.

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Upstate,

Rose seeds need to be stratified (kept cold and moist) for a couple of months: have your seeds been stratified?

Wild rose seeds may be difficult to germinate: last fall, a couple hundred R virginiana and glauca seeds were collected; so far, only one has germinated. Maybe more later.

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I used Rosa virginiana as pollen only after finding out what a pain it was to use as a seed parent, lol. I thought it would be silly to try it the hard way the following year. Who has time for that, really.

I got some germinations from Sunstruck x Rosa virginiana. This was a goof cross and unintended, but whatever lol. It worked. Im still waiting on my real crosses such as Tequila x Rosa virginiana.

I wish more was known about the NA species… Hell, I was even attempted to cross some of the diploid species here (pisocarpa, gymnocarpa, woodsii) with Sanguinea, lol. Weird combo, I know, but I am still pondering it as I am curious.

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Upstate,

It is not too late to plant your seeds. The weather is warming up, and it will help your seeds “wake up” after a being “out in the cold all winter”, and start germinating. This is what happens in the natural world.

While I would agree that it is sometimes difficult to germinate some species (wild) rose seeds, not all species’ seeds are difficult to germinate. I have taken some Rosa Rugosa (both Alba and Rubra), Rosa Palustrus, and two other unidentified truly “wild” roses found along the side of the road (I think Rosa Setigera, Rosa Nutkana, or Rosa Carolina), cold-stratified the seeds in a refrigerator for about six weeks, and then planted them in some potting mix, and they sprouted like weeds. I got nearly 80-90% germination rates with some within a month or two after planting without even really trying.

Andy