Greensage45
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Hi,
I am not sure if any of you have taken the time to try and grow roses from Rose Hips. Some folks have a difficult time, but I usually get a few to take.
Every winter, just as all the rose hips begin to soften and turn prunish, I gather them and remove the seeds. I then soak the seeds in some hydrogen peroxide to take off any debris and or bacteria. I then put them in a covered tray of soil. I typically get about 5 plants out of 50 or so seeds.
What I found out about doing this is that no rose is 'true to seed' and every new plant is a new cultivar with potential for being a prize rose. Of course it is more of a guessing game with me since I am not doing the pollinating. There is no way to tell who is from who unless it shows in the bush-type and or bloom. The new rose plants will produce a tiny representative flower in the earliest stages (sometimes as early as the third set of leaves). This enables the grower in making a determination as to whether or not it is a keeper or if it should be discarded for bad qualities. Only the everblooming varieties will bloom the first season, the annual bloomers will wait one year.
Here is a picture of my newest roses. One of them bloomed today and it is the palest pink imaginable. I am assuming this is a variation of my "New Dawn", but it could be something else...I do like the greenish hue in the petals but I doubt that will stay. As the rose grows the blooms will grow as well, becoming bigger and bigger as the seasons pass.
Here is the group photo of all of them on the table. You can see the little bloom on the right lower half of the picture.
I do adore roses, and my goal is to eventually bring out all of my cultivars on their own roots via seedlings. A rose on its own roots can live for over 100 years.
Ron
I am not sure if any of you have taken the time to try and grow roses from Rose Hips. Some folks have a difficult time, but I usually get a few to take.
Every winter, just as all the rose hips begin to soften and turn prunish, I gather them and remove the seeds. I then soak the seeds in some hydrogen peroxide to take off any debris and or bacteria. I then put them in a covered tray of soil. I typically get about 5 plants out of 50 or so seeds.
What I found out about doing this is that no rose is 'true to seed' and every new plant is a new cultivar with potential for being a prize rose. Of course it is more of a guessing game with me since I am not doing the pollinating. There is no way to tell who is from who unless it shows in the bush-type and or bloom. The new rose plants will produce a tiny representative flower in the earliest stages (sometimes as early as the third set of leaves). This enables the grower in making a determination as to whether or not it is a keeper or if it should be discarded for bad qualities. Only the everblooming varieties will bloom the first season, the annual bloomers will wait one year.
Here is a picture of my newest roses. One of them bloomed today and it is the palest pink imaginable. I am assuming this is a variation of my "New Dawn", but it could be something else...I do like the greenish hue in the petals but I doubt that will stay. As the rose grows the blooms will grow as well, becoming bigger and bigger as the seasons pass.
Here is the group photo of all of them on the table. You can see the little bloom on the right lower half of the picture.
I do adore roses, and my goal is to eventually bring out all of my cultivars on their own roots via seedlings. A rose on its own roots can live for over 100 years.
Ron
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