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Growing Roses from Collected Seeds

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How to Collect Rose Seeds and Grow Roses
Roses are probably the most popular flower grown by organic gardeners, given their beauty, scent, and hardiness. However, all too often we ignore the opportunity to take advantage of a simple method of propagation, opting instead to cut their flowers and put them in vases.

A bit of restraint and patience can result in tons of seeds that will allow you to propagate your roses for next to nothing. Or, if you’re looking for an interesting hobby, to hybridize your own new varieties. Many famous rose cultivars have come from the gardens of amateur breeders.

How to Collect Seeds from Roses

Most roses will go to seed naturally, given the opportunity. Let them. What you’ll end up with is a large bulge behind the flower that, after about four months, will turn orange. This is essentially an ovary, better known as a rose hip.

Collect it and cut it open, and you’ll find that it’s packed with seeds. Remove them from the flesh, clean them and dry them to prevent mold, and store them for planting during the next available season. If you put them in a plastic baggie and keep them in your refrigerator’s vegetable crisper, they’ll be just fine.

Want to learn more about growing roses from collected seeds?

Processing Rose Seed PDF from Texas A&M University
Germination of Rose Seeds from Texas A&M University Agriculture and Life Sciences
How to Grow Roses

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Comments

  1. Marlyn Mabile says

    May 9, 2016 at 12:02 pm

    That is very interesting! I will give it a try.

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    • Ontibile Tlhobogang says

      September 18, 2020 at 8:33 am

      I will try to plant roses by seeds it sounds very nice

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  2. Denise says

    March 29, 2018 at 5:17 pm

    I like to know where on the rose do you pick the seed

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    • Doti says

      April 25, 2019 at 7:51 am

      While rose flower leave them there, untill the flower is wilted, then wait untill You will see green bulb starts to form in the place of a flower, still wait untill IT turns Orange, like on photos above. I just collected mine for future years to come 🙂

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    • Darlene says

      November 16, 2020 at 6:53 pm

      If you have several bushes you should see one in the fall with orange balls. Clip them off. I think this is the polenating bush!

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  3. Sue Harris says

    March 29, 2018 at 6:30 pm

    All roses,except for wild species roses, will not reproduce true to type from seed. It’s the proverbial ” box of chocolates”. You can grow roses from seed but you won’t know what you’re going to end up with until it flowers.

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    • Caroline Gerardo says

      March 29, 2021 at 1:32 pm

      Sue is correct. You will need to plant several seeds, wait two years and discover which are hardy, what color, and genetics they display. Only way to clone the plant is from cuttings, which may be patented thus “taking” from patent owner

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  4. Jerry Lucero says

    March 29, 2018 at 6:52 pm

    What a good idea, I might give it a go next season, but would the seeds grow to a true form like the original plant? Many thanks.

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  5. Azuba says

    April 7, 2018 at 5:15 pm

    Love your video I learned something new i did not now roses gave seeds I am going to try this I always cut the stem and put hormones and from there I would get new rosebushes

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  6. Oksaba says

    August 6, 2018 at 12:39 pm

    You need to weed you roses! Grass grows inside poor shrubs and pulls nutrients

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  7. Rose says

    September 2, 2019 at 8:30 am

    I’ve been searching for, and can’t seem to find the answer to this question. Can you take too many hips from one bush? I know some plants need their fruit to re-grow, or re-propagate, like fiddleheads, you shouldn’t pick them all. I’m new to all of this so I hope it doesn’t sound like a silly question.

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    • Chris says

      October 10, 2019 at 11:39 am

      No. Rose bushes will come back next season, regardless.

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  8. farhan ahmed says

    February 23, 2020 at 11:29 am

    thanks for your advises i will be tried in this season your advises will be wonderful.

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  9. Ontibile Tlhobogang says

    September 18, 2020 at 8:34 am

    I will try to plant roses by seeds it sounds very nice

    Reply
  10. Lesedi says

    November 11, 2020 at 9:32 am

    I am definately going to try this method.it sounds more interesting. I have always planted my roses through cuttings

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  11. Maricela says

    May 11, 2021 at 11:34 pm

    Hi. Why do I need to wait til next season? Could I just plant the seeds?

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  12. Katie says

    July 12, 2021 at 2:33 pm

    Does dead heading the rose through the summer season prevent the hips from growing????

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    • Kathy says

      April 19, 2022 at 12:27 pm

      Deadheading flowers in the summer encourage many more blooms. As the season comes to its end and it gets colder outside you stop deadheading and allow the seed pods to form. Then you can collect the seeds.

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      • Patty says

        May 26, 2022 at 10:23 pm

        I add a handful Of Epsom Salts to the soul in the spring and then in August to my roses and my butterfly bushes. I get 2-4 times as many blooms and better color.

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