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| Annika |
Posted - Nov 02 2007 : 9:44:41 PM
We have a lot of wild type roses growing around and I started wondering if anyone has ever grown roses from seed? I mean, they are free to try with, but I was curious if anyone has ever had any success?
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Annika
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| Annika |
Posted - Nov 25 2007 : 08:51:46 AM
I'll take 'um! :P Actually, I'm setting up a green house and trying to see how many things I can get to grow from seed, I love the tangly wild roses and thought they'd look good in a mixed wild border along my fence line so I'm going to try and sprout some =)
Good luck with those multifloras. I think they were bred to be tough as nails
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Annika
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| brightmeadow |
Posted - Nov 25 2007 : 08:42:03 AM
Ha! We're trying to get rid of multiflora roses here! We've never had problems getting them started, just getting rid of them!
You shall eat the fruit of the labor of your hands - You shall be happy and it shall be well with you. -Psalm 128.2
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| Annika |
Posted - Nov 08 2007 : 10:54:08 AM
Ok, here is what I've found with a REALLY quick search on Google
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/seedsave/2003112340010020.html
http://faq.gardenweb.com/faq/lists/rosespro/2003054310016173.html
I'm going to give it a try just for fun...all they can do is fail to grow!
Jana, I kind of know about the root stock issue, but I think that the wild ones don't apply since they sprout up all by their lonesomeness. I'll get pictures if I can get something to actually sprout...I'm going to try with some wild apple and crab apple seeds as well, though I have no idea what I'll end up with.
Wishing you joy in small things and peace in your heart
Annika
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| PlumJoy |
Posted - Nov 07 2007 : 12:07:37 PM
Annika,
Did you ever get a reply on trying to grow wild roses from seed? I gathered some seed from a volunteer wild rose on a beach in Scituate, Mass. I would love to try to grow them, but I need pointers also.
Growing things makes me a happy girl.
PlumJoy |
| Jana |
Posted - Nov 03 2007 : 05:17:13 AM
Annika,
I have never had good luck growing roses of any kind, wild or otherwise. But to the best of my knowlege (from a gardening book), roses are best propagated by root cutting. I don't think the seeds are viable.
If the roses are indeed wild, you will get a true duplicate of the parent plant. If they are "hybrid", like what you buy at a nursery, the roses that you see blooming are plants that are grafted onto different root stock, so a plant taken by cutting will be different.
Jana |
