Growing roses from seeds

Murphybear
Murphybear Forumite Posts: 7,111
Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
Forumite
edited 23 June at 7:25AM in Greenfingered MoneySaving
Hi everyone, ‘tis me again

i have seen on eBay rose seeds for sale.  The cynical side of me is wondering how genuine this is.  Some of the colours are very unusual for roses such as emerald green or all the colours of the rainbow on one rose.

I am assuming “rose seeds”  are what you get inside the hips.  I am wondering if anyone has successfully grown roses like this.  

The information provided on their site is that they take a long time to germinate and have a fairly high failure rate. I am seriously thinking about having a go, just to see if I can do it  :D. They are fairly cheap to buy so it wouldn’t matter if the project failed

On a 2nd look there’s actually many sellers doing this

Thoughts please

Thanks

MB
«1

Comments

  • ArbitraryRandom
    ArbitraryRandom Forumite Posts: 884
    500 Posts Fourth Anniversary Homepage Hero Name Dropper
    Forumite
    I can't help with most of this, but I do know the rainbow roses are fake. 

    The 'real' roses like that are made by splitting the stem of a rose (normally a white one) and putting it in multiple cups of dye; like children colouring carnations. 
  • Farway
    Farway Forumite Posts: 12,522
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Homepage Hero Name Dropper
    Forumite
    I have tried growing roses from seeds, never came to anything and all failed to germinate despite following all the "rules" freeze, warm etc

    Agree with AR, the E bay ones are fake, try using Photoshop for similar results
  • theoretica
    theoretica Forumite Posts: 12,066
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Forumite
    I watched a wild rose come up and grow from a seedling.  Took years to flower, by which time your ebay complaint time will be long out...  And yes - photoshop or dye are how to get those colours.
    But a banker, engaged at enormous expense,
    Had the whole of their cash in his care.
    Lewis Carroll
  • twopenny
    twopenny Forumite Posts: 4,581
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Forumite
    Do you have time space and patience? 
    sounds like a lot of bs to me.

    How about practicing on cuttings? More rewarding.
    I was going to post about that because

     I've never been sucessful though i know people who just shove them in soil and get roots.
    We could have a competition.
    Sorry about the formatting, seems to have a mind of it's own........

    The only normal people you know are the ones you don’t know very well

  • Dustyevsky
    Dustyevsky Forumite Posts: 701
    500 Posts Homepage Hero Photogenic Name Dropper
    Forumite
    edited 23 June at 10:28AM
    I have successfully grown roses from seed; specifically species, like Rosa glauca, which means I know exactly what I'll get.
    The first thing to realise is it might not work at all, and you'll need to overwinter the pot outdoors to get germination.
    I planted about 20 Rosa glauca seeds last autumn. I had one germinate and it's now about 5cm tall! The previous winter I planted some Rosa rugosa and got around 10-15 plants, now large enough to plant out when the hedgerow soil is more damp.

    No science should be censored; otherwise our civilisation is no better than when we conducted witch hunts, or sentenced great minds to death or imprisonment.


  • Murphybear
    Murphybear Forumite Posts: 7,111
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Forumite
    Thanks everyone.  You’ve confirmed everything I thought, growing multicoloured roses is not real  :D. I’ve never taken rose cuttings before so it will be exciting to have a go.  There’s lot of help on the David Austin and the RHS site.  
  • ArbitraryRandom
    ArbitraryRandom Forumite Posts: 884
    500 Posts Fourth Anniversary Homepage Hero Name Dropper
    Forumite
    If you really fancied the multicoloured route you could also consider grafting. 

    I can't remember where it was, but there was a stately home we visited a few years back with an Alice in Wonderland theme - and they had red and white roses. I think it took some careful pruning but it looked good. 
  • Slinky
    Slinky Forumite Posts: 9,280
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Forumite
    A friend of mine only yesterday said she'd been able to take cuttings successfully from some roses. Stripped the leaves off, stuck them in some compost and now new leaves are showing.

    How hardy would these sorts of roses be do you think, given that a lot of roses are grafted onto wild root stock?
    Make £2023 in 2023
    Water sewerage refund: £170.62,Topcashback: £177.96, Prolific: to 31/8/23 £663.90, Haggling: £45, Wombling(Roadkill): £4.98, Interest: Jan-Aug £66.98, Chase CB £107.33, Chase roundup interest 65p, WeBuyBooks:£8.37, Misc sales: £383.39, Delay repay £22, Amazon refund £3.41, EDF Smart Meter incentive £100, Santander Edge Cashback-Fees: £25.14, Octopus Reward £50
    Total: £1730.73/£2023  85.55%
  • Murphybear
    Murphybear Forumite Posts: 7,111
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Forumite
    If you really fancied the multicoloured route you could also consider grafting. 

    I can't remember where it was, but there was a stately home we visited a few years back with an Alice in Wonderland theme - and they had red and white roses. I think it took some careful pruning but it looked good. 
    I take it the roses weren’t painted.   :D. Alice was my favourite book as a child and I loved the bit where the cards painted the white roses red as they had planted the wrong ones!
  • twopenny
    twopenny Forumite Posts: 4,581
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    Forumite
    Not sure if it's relevant but i visited an open garden where some central slim trees had passed away and the owner had trimmed and painted white.
    It looked great! 
    Had me puzzled for a while  :D 

    The only normal people you know are the ones you don’t know very well

Meet your Ambassadors

Categories

  • All Categories
  • 338.9K Banking & Borrowing
  • 248.6K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
  • 447.6K Spending & Discounts
  • 230.8K Work, Benefits & Business
  • 600.9K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
  • 171.1K Life & Family
  • 244K Travel & Transport
  • 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
  • 15.9K Discuss & Feedback
  • 15.1K Coronavirus Support Boards