the seeds should be fine. i'd just plant them in a shallow mixture of peat and sand and keep watered.

len,
Thanks so much. I'll give it a try.

How exciting. Just remember that they most likely will not be the same bloom as the mother plant. I have many seedlings from the lovely (in my opinion) of Summer Wind which is a beautiful orange single. My seedling blooms range from some that are somewhat like the mother plant to double orange, white with orange edge as well as many others. 4th of July seedling has a lovely dark red bloom with none of the white like the mother. This is what makes starting roses from seed so exciting for me as you never know exactly what blooms you will get.

I thought that rose seeds needed to spend months in the cold after the hip became dry. Maybe I am wrong, i hope i am wrong. I am very intimidated by growing roses by seed. But if it is easier than i think i will be giving it a try soon.

This link might help

kenny

Here is a link that might be useful: Growing Roses From Seeds

I do not have to do anything to the Summer Wind seed. I have started seedlings from it twice. All I did was to take the hips off, take the seed out and immediately plant in regular potting soil. With it I had good % germinating. I did the same with 4th of July, Summer Showers, and a few more. I got some seedlings of the others but very few. I planted them in October and they germinated in an unheated greenhouse in the winter so I could pot them up in the spring. I have found that I have no luck at all with germination in the heat of summer. I realize that this goes against all the experts but I can only tell of my experience. It seems to me that I have the best luck with the singles. Having said that I took seed from Sweet Vivian and did the cold treatment like One is suppose to and got exactly 0 plants.