Saving Rose Seeds

[Oregon_veg]

I'm considering saving rose seeds. The flowers have died back and the bulbs are forming.
When is the best time to collect seeds and is this a viable way to propagate new plants?

[tharp]

The seeds form in the hips many weeks after the flower dies. And as with any plant, growing from seeds is a shot in the dark if it is grown on a rootstock. If by chance it is very old before that method was commonplace, you may be saving a strain that will grow perfectly to the original.
I still think the easiest way is root cuttings. But hey, give it a try. Wait for the hips to get reddish many weeks after the flowers die. Be careful the birds don't get them first. Then break them open, dry them for about a week, and store the seeds.
Tom

[Oregon_veg]

Thanks Tom.
I read also that they should be picked only after a first frost. And also I need to stratify them before planting. Are these true?

[Babyblue]

I don't think this is true. I was talking to a lady at the garden center near me and she said she picks her hips and collects the seeds after the flowers die back. I guess it might depend on the type of rose.

[tharp]

My be true, I do think they need stratification though.
Tom