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Wild roses can easily be multiplied by seeds
Roses - Collect and sow seeds
You do not have to buy beautiful roses for expensive money, instead you can multiply many species and varieties yourself. In wild roses and wild rose hybrids, the propagation even succeeds in seeds - provided that the selected rose develops rosehips.
Collect and sow rose seeds
Naturally, the propagation of seeds only succeeds when the rose species picks fruits, which in turn reach maturity in our latitudes and contain seeds. This is usually the case in almost all wild roses and wild rose hybrids, but very rarely in cultivated roses. Even collected seeds should be freed from the pulp, thoroughly cleaned and first subjected to stratification. After that you bring the seeds - not yet sown, but stored on a damp paper towel - to germinate, but most of the seeds will probably not accumulate. You need patience, because rose seeds need several weeks to months to germinate. The seeds are seeded only after germination, with the germ - the later root - set lower.
Suitable rose species for seed breeding
In the table below you will find an overview of wild roses and wild rose hybrids with particularly beautiful rose hips. Of course, the list does not claim to be exhaustive, but the number of different wild rose species and varieties is simply too extensive.
Tips
The popular pink rugosa hybrid "Roseraie de l'Haÿ" develops a beautiful, bronze-colored autumn color, but no rose hips. But this variety can be propagated by foothills.