i have some wild rose seeds. i also have some rose seeds that came from two cultivars which were growing beside each other- one a large white rose, the other a large pink rose. rose is tricky, cause you dont usually know what color they will be, but likely these are both large and either white or pink. they were both very similar plants, size, and hopefully would cross well. i am attempting to sprout them right now, starting in the fridge, patiently! i also have one other kind, but i am not sure of the variety. it grows all around here and has elongated hips, multiple smaller bright pink roses. it seems somewhat wild ish, but has much fancier flowers than rosa rugosa. Here is a link that might be useful: my trade list

Lets know how those seed do for ya. I have the Surinam cherry from out of Fl. If you want one I think I had several plants survive the winter. Write and we'll get together sometime ;o) Mike

Oh forgot I also have a wild S. juncea too (early Goldenrod) which blooms earlier than the other goldenrods. I like all of them, but think that S. speciosa is the prettiest. Except mine are floppy because they're not in full sun, of which I have very little in this yard. S. nemoralis also likes full sun, but mine is doing okay in part sun. S. caesia is my 2nd favorite, with those pretty purply stems, and it grows in dry shade, a big plus when you have lots of big trees! None of these are super aggressive as they grow in clumps that just get bigger, but don't spread by rhizomes. I have a few deer and the only one they have munched on (that I've noticed) is S. caesia. But they just munch the tips and this one actually does well with some pinching. If you're looking for deer resistance and aggressive spreading, including reseeding, then go for S. canadensis! It's coarse plant though. I think that Solidago gigantea is another large aggressive spreader. Both of those are native to your area too.

The short answer is yes. I had over 800 Rugosa seeds from three different plants last fall. I gave them a warm treatment at room temp for 60 days and then a cold treatment in the fridge. None of the seeds germinated during the warm treatment and the earliest ones started germinating after about 6 or 7 weeks in the fridge. The later ones took between10 to 14 weeks in the fridge. I have some seeds that are just now germinating and they have been in the fridge since Dec 1st. I would recommend at least a 30 day warm treatment, but you may want split the seeds and try half with warm treatment and half without. I am going to assume that the Red Japanese is R.rugosa "Rubra" and that the White Japanese is R.rugosa "Alba". But if Father Hugo is the rose IÂm thinking of, itÂs not a Rugosa itÂs an R.hugonis. Is it yellow? Neither is Father David, it is an R.davidii. They will be very different roses than the Rugosas and they will not repeat bloom. Check them out on Help Me Find Roses. I would treat the seeds the same anyway. Paul Here is a link that might be useful: Father Hugo's Rose