Rosa rubrifolia seeds (Red Leafed Rose)

Description

Lovely shrub species rose with purplish red foliage. Single reddish pink elongated petaled flower clusters appear only once a season but what a show! Very nice ornamental. One of the hardiest disease free roses one can find.

• Seed Count: 12-15
• Collection Date: Sept 2020
• Hardiness Zone: 3-9
• Height and Width 3m x 3m
• Germination test type: hand sort
• Family: Rosaceae

How to germinate Rosa rubrifolia seeds:

Soak seed 24 hours in warm water. Place seed in a baggie with moist sterile medium and warm stratify (keep warm at 20 C) for 30-60 days. Sow 6 mm deep, tamp soil. Keep moist, mulch and cold stratify for 90-120 days. Another method is to soak seed 24 hours, sow 6 mm deep, tamp soil, keep moist and wait 6-18 months from fall/winter sowing. Keep seedlings in the shade as intense light/sun is lethal.  Seed might take 2 years to germinate so sow thinly so first year’s generation of seedlings won’t overcrowd the second generation.