Approx. 300 seeds from open-pollinated hips from my 'Seagull' rambling rose now sown in an old Tupperware tub filled with damp potting soil, all slipped into a clear produce bag for 6-8 weeks of cold stratification in the fridge. Based on past experience, I might have seedlings in bloom by the end of January.

Funny...some open pollinated hips on my 'Seagull' rambling rose are doing the usual color change to a yellowish olive color signalling me to pick them, others are bypassing that and just going straight to the shriveling ripe stage with brown stems, just picked more for processing in my blender today. In the past, open pollinated hips of 'Seagull' have given me some very interesting, repeat-blooming dwarf shrubs, but it is the controlled crosses I did last April that I am VERY excited to see the results of!

Woo hoo! Found hybrid hips on my breeder rose 'Seagull', one of which I have VERY high hopes for from the seeds within....(Seagull X Graham Thomas)!!! The other is (Seagull X John Paul) using John Paul pollen given to me by Norma Lopez Bean. My hope for both is Florida-friendly, large flowered repeat blooming climbing roses.