This year as part of my winter gardening projects I decided to try my hand growing roses from seed.
The seeds I ordered were Garden Party (mini rose) from west coast seeds. Advertised as blooming same year if started early.
The instructions suggested potting the seeds and chilling for 10-12 weeks but I need to save some space in my fridge. Instead I mixed about 10 seeds with damp vermiculite in a ziplock bag and popped them in the fridge for 10 weeks.
I took them out of the fridge and planted them on December 30th. Three seedlings sprouted which while a little lower than the expected germination rate (62%) I’m quite happy with.
Even though the instructions said to plant them early for blooms the same year two of them started blooming when they were less than 2 months old.
