How does a rose bush reproduce?

Question

This year my large bush had about 10 hard round objects about the size of bing cherries. What are these? If they are for new plants how do you proceed?

Answer 1

They are called rose hips they are the seeds. Here is more information.

http://gardening.about.com/od/rose1/f/Ro...

Answer 2

Roses Put out things called tubers.  They are new plants that come up that are attached to the Mother bush.  The hard objects could be new growth on the main bush.  I would just leave them and watch to see what they do.  if they turn out to be something that you don't want, then you can remove them.

Also at the end of the growing season you should always cut your bushes back to about 1 ft. or a little less from the ground.  This will

bring a better bush each year and the foliage on the bush will grow

denser over the years.

Another hint.  With roses, if you clip off the buds that have gone by as soon as they die off, you can get up to 3 consecutive bloomings per season!  

Answer 3

The round things are rosehips[the seeds].I'm not sure how to handle the seeds but if you do grow new roses from them they may not turn out true to species[they may revert back to root stock] The easiest way to propagate roses is to keep some cuttings when you prune them and dip the bottom end of the cutting in rooting powder[from any garden centre] and then push them into a pot of potting soil,keep them moist and in a couple of months you will have new plants,you then can lant them in the garden and treat them as any other rose.