The Life Cycle of a Rose Plant is a book by Hunker Garden Guides.

If grown on their own roots, roses can live for a century or more.Most home gardeners purchase rose bushes, either bare root or in containers, to explore the full life cycle of a rose.Let's start with the seed.Scientists have found fossils that show the rose as far back as 35 million years ago, but the first rose started as a seed.

The fruit from the rose hips is the seed of a rose.Rose flowers are bisexual because they contain both female and male parts, and no other rose plant is needed to pollinate the flower and set hips.Hips, which can be used in a winter garden, are high in vitamins C and also used to make rose hip tea.Some roses don't set hips well, but there are a number of roses that do, including species roses, landscape or shrub roses and even some David Austin English roses.

If left on the bush, the hips will become ripe after about four months.Some varieties retain their initial green color, but at this time they should be orange or red.The rose seeds can be Harvested by slicing the hip open and removing the seeds from the inner shell.

The rose seeds can be planted to produce rosebushes, but they are usually the purview of rose hybridizers who cross-pollinate different varieties to create new cultivars.Some varieties of rose seeds need to be placed in the refrigerator in order to have a period of dormancy.

It takes about six weeks for rose seeds to grow.Rose growers usually transplant them into individual pots when they're about 6 inches tall.It takes about three years for a tiny seedling to grow into a full grown rose bush.

How long will a rose bush flower last?After just six weeks, tiny rose plants can produce their first blooms.This begins as a bud surrounded by plants.Sepals look like small green leaves at the flower's base when the bud opens.