Link to article below by Dr. Manners on germinating rose seeds.

Your seeds (is your pink rose a "tea" or a "hybrid tea"?) are from hybrids, so your results will vary widely. Only species roses come true to seed. Have fun!

Here is a link that might be useful: Germinating Rose Seeds by Dr. Malcolm Manners

Thanks! That was very informative and to the point. That's just what I was looking for!
Dana A.

Dana, Which Knockout rose do you have? I believe that the original Knockout is a triploid and probably will not have viable seeds. But you can certainly use it as a pollen parent. You might want to checkout the Rose Hybridizers Association (RHA) site and do a search on the forum.

Caution, growing roses from seeds, whether they are open pollinated or planned crosses can be very addicting.

Liz

Here is a link that might be useful: RHA

I have an original knockout rose that I bought quite some years ago. It is the best knockout because the newer two (rainbow and pink) have no scent to speak of whereas the original knockout has a fine tea fragrance. It produces some fertile seed (and lots of large hips) through open pollination (but perhaps with rugosa). I've three or so of this years seedlings from it that have lived. The most vigorous of those has bloomed once earlier this spring and has a bud on it now (not bad for a several month old, one foot seedling). It is a nice single, red with a white center and a buff reverse and strong fragrance. It's quite healthy with more rounded, jagged leaves than the original with red tints.

As a followup to my first message. I believe wherein lies the problem is that 'knockout' doesn't produce viable pollen. This means it won't self-pollinate which would explain the relative lack of fertile seeds (and not having to dead-head to produce more flowers). I believe my knockout seedling was pollinated from Rosa Rugosa 'Alba'...which would explain the white color and strong fragrance. Like it's parents, it appears to be quite disease free.

@tnangela I don't know if my knockout is an original. It was a gift and it is LOADED with hips! I am going to try and see what those seeds do. Thanks for your post.