I found this book with easy to understand instructions on saving and sowing seed and how to let plants "go to seed". It offers lots of info about what the seed should look like when it is ready to be collected, methods to plant, etc. I started saving seed with the easy plants like marigolds...

Hi, My mom got a potted miniature rose as a gift last year while she was in the hospital. Last fall, she planted it in her flower bed and it came up this spring. I was looking at it the other day and it has leaves on it. It looks really healthy. Belle