Rose Ramblings. Our Favorite Roses 2013

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1 Rose Ramblings Patron Member of the American Rose Society VOL. LXXXVI NO.1 JOURNAL OF THE SAN DIEGO ROSE SOCIETY JANUARY 2014 Our Favorite Roses 2013 By Linda Hitney, San Diego Rose Society members voted in the last couple of months for their favorite varieties in many categories. Our very favorite rose, hands down, is Gemini, gathering more than twice as many votes as any other rose in any category. This data should be helpful in suggesting great-performing roses in the San Diego area. Favorite Hybrid Teas: 1) Gemini 2) Marilyn Monroe 3) Secret 4) Firefighter 5) Randy Scott Favorite Grandifloras: 1) Fame! 2) Dick Clark 3) Melody Parfumee, Strike It Rich Favorite Floribundas: 1) Julia Child 2) Hot Cocoa, French Lace 3) Betty Boop, Marmalade Skies 4) Easter Basket, Playboy, White Licorice Favorite Miniatures and Minifloras: 1) Joy, Memphis Music 2) Butter Cream, Cupcake, Denver's Dream and Yantai Clockwise from top left: Gemini, Firefighter, Randy Scott, Strike It Rich, Betty Boop, Joy, Butter Cream, Julia Child, Fame! (Photographs by Linda Hitney ( Gemini ) and Barbara Lester (all others) 1 (continued on page 2)

2 (Favorite Roses, continued from page 1) Our favorite Shrub, by far, was Distant Drums. Greetings came in second. Our favorite David Austin Shrub rose is Molineux. Abraham Darby, Falstaff, Gertrude Jekyll, Golden Celebration and Mary Rose all tied for second place. There was no winner in the Old Garden Rose class. Nine different roses were listed as favorites. Our favorite Large Flowered Climber is Fourth of July. Altissimo came in second place followed by a tie for third by Berries 'n' Cream, Candy Land and Joseph's Coat. We had 61 roses listed as disease resistant. Hot Cocoa received the most votes. Second place was a tie between Secret, Julia Child, Ketchup & Mustard, Iceberg, Crimson Bouquet and Dick Clark. Third place was a tie between Fame!, Firefighter, Molineux, Strike It Rich, Distant Drums, Cinco de Mayo and French Lace. Double Delight may have been knocked out of first place as our favorite rose in our previous surveys but it still placed first in the Most Fragrant category! It was followed closely by Firefighter. In third place was Mister Lincoln and Secret. Fourth place was a tie between Yves Piaget, Barbra Streisand and Chrysler Imperial. Join the Celebration! By Sue Streeper, streeper@cox.net Plans are in place to celebrate the honoring of the Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden at the Huntington Library in San Marino. This beautiful and much-beloved Balboa Park garden is going to be named to the GROW (Great Rosarians of the World) Rose Garden Hall of Fame at the Huntington on February 1, You can join the group of San Diego Rose Society members and Rose Garden Corps volunteers who will travel to the Huntington in San Marino by charter bus. The day will include arrival around 10 a.m., with time to visit the world-famous library, art museums, and gardens. At noon, lunch by Panera will be served in the building where the awards will commence around 1:00. The program includes a talk by Michael Shoup from the Antique Rose Emporium, presentation of awards to the Parker garden and the Sakura (Japan) garden, award to the 2014 Great Rosarian (Danielle Hahn of Rose Story Farm in Carpinteria), and a reception. The San Diego bus will leave the Huntington around 4:15, with arrival in San Diego by 6:30. Each traveler from San Diego will receive bus transportation, admission to the grounds, snacks, lunch, and a name tag for the price of $45. Reservations should be made ASAP by sending a check made out to the San Diego Rose Society to Dick and Sue Streeper, 1333 Wenatchee Avenue, El Cajon CA Deadline is January 18, with priority given to those reserving first. Don t delay; this is going to be a fabulous day! 2

3 President s Message By Bob Kolb, bobkolb@cox.net Happy New Year! 2014 is an American Rose Society National Convention Year for us. I hope that you were able to enjoy the holiday season with friends and family as well as to take some time to relax and rejuvenate. There are going to be many opportunities to contribute to San Diego Rose Society activities this year. I hope you are looking forward to an exciting year of rose activities. Many of you were able to enjoy our Holiday Party, awards presentations, and new officer installation on December 14. Special thanks to Linda Clark and Ralph Reagan who hosted this event in their lovely home again this year. It was a wonderful sunny day so several of us were able to eat outside and enjoy their lovely rose garden. After a great lunch by Top Hat Catering, the 2013 awards were presented and the new officers were installed. The 2013 Little Rose Show winners this year, for the fourth year in a row, were John & Barbara Lester. The heavy Novice Little Rose Show Trophy was retired this year and was replaced with a very nice plaque, thanks to Bill and Elaine Ornelas. The newest name to be added to the plaque was the 2013 winner, Jeanne Skinner. The 2013 Rosebud Award winners were Christine and Rand Allan. Robert B. Martin, Jr. was awarded the Bronze Medal. Congratulations and thank you to the winners for their many contributions to the San Diego Rose Society. Your new board members were installed by Roger English, nominating committee chairman. The new board members are Bob Kolb, president; Sue Streeper, past president; Gary Bulman, vice president programs; Jim Price, vice president membership; Christine Allan, recording secretary; Ken Huff, corresponding secretary; Joan Sieber, treasurer; Bill Ornelas, Elaine Ornelas, and Kris Napora, members at large. Terry Harris joins the Rose Garden Trust Board. I look forward to working with the new board. Special thanks go to the outgoing board members Bob Martin, Roger English, and Jeanne Skinner. All of them have major 2014 convention responsibilities so they will remain very active this year. Sue Streeper organized a trip to the Huntington Library on Saturday February 1 to attend the Great Rosarians of the World (GROW) awards. The January/February issue of American Rose contains an article on GROW West 2014 awards on pages 82 to 84. The Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden in Balboa Park will be receiving a GROW award that day. The details of this trip were provided to you earlier via Constant Contact messages and are repeated in this issue of Rose Ramblings. I hope that you will be able to join us in this celebration. Thanks to Ruth Tiffany for managing our fertilizer sales again this year. By this time our order has been placed and paid for, and production by Growmore is underway. Ruth will announce pickup times after the order is delivered in late January or early February. Assisting Ruth with pickup operations may be a volunteer opportunity. Stay tuned for more information. Ruth Tiffany, 2014 convention chairperson, continues to lead our convention planning efforts. Several volunteers visited the Town and Country Hotel and Convention Center on December 10 to see the facilities that we will be using for our convention. Some good national coverage of our convention is included on pages 76 through 80 in the January/February issue of American Rose. Thanks to Ruth Tiffany, Paula Taylor, Reed Nessel, Bob Martin, and Sue Streeper for creating the material. Great work! Attendees are registering and we expect the pace to increase soon. A rose show schedule is now available on the San Diego Rose Society website and soon will be available on the convention website, arosefamilyholiday.com. More volunteers are now serving in leadership positions and are starting to recruit their support teams. I am serving as volunteer coordinator and plan to provide a more detailed description of the convention volunteer organization in the February issue of Rose Ramblings. This will include description of the duties of vacant volunteer positions and the times volunteers are needed. Did you see the article in the Home Section of the Union-Tribune by Karen Dardick on Saturday, December 28? Thanks to Roger English for working with Karen on this article. 3

4 Bob Martin to Kick Off New Year with a Tool Talk By Gary Bulman, Program Chairman Place and Time Our meeting is on Monday, January 27, in Room 101 of Casa del Prado in Balboa Park. Please note that in January and February, the meeting dates change from the usual third Monday to the fourth Monday because of conflicts with holidays. The program starts at 7:30 p.m. We are pleased to have our own Bob Martin as our featured speaker. Bob will speak on the topic Tools (for roses) You Never Knew You Needed. Bob has promised an educational program describing tools needed for growing good roses and many unusual tools discovered through experimentation and proved through personal experience. Consulting Rosarian Corner Arrive a little early to enjoy some coffee and a treat and engage in a little rose talk with fellow members. Starting at 7:00 p. m., Roger English will be available in the Consulting Rosarian Corner to answer your questions about rose care. Winter pruning is in full process and Roger will answer your questions that have arisen. About Our Speaker Bob Martin has been growing roses for more than 40 years. He and his wife Dona live in Escondido, California, where they have a rose garden of more than 400 roses of all types. He is an ARS master rosarian, an accredited horticultural judge and an accredited arrangements judge. Bob is well known as a humorous and effective speaker and rose evangelist, having spoken at 20 American Rose Society national conventions, at district conventions in 11 different districts and at rose societies throughout the U.S. Bob is also a prolific writer, having authored more than 600 published articles on roses. He is the editor of the American Rose Society quarterly publication, Rose Exhibitors Forum and National Editor of Horizon Roses, an annual review by the nation s top exhibitors of new exhibition roses. Bob is also the author of the book Showing Good Roses and maintains a website covering U.S. rose shows at He was honored for his lifetime contribution to rose education as a 2009 recipient of the ARS Klima Medal. Bob is an active rose exhibitor at all levels and the 2007 recipient of the ARS Guy Blake Hedrick Jr. Award for lifetime achievement in rose exhibiting. He is also a hybridizer with eleven registered varieties, including the show roses Butter Cream, Peter Cottontail and Pasadena Star and serves as the western regional director of the Rose Hybridizers Association. One of his latest roses is a pink sport of Randy Scott that he named after his wife, Dona Martin. Bob currently serves the San Diego Rose Society as program chair for the upcoming ARS National Convention in May. He has also served the society as vice president for programs and as president. In the past he has served as the Pacific Southwest District director of the American Rose Society and in numerous local, district and national rose society positions. Bob is the recipient of the ARS Silver Honor Medal for service to the district, and is the most recent recipient of the ARS Bronze Honor Medal from the San Diego Rose Society. 4

5 Hear Ye, Hear Ye It s Membership Renewal Time! We know it s hard to believe, but yes, your SDRS membership expired on Dec. 31. So, please fill out the form on the next page and send in your payment--either by regular mail, or by PayPal using the link on our webpage ( that says Pay your membership dues with PayPal. Or, you can bring your form and payment to the next SDRS event that you attend: monthly meetings, holiday party, pruning demonstration, fertilizer sale, etc! If you wish to receive a hard copy version of the newsletter, you ll need to renew at the $25 (contributing) or higher level. Supporting, sustaining, and patron members are extra special. Their contributions help support our programs throughout the year. Quite a few of our members contribute at these levels. Many thanks to them! To those who have any hesitation about renewing, consider the following: First, we (little ol SDRS) are hosting the American Rose Society s National Convention in May of 2014!! That means there will be even more opportunities than usual to not only learn a lot about roses, but to roll up your sleeves and help! This event will include a 2-day rose show which promises to be a very large and lovely event. And it will be held on Mother s Day weekend! And then there are all of the other benefits of membership: 9 issues of the Rose Ramblings newsletter with lots of useful information 9 meetings at Balboa Park with special speakers Access to Consulting Rosarians who are happy to answer your rose questions The annual pruning demonstration in Balboa Park scheduled for Jan. 4, 2014 Opportunities to purchase fertilizer and other rose care products at considerable discount Many opportunities to discuss rose growing with fellow rose enthusiasts Please renew now Do It Today! Questions? Contact Jim Price, VP Membership, jnprice@pacbell.net Bee s Knees and friend! Photograph by Elaine Ornelas 5

6 San Diego Rose Society Membership Application/ Renewal 1. PLEASE CAREFULLY PRINT THE FOLLOWING: NAME(S): ADDRESS: CITY STATE ZIP: All members who provide an address will automatically receive a link to the online full-color Rose Ramblings. PHONE ( ) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2. CHECK MEMBERSHIP STATUS: Renewal New Member 3. CHECK (OR ENTER) MEMBERSHIP SUPPORT: All membership support is per household and for the calendar year. REGULAR $15 SUSTAINING $50 CONTRIBUTING $25 PATRON $100 SUPPORTING $35 OTHER AMOUNT $ 4. CHECK ROSE RAMBLINGS NEWSLETTER DISTRIBUTION CHOICE: COLOR [ONLY BY ]: $15 AND HIGHER MEMBERSHIP Selection of the /online newsletter represents a considerable savings of funds for SDRS as well as volunteers time and effort. BLACK/WHITE PRINTED COPY $25 AND HIGHER MEMBERSHIP We continue to offer a printed copy for members who do not have a computer or prefer a printed copy. 5. ARE YOU A MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY? Yes No 6. SEND THIS FORM AND A CHECK PAYABLE TO SDRS TO: SDRS MEMBERSHIP P.O. BOX SAN DIEGO, CA OR: send payment via PayPal: see link on THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUING SUPPORT OF THE SAN DIEGO ROSE SOCIETY! Newsletter 10/2013 6

7 January and Early February Rose Care By Gary Bulman, The tasks for this time of year are many and varied beginning with pruning, selecting new varieties for the garden, organic fertilization, mulching and beginning a watering schedule. Pruning for many is a daunting task with thoughts of I ll kill the bush. This seldom happens and hopefully you have attended our annual pruning demonstration the first Saturday of each year at the rose garden in Balboa Park. Information is also available from our many consulting rosarians at the January 27 th rose society meeting. New roses will arrive at area nurseries during December and January. This is the best time for you to evaluate your current plants and should you be disappointed with their performance now is the time to replace them. This doesn t mean to destroy them, as someone else may be looking for just this plant so they may be given to a neighbor or friend or taken to the rose society meeting to find a new home. I have also had success moving a rose to a different location in my garden where it has thrived. First, prepare the new location, prune the bush to make it easier to handle and then gently remove it from the ground keeping the root ball as intact as possible thus retaining many of the tender feeder roots. This is best done with a large-bladed shovel, gently cutting into the soil completely around the drip line. Replant in the new location, filling in open spots with soil and watering the bush in with one tablespoon of fish emulsion to one gallon of water. This will remove air pockets and settle the soil around the bush. For the planting of a new rose, refer to Roger English s excellent article on preparing a new site for additional plants in last month s Rose Ramblings. When these tasks have been completed, move on to an application of an organic fertilizer. I really like the Bio-Start procured through Ruth Tiffany and the San Diego Rose Society. It has replaced the Ada Perry I used to use and seems to work as well or better at much less cost. I gently work in two cups per large bush (sometimes three) and one cup on miniatures around the drip line. As the soil warms, the organics in the fertilizer become alive providing nutrients for the bush. Additionally I may apply Magnum Grow and/or fish emulsion at one tablespoon per gallon of water to give the rose a bit of a jump start. The next task is the application of two to three inches of mulch to your garden. The mulch will hold back the growth of weeds and also lessen the amount of water as it shields the ground from the hot sun that is sure to arrive. I do this every year and am amazed that last year s mulch has disappeared, working its way into the soil. Check your soil for moisture and if rain has not materialized, begin to water. New growth will begin and tender new canes with lush leaves and foliage will appear. Aphids will not be far behind and can be washed off with a steady stream of water. Should you be inclined to spray, do so after the new growth has reached three or four inches long. Roses provide much more growth than is required for a well-balanced bush so thumb pruning (gently removing unwanted growth while it is tender and easy to remove) can be used to keep the center of the bush clear. 7

8 Special Program from Floral Association Anita Clevenger and Sacramento s Historic Rose Garden Please join us at San Diego Floral Association s (SDFA) first general meeting of the new year on Wednesday, February 19, at 1:30 p.m. in Room 101, Casa del Prado, Balboa Park. We will enjoy refreshments and a chance to meet other members and guests at 1:30 and begin our program at 2:00. Our speaker, Anita Clevenger, is the volunteer manager of Sacramento s Historic Cemetery Rose Garden, a collection of roses popular from the gold rush through the Victorian era (roughly 1850 to 1915). For eleven years, she led tours, conducted training, and coordinated volunteers at this unique garden that houses more than 500 antique and old garden roses gleaned from cemeteries, homes, and other sites. Many of the source plants survived for decades with little water or care. This all-volunteer project is known internationally for its efforts to preserve roses that otherwise would be lost and has been honored with inclusion in the Great Rosarians Garden Hall of Fame. Anita Clevenger is a Sacramento County lifetime UC master gardener and a board member of the Old City Cemetery Committee and Heritage Rose Foundation. She writes the garden column for Inside Publications and also contributes to newsletters and rose journals for the World Federation of Rose Societies, the Heritage Rose Group, and the New Zealand Heritage Roses Group. SDFA is most fortunate to have Anita as our speaker. Please don t miss this unusual opportunity open to our members and guest gardening friends. For more information, visit or call the SDFA office at San Diego Rose Society P.O. Box San Diego CA