ROSE HERALD, TRI-CITIES, WA" JUNE 2012, VOL. 48, NO. 6 ROSE HERALD

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1 ROSE HERALD, TRI-CITIES, WA" JUNE 2012, VOL. 48, NO. 6 ROSE HERALD Easy Garden Maintenance You " love seeing how the Campbe"s have simplified their rose care. rosesociety Meeting time & place" Page 2 Minutes, May 2012" Page 2 Rose Show Recap" Page 3 New Member Names" Page 3 Sympathy to John Moe"Page 3 Special July Surprise" Page 3 RW.: Omaha Roses" Page 4 More Rose Whisperer "Page Show Winners I" Page 5 More Winners, Part I" Page 6 The Bees Swarm" Page 7 Officers, CRs, Calendar P. 8 Our summer garden visits begin on June 25, 2012, at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Jim and Dorothy Campbell, 1307 Maple Lane, West Richland, Washington. Jim will provide tips and techniques for easy maintenance even with 300 roses! Remember to bring your folding chair. The bloom above is Jim s 2012 King of Show, Marilyn Monroe. (Photo is by Nancy Foster-Mi"s.) Come and enjoy the well-grown roses in the Campbells garden. Marguerite Hilling and Bulls Eye anchored Dorothy Campbell s 2012 ARS Keepsake Award wreath below. (Photo is by Nancy Foster- Mi"s.) CO-PRESIDENTS DON & JOANN SAYLER ARE PLEASED WITH TCRS SPRING ROSE SHOW What a day we had at the Rose Show! many people to thank, from our capable Not only was it very well attended (even Rose Show chair, JoAnn Brehm, to the Jack Kiley, our PNW District Director, many workers who made the show such a mentioned it), but the number of rose success. entries was amazing. Of course, the great The judges came from near and far to article and colored picture of Jim and study each entry, and they gave plenty of Dorothy Campbell that appeared in the blue, red and yellow ribbons. Tri-City Herald contributed to this. So " Continued on Page 2 " PAGE

2 ROSE HERALD, TRI-CITIES, WA" JUNE 2012, VOL. 48, NO. 6 MEETING TIME, PLACE, AND HOW TO GET THERE Monday, June 25, 2012 at 6:30 p.m. West Richland, WA. Turn onto Van Giesen from SR 240 towards West Richland. Cross the Yakima River bridge and take a left turn onto 38th at the corner of Brickhouse Pizza and the City Hall. Drive south until you cross the irrigation canal and turn right onto Ironton Drive. Drive to the stop sign at 45th, turning left up the hill. Drive two blocks and turn left again onto Laurel. You will see the rose garden at 1307 Maple Lane when you come to the end of Laurel. CO-Pres. Message, Cont. Narrowing down the multiple first-prize winners to a select few took time. What took the most time, however, was trying to reach a decision on which of two top entries would be awarded "Queen" (and the other "King"). I understand that three group votes later, it came to a one point difference between the two! The winners? Harlow Young won the Queen trophy, and the King trophy went to Jim Campbell. Don says it was the "Clash of the Titans." Congratulations to you both! Another highlight of the day was the flower arrangement seminar given by Jim Sadler, an ARS Horticulture and Arrangement Judge from Montana. He showed how to interpret a rose show theme into an arrangement, Very interesting. Our June meeting will be in the yard of Jim and Dorothy Campbell, with Jim giving the program. See you then. Joann & Don Sayler TCRS Minutes, May 2012 The Tri-City Rose Society met on May 21, 2012, at 7:30 p.m. at the Sandberg Event Center in West Richland. The meeting was called to order at 7:35 p.m. by CO-President Joanne Sayler, with 24 in attendance. Old Business Minutes from the April TCRS meeting were approved as printed. Rose Show Those helping to enter roses should be there at 6:30 a.m. Those helping to place roses in the judging area should be there between 7:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. Harlow Young is in charge of table preparation. The luncheon expense is $17.83 per person. Dorothy Campbell circulated a sign-up sheet for those who wish to attend. Jim Sadler will present an arrangement workshop from 2 to 3 p.m. on Sunday during the Rose Show, and it is free to the public. Joanne Sayler will have her pottery for sale again this year. Treasurer s Report Bob Louie reported a current ledger balance of $5, Expenses are $2,216 from payment to District, purchase of mini-roses, monthly storage fee, monthly insurance, and printing. Income is $2,605 from membership dues, sale of mini-roses, and rose show advertisements by sponsors. Membership Report No report. Publicity An article will appear in the Tri-City Herald regarding the Rose Show. Lawrence Scott Park Tom Miles reported a definite improvement following application of organic fertilizer. Ray Gorbett and Delores Beyersdorf will test and treat the garden beds again the end of June. If you signed up to care for one of the rose beds, please remember to plan at least a couple of visits each month to care for the roses. New Business Congratulations to Harlow Young. He received an Award of Merit for his Rose Whisperer series, and is now on the ARS website under Resources. Steve Sherrell invited members to come by his home to see his roses. He provided a map of roses in his yard at 2803 W. John Day, Kennewick, WA. Harlow Young has rose markers for sale, 10 markers for $4.00. Feature Presentation: Helen Newman Preparing Your Roses for Judging Helen shared many tips and tricks to help prepare roses for judging. Some of her tips: Label before you cut to ensure you have the correct name. The rose should have at least 2-3 rows of petals down, and not be too tight. The stem should be wedged to stand straight. No bugs; clean it up! The meeting concluded at 8:50 p.m. Rebecca Schmidt, Secretary " PAGE

3 ROSE HERALD, TRI-CITIES, WA" JUNE 2012, VOL. 48, NO. 6 Recap of 64th Annual Tri-City Rose Show! CONGRATULATIONS to the winners and THANKS to all who made our show happen. It was a bigger display this year with about 440 entries (versus 404 last year). A special thanks to our judges who traveled some distances (Corvallis, OR; Olympia, Spokane, Tacoma, and Walla Walla, WA; and Missoula, Montana).! Thanks also to those people who sold mini roses, books, jewelry, pottery, etc.; who provided displays; and to our Arrangement Seminar presenter, Jim Sadler. Some helped fund our show and rose society; others gave us a valuable learning experience. [For example, Nancy Foster-Mills photographed trophy winners, like Olympiad, Queen of Show, shown above, from Harlow Young. Nancy also contributed $160 from sales of her arrangement collection. Joann Sayler contributed around $200 from sales of her pottery that she made in Arizona.]! We always appreciate the excellent job done by Trophy Chair Janet Bryant. We enjoy her stories and presentation of the winners list at the Rose Show Luncheon.! Here's the breakdown for 2012 (numbers in parentheses are 2011 entries): 8 (12) Arrangements, 37 (41) Challenges, 12 (6) Juniors, 4 (4) OGRs, 17 (20) Floating roses, 23 (17) Rose Photographs, 46 (58) Miniatures/Minifloras, 6 (10) David Austins, 14 (10) Shrubs, 4 (19) Climbers, 4 (1) Polyanthas, 44 (44) Floribundas, 22 (22) Open HT/GR, and 199 (134) HT/GR singles, sprays, and three-blooms.! Please provide Bob Louie with bills, as approved in our budget, so we can close this year's rose show out. If you have any comments on the show (what went right, what we can work on, new ideas) please send them, before you forget, to JoAnn at brehmj@3- cities.com or call and leave a message on I've already taken a few notes, such as a sign-in sheet for seeing who visits (and maybe even an number or address for a one month complimentary Rose Herald), and having some TCRS (and ARS) registration sheets at the entrance. I will put your comments and suggestions together and pass them along for next year's show. JoAnn Brehm, Show Chair Members Joining or Renewing at Rose Show Janet Bryant Pat & Doug Burleigh Paul Dann Brenda Tagestad Please add these names to your TCRS Membership List. Roses to all of you! Linda & Richard Kerkof, Membership Chairs Sympathy to John Moe for the Death of Mitchie Moe Our dynamic friend, minirose hybridizer Mitchie Moe, died on June 9. During a courageous and exhausting ten year battle with cancer, John was by her side with constant support and encouragement. Mitchie tried one aggressive chemotherapy after another, achieving a few remissions (while continuing to hybridize her lovely roses), but the tumors eventually enlarged and spread. You and I probably grow some of Mitchie s mini roses like Ichiro, shown above. Another vigorous performer is Lynn, a prolific cool pink named for Lynn Schafer. In 2004 Mitchie entered her new minis (below) in the Judges category. We extend our deepest sympathy to John Moe. John has asked that if friends desire, remembrances may be made in Mitchie's name to the American Rose Society, American Cancer Society, PNW District or the Rose Hybridizers Association. NB July Special Surprise Our 2012 Rose Show Winners List is being presented in two installments. You ll find Part I in this issue. Look for a special surprise added to the Winners List, Part II, in July. " PAGE

4 aka Harlow Young In my travels, whether for work or pleasure, I often try to look up a local rose society in the destination city. If there are no local rose societies, I look for public gardens that have roses to photograph. Such was the case with a trip in April to Omaha, Nebraska. I found the Omaha Rose Society by looking on the ARS web site. After several s, the ORS President Michael Eckley and his wife Anita and I started an electronic friendship. I met Mike and his wife Anita for dinner on the evening of April 19 before their ORS meeting. It was an enjoyable time to become acquainted with the Eckleys. I learned that it is their custom to meet with other Rose Society friends at the Farmhouse Café and Bakery in Beverly, a suburb of Omaha, for dinner before the society meetings. Serendipitously I enjoyed dinner with a group of expert rosarians. Not only did I meet President Mike and Anita (Secretary for the Central District), but also Don Swanson, the ARS Central District Chairman, and his wife Joanne; Ron Shaw and Helene Larson. Ron is a Master Class photographer specializing in rose photography; he has won many ARS photo awards. Several of Ron s winning photographs are shown in the May/June 2012 issue of American Rose. Helene is a professional photographer and photo artist. After dinner we gathered with about 30 fellow rosarians for the ORS meeting. The program of the evening was a photographic tour of Judy Rogers expertly landscaped yard. She included her love of roses into each part of the landscape of her home. Friday, the day following the Omaha Rose Society meeting, the Eckleys toured me through several gardens in the Omaha area. I am indebted to them for spending their entire day to show me the rosy sights of Omaha. The day started with a hot, welcoming cup of freshly brewed coffee and a tour of their home garden; a garden of 322 (at least!) roses plus other annuals and perennials. I felt completely at home among their many gardens within a garden, learning first-hand how each developed. I was amazed how gardens in zone 4 or 5 could be so far ahead of ours in zone 6. Actually, my amazement probably leaned more toward envy, because their roses were on the verge of blooming, and mine at home had only infantile buds! As I write this article, it is May 9 at home, and my roses are now as developed as the Eckleys were three weeks earlier! Our next stop on the day s tour was the Memorial Park Rose Garden. The Omaha Rose Society and Master Gardeners of Omaha, beginning in about 2007 with a Mayoral grant, community assistance, and donations from nurseries, restored this garden to its former glory from, as Mike and Anita described, near death. We saw hundreds of roses, such as Rainbow Knockout on the left. Some were moved or replanted during the restoration, and many new ones have been planted, all in very organized and carefully manicured beds. After the Memorial Park garden tour, we visited the home garden of Leon and Virginia Kresel. Leon is one of the original founders of the Rose Hybridizers Association. He has an attractively organized garden of mostly Hybrid Tea roses that he uses as seed and pollen parents for his hybridization hobby. We were privileged to see some of the new seedlings (pictured on the right) that he hybridized last season, many of which were in bloom under lights in his workshop, probably for the first time in their young lives. One new, captivating seedling had light brown or tan coloration to the petals reminiscent of Distant Drums. Thank you, Leon, for sharing your passion for rose hybridization with me and the Eckleys for inspiring me to think about doing the same. I later learned that Leon had published one of the first articles about rose hybridization in the 1968 issue of the American Rose Annual. Page 4

5 What day full of rose events would be complete without a visit to a local nursery? Mike and Anita took me to one of their favorites, the Canoyer Nursery, which is said to have the largest glass greenhouse in the Midwestern US. They couldn t pass up buying a new rose, a nice specimen of St. Patrick. I was tempted by some of the plants as well, but resisted. I couldn t see how they d survive the plane trip home. Leaving Leon and Virginia s, we traveled to the Lauritzen Botanical Garden for lunch, followed by a personally guided tour of the rose garden by Ralph Plute, the caretaker. He drove us through the garden s scenic venues to the Robert H. Storz Family Rose Garden. For a rosarian seeing the first blooms of spring (although many buds were just starting to open) in this format was truly inspirational. Roses that I recall seeing in bloom were Therese Bugnet (pictured left), Rosa Rugosa rubra, Linda Campbell, Dortmund, Carefree Beauty, Earth Song, and Jens Munk. I am greatly appreciative of Ralph for giving us an hour from his busy schedule to tour us through the garden. Thank you, Ralph. This was a day and a half that your Rose Whisperer will not soon forget. I am grateful to the Eckleys for their kind hospitality and chauffeuring around town. May I encourage all of our Tri-City Rose Society members to follow my lead and look up local societies on their travels and get acquainted with other Rosarians? It is great fun, and you ll learn as I have that rosarians the world around are great folks! Polar Joy during an Omaha garden rainstorm 2012 Tri-City Rose Society 64 th Annual Rose Show "Out of Africa" held at Shilo Inn, Richland, WA on June 3, 2012 Horticulture Award Title ARS Award Rose Show Award/Prize Winner Roses Queen of Show (1st Place) King of Show (2nd Place) ARS Gold Medal B.D. Puckett Trophy Harlow Young Olympiad ARS Silver Medal Marian Anderson Trophy James Campbell Marilyn Monroe Princess of Show (3rd Place) Prince of Show (4th Place) ARS Bronze Medal Rainier Bank Trophy Ron Sponseller Black Magic Elsie K Gaebel Memorial Trophy James Campbell Marilyn Monroe Duchess of Show (5th Place) Vina Hudson Memorial Trophy James Campbell Olympiad Duke of Show (6th Place) Leona Ayres Mattison Memorial Trophy Tom Morris Veterans Honor Queen of Miniatures (1st Place) King of Miniatures (2nd Place) Princess of Miniatures (3rd Place) ARS Gold Medal ARS Silver Medal ARS Bronze Medal Doyles' Trophy Nancy Roy Dr John Dickman Doyle Brothers' Trophy Nancy Roy Solar Flare Rhoda & Milton Lewis Trophy Jo Angelos Heather Sproul Page 5

6 Horticulture Award Title ARS Award Rose Show Award/Prize Winner Roses Dowager Queen Best Victorian Rose OGR s ARS Dowager Queen ARS Victorian Rose Inez Austin Trophy Nancy Roy Marchesa Boccella Idaho Rose Society Trophy Patrice Moore Rose de Rescht Best Old Fashioned Rose Dr. and Mrs. S.M. Bunin Trophy Patrice Moore Rose de Rescht Best Portland or Hybrid Perpetual Best Hybrid Tea Spray Best Grandiflora Spray Best Three Hybrid Tea or Grandiflora Blooms Best Fully Open Hybrid Tea or Grandiflora Bloom Best Floribunda One Bloom ARS Best Hybrid Tea ARS Best Grandiflora ARS Best Hybrid Tea Open Bloom ARS Best Floribunda One Bloom Jack Newman Trophy Patrice Moore Rose de Rescht Roys Trophy JoAnn Brehm Brigadoon Farmers Exchange Trophy Myrl Briggs Camelot Dr. and Mrs. W.D. Norwood Trophy James Campbell Lynn Anderson Earl C. Watts' Memorial Trophy Joann Sayler Cherry Parfait Mac's Garden Center Trophy Judith Heath Sheila s Perfume Best Floribunda Spray ARS Best Floribunda Spray Thomas A Keasling Trophy Lynn Niebuhr Daybreaker Best Polyantha Spray Catherine Leist Trophy Mark Palmer Baby Faurax Best Climbing Rose (One Bloom) Best Climbing Rose (Spray) Tri-City Rose Society Trophy Prize donated by Nancy Roy Nancy Roy Altissimo Tom & Mary Ann Kelley Night Owl Best Shrub Rose ARS Best Shrub Barga Trophy JoAnn Brehm Lyda Rose Best David Austin Rose Heirloom Old Garden Roses Trophy JoAnn Brehm Belle Story Best Miniflora Prize donated by Nancy Roy Nancy Roy Dr John Dickman Best Single Mini Best Miniature Spray Best Open Miniature Bloom Best Rose Photography: One Spray Best Floating Rose Best Miniature Floating Rose ARS Best Single Miniature ARS Best Miniature Spray ARS Best Open Miniature Bloom Prize donated by Nancy Roy in Memory of Norman Roy The Sylvia McCracken Trophy Prize donated by Janet Bryant Patrice Moore Nancy Roy Gizmo Seabreeze Prize donated by Anne Muggli Janet Bryant Sachet Prize donated by Helen Newman Harlow Young Matilda Prize donated by JoAnn & John Brehm Jordan Tuck Julia Child Prize donated by the Pindak Family Janet Bryant Incognito Page 6

7 And There They Go by Jo Angelos It all began one Saturday morning when the sun was shining and the wind wasn t blowing (a novelty for the Spring and Summer we ve had so far). I was at my kitchen sink and looked out at the yard where the sprinklers were showering the lush, green lawn with welcome and refreshing droplets. The flowers were blooming, cats sprawled in the sunshine, hummingbirds at the feeder, and bees flitting from one flower to the next picturesque and calming. I noticed the air on the other side of the yard was full of something. My first thought was the cottonwood tree exploding all its fine puffs of seeds on my yard. Then I realized if the water drops were not making that cotton drop to the ground thus clearing the air that wasn t cotton! Bees were abuzz any Hollywood horror film producer would have jumped at the opportunity to film this site! The air was a mass of movement and noise as they were in the initial stages of searching out a safe and suitable home for their newly created queen. A couple of weeks earlier I had noticed some queen cells built on my existing bee hive frames. This is not uncommon for them to make these cells to ensure their future, if something were to happen to the existing queen. I knew my hive had become crowded (which is another reason queen cells are created) and I should have divided my hive into two. My excuses of poor weather conditions and other commitments created the conditions for my own perfect swarm. The girls took matters into their own hands and as you can see by the picture at the top of the page, they were outta here. The flying bees filled the air, and my biggest fear was watching them venture off never to be seen again. Some might wonder what this article has to do with roses. My Alchymist rose bush played the biggest part in the capture of this newly formed family. The queen selected a branch, and the rest of them quickly attended to her, as her pheromone drew in every last one. Co-Editor s Note: No bees were intentionally harmed during this process. All scouting bees out in the field when the shake down occurred were carefully re-routed to the new site where they happily live and thrive today. The newly formed bee hive was given additional living space with the introduction of another story (hive box) set on top. This included frames of honey and brood to provide a jump start for the new family. Now the retrieval process could begin. A new set of frames in a hive box were placed under the swarm, and a string was tied to the branch to allow the shake down from a distance. All these pictures were taken with my cell phone camera without any bee protective garments. My bees were very docile and since they were not protecting a hive full of brood and honey during this swarm, they were not aggressive. They just wanted to keep with their queen and search for the ultimate new home. An amazing Saturday morning! Page 7

8 ROSE HERALD, TRI-CITIES, WA" JUNE 2012, VOL. 48, NO. 6 TCRS Officers, CRs, MRs & Other Helpers CO-Presidents Don & Joann Sayler, 2718 S Everett Pl, Kennewick, WA (509) dosayjo@msn.com MR CO-Vice-President Jim Campbell, 1307 Maple Lane, West Richland, WA (509) (NOTE: Dorothy Campbell is a CR) scotch1943@frontier.com CR CO-Vice-President Harlow Young, 3218 W 2nd Ave., Kennewick, WA (509) threegkids@frontier.com Treasurer Bob Louie, 20 N. Jefferson St., Kennewick, WA (509) blouie1@charter.net Secretary Rebecca Schmidt, 5902 W. 16th Ave., Kennewick, WA rssothl@hotmail.com CO-Membership Chairs Linda Kerkof and MR Richard Kerkof, 5306 Cleveland Lane, Pasco, WA (509) greenthumbsrjlm@hotmail.com Rose Herald CO-Editor Jo Angelos, 719 S. Yelm Place, Kennewick, WA (509) angelosfolk@gmail.com MR Rose Herald CO-Editor Norma Boswell, 465 Mateo Court, Richland, WA (509) rosybos@owt.com Webmaster Nancy Foster-Mills, 1537 Adair Dr., Richland, WA (509) thundar2007@gmail.com and MR JoAnn Brehm, 1113 Saddle Way, Richland, WA (509) brehmj@3-cities.com CR Tom Miles, 118 Bremmer St., Richland, WA (509) thmpmi@charter.net Helen Newman, E. Vaca Rd., Kennewick, WA (509) hnewman@owt.com Hard Copy Helpers Jim & Kathy Weber jwweber@clearwire.net & Charlie Gant. Mark Your Calendar June 25 Jim Campbell will provide tips and techniques for easy garden maintenance. Bring a chair to the Campbells garden at 1307 Maple Lane, West Richland, WA. June 30 Spokane Rose Show July 14 Missoula Rose Show July 23 TCRS Meeting: A Visit to Job s Nursery. Alex Job will be our guide, commenting upon the roses and other plants the Pasco business is known for. August 27 Meet at the Demonstration Garden and AARS Test Garden in Kennewick. Master Gardeners Arlan Gadeken and Susan Smith will comment upon recent developments and projects at the site. Tri-City Rose Society Webmaster Nancy Foster-Mills Coordinator Janet Bryant: janetsbliss@hotmail.com Co-Editor Jo Angelos: angelosfolk@gmail.com Co-Editor Norma Boswell: rosybos@owt.com 465 Mateo Court Richland, WA Esteemed Rosarian