2005 AARS Winners Announced

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1 August, 2004 Volume 30, No. 8 Nanette Londeree, Editor The Marin Rose A non-profit chapter of the American Rose Society Disease Resistance and Roses With Dr Lakshmi Sridharan Tuesday, August 10, :30 pm Livermore Room Marin Art & Garden Center Inside 2004 Programs Arriving Soon!!! Musings 2 President s Message 3 Program Notes 4 Garden Bad Guys 5 Exhibitor s Corner 7 Board Meeting Update 8 June Show Results 9 Rose Care 10 July Show Results 11 Dozens of Orange Roses 13 The Mailbox 15 Rose of the Month AARS Winners Announced Four roses have been announced as the 2005 All American Rose Selection winners. Two shrubs join a grandiflora and hybrid tea as the top new roses in this annual contest. These roses competed with new roses from all over the world, and have had to demonstrate that they are easy to maintain, disease resistant, and of course, beautiful. The All American Rose Selections (AARS) is a non-profit organization has been dedicated to the introduction and promotion of exceptional roses for sixty five years, with notable winners like Peace, Mr Lincoln, Double Delight, Touch of Class and Bonica. In order to earn the AARS honor, roses must be grown in test gardens for two years across the United States, and evaluated on fifteen different characteristics including disease resistance, hardiness, color, form, flowering effect, fragrance, vigor and novelty. The AARS is an independent organization that is not related to the American Rose Society (ARS), though they clearly are linked by their love and promotion of roses. Here are the winners: About Face a very tall grandiflora dressed with blooms of deep orange-gold on the upper side of the petals and a burnished red reverse surrounded by large, lush, clean green leaves. The medium sized blooms have a mild fresh apple fragrance. Tom Carruth produced his sixth AARS winner with this rose. Daydream a lavender About Face colored shrub rose that is compact and low growing reaching two feet high by three feet wide. The large clusters of blooms range in color from mauve blend to fuchsia pink and cover the glossy green foliage all summer. This rose was hybridized by Ping Lim and is a more compact version of Lavender Dream - one of its parents.

2 and moderately fragrant. Lady Elsie May has outstanding disease resistance with dark green glossy foliage that complements the color of the bloom. Reinhard Noack produced this bloom from unknown parentage. Daydream Elle the only hybrid tea to win the AARS award this year, Elle is a good rose for cutting, with long lasting blooms that are a pink blend color on the upper side of the petals and an orange pink on the underside. The flowers are very full with more than forty petals, and have an intense fragrance. The five-foot bushy plant is moderately disease resistant. This rose comes from Meilland International. Be sure to look for these lovely new roses in garden centers and catalogs during the next bareroot growing season. Photos from AARS website Lady Elsie May Musings From the Rose Show Chair By Sandra Simon We have come a long way in a short time. It wasn't too long ago, just last year, that our monthly Rose Show was in a poorly lit kitchen. Then in April and May 2004 we were in a little room that was kind of a vestibule in our temporary meeting room. Now to find ourselves in the remodeled Livermore Room is so amazing. With its freshly painted walls, high ceiling, a lovely spacious room with new lighting surrounded by French doors that we can look out at a patio, lush lawns and lovely garden. It's like a dream come true. Our society has responded with an abundance of exhibitors bringing the finest roses they can find in their Marin gardens. Each month this year our rose show seems to be more spectacular as our members see what fun it is to bring their roses in to share. The love and care we lavish on our roses is evident. Each month there are roses some of us have never seen before, names we have only read about or perhaps never heard of. For a rosarian, it is such a pleasure, such a feast for the eyes and the fragrance is breathtaking. One can just move into another level of consciousness with delight. Elle Lady Elsie May is another shrub rose to win the AARS award. This is a medium sized plant that produces large clusters of coral pink flowers that are long lasting We have been lucky to have judges that are knowledgeable, inspiring, informing and dedicated. They have shared their time, humor and patience with us and helped us all to see how roses are judged. Many of our members have come to me and asked to clerk a show for the first time. This willingness has been rewarding. It is behind the scenes, watching judges at their work where we can find out many helpful hints and tips in the art of showing roses. So far this year we have had someone new paired with (continued on page 6) 2

3 Notes from the President By Joan Goff Today I received the summer edition of THE CRITERION, the quarterly newsletter of our district, the Northern Californian-Nevada-Hawaii (NCNH) district and wow, what an issue! There are 54 pages total, almost all in color and with the most spectacular photos! If you are not already a subscriber, you could be by contacting the editors Ted and Linda Burg at 795 Clover Lane, Hanford, CA The subscription rate is only $10/year and includes many great articles, news of the district as well as the ARS and color photos. This newsletter also is a national winner as well; it won the Silver Certificate for district bulletins for the ARS in Join now to see an extremely well done newsletter and catch up on district news. Many thanks to Ted and Linda Burg for the fine job they do for the district. The Criterion also has the information for the Fall District Conference to be held in downtown Sacramento from October 22-24, If you haven t yet attended a conference, this is a great chance. There are many exceptional speakers, a rose show, a Saturday night awards banquet and a garden tour at the state capitol. This will be the same conference that we are hosting a year from now so you can see what we need to plan! Let me know if you want the information to sign up, the conference will be held at the Holiday Inn Capitol Plaza. As we go to press, we are preparing for our first carpool garden tour that is Saturday, July 31 st. We are going to the garden and home of Jim Dixon west of Occidental. Jim has a 15 acre plot of land of which 3 acres has been landscaped. Jim also had his home built to stage and house his oriental carpet collection and I know all of us will be inspired by both his home and garden. We will also be stopping at Western Hills Rare Plant Nursery and tour owner Maggie s beautiful gardens. I hope to have another outing this fall, stay tuned for some dates and suggestions. This is a good way for us to socialize and do together what all of us love most: to see other gardens! 3

4 Program Notes By Florence Taylor and Betty Mott Our July meeting and program was most enjoyable as we had a lovely evening and had our program outdoors. Cynthia Chuang, VP of the Santa Clara Rose Society presented her program "Growing Roses in Containers." It was very informative and had three members joining her to pot up some of the roses that she brought into containers. Which she later donated to our raffle table. She shared her formula for the soil with us which is as follows: For small containers (1 gal.) and working from the bottom of the pot, place a layer of good organic potting soil, one handful of superphosphate on top (1/8 of a cup) then cover with more soil. Plant should never go directly onto super phosphate. Mix ¼ cup Osmocote or Apex time released fertilizer with 1 cup of Mills Magic and the mix these two into potting mix. Use this combination to fill in the soil around plant leaving room at top of pot to water and add mulch. For 15 gallon containers use two handfuls of superphosphate, two handfuls of Apex or Osmocote and 2 cups Mills Magic. Same process as above. Roses in this size container can stay indefinitely. A SPECIAL THANK YOU goes to Dan Frost who so graciously helped Cynthia with all the hard labor that goes into potting and hauling soil, pots and essentials that were needed. It is very gratifying to see so many new and old members at our meetings, and members like Dan make the job so much easier and enjoyable. Our August 10th meeting will feature Dr. Lakshmi Sridharan with a talk about common rose diseases, what disease resistance means and recommend roses that are disease resistant. She will talk about the importance of growing disease resistant roses. Dr. Sridharan is a molecular biologist and botanist. She enjoys sharing her gardening experience and knowledge in science with others through her writing and lectures. She has published extensively in gardening magazines and newspapers. She writes for the American Rose magazine and the Rose Annual. She is Science Editor for the American Rose Journal published by the Huntington Botanical Gardens. All original artwork included in this newsletter is by Karen Paul, Illustrator All photos included in this newesletter by Nanette Londeree unless indicated otherwise Marin Rose Society Officers and Directors President Joan Goff joanegoff@yahoo.com 1 st VPs / Program Co-chairs Betty Mott bmott@marin.k12.ca.us Florence Taylor NONITAYLOR@aol.com 2d VP/Show Chair Sandra Simon Secretary Kitty O Donnell KKOSF51@aol.com Treasurer & Website Chair Gail Trimble gail@marinrose.org Publicity Sigrid Boitano sjboitano@comcast.net Newsletter Editor Nanette Londeree Rosienan@aol.com Raffle Co-chairs Jeanette Heredia Marie Johnston FXJ8@PacBell.net Bonnie Craig Roseforbonnie@aol.com Sara Misveth Membership Chair Barbara Picarelli bjlp@verizon.net Hospitality Co-chairs Mary Dunselman Elaine Goldman Elaine_goldman@yahoo.com Ella Spinelli Historian Lenore Ruckman CMR3X7@aol.com Parliamentarian Vivien Bronshvag vivlrb@aol.com 4

5 Garden Bad Guys Abiotic Disease By Nanette Londeree. Plants, whether cultivated or wild, generally grow well when the soil provides them with sufficient nutrients and moisture, sufficient light reaches their leaves, and the temperature stays within a "normal" range. However, like people, plants can get sick. Agents similar to those that cause disease in people also can cause diseases in plants. The broadest definition of plant disease includes anything that damages plant health. This definition can include such diverse factors as pathogens, insufficient nitrogen, air pollution, lawnmower or deer damage. A stricter definition usually includes any persistent irritation resulting in plant damage and characteristic symptoms. This definition includes such factors as pathogens, insufficient nitrogen, and air pollution. A very strict definition includes only infectious organisms (pathogens) that multiply and spread to other nearby plants. Most pathogens are microscopic and include bacteria, fungi, nematodes, viruses, protozoa, and parasitic plants. These are called biotic diseases. There are many other ailments that affect roses that are not a result of infectious organisms. These are called abiotic diseases or disorders. A working definition of an abiotic disease or disorder is damage caused by factors other than pathogens. Here are some common abiotic disorders: Nutrient deficiencies occur when a plant lacks a required material for growth. The most common is nitrogen deficiency that causes chlorosis (see photo above) and drop of older leaves. Nutrient excesses are essentially an overdose of nutrients that may limit rose growth if the total salt level becomes too high. Lack of vigor, short shoots or burning at the leaf edges can result, especially during drought periods. Overfertilizing is the most common cause of nutrient excess, but can also result from animals urinating around the plant. Herbicide damage may appear as a variety of symptoms, including cupped, curled, or chlorotic leaves, small leaves, or necrosis of the entire plant. The herbicide class and the dosage to the plant determine which symptoms appear and their severity. Injury from glyphosate (Roundup) is relatively common. Damage symptoms caused by this herbicide may not appear during the season of application, especially if application is made in autumn, but symptoms may appear the following spring as a proliferation of small shoots and leaves from buds. The plant will outgrow the injury if the dosage was not too high. Glyphosate can be absorbed through green wood of canes, so care must be taken to avoid accidental application or drift. Sunburn appears as blackened areas, especially on the south and west sides of canes (see photo above). Sunburn is caused by excessive temperatures /direct sun hitting the cane. This is usually an indirect result of defoliation caused by drought stress or spider mite infestation. Reflected heat from masonry, vinyl siding, or rock mulch may also cause canes to sunburn. Sunburn is pretty common in Marin. Leaf scorch due to environmental conditions can be seen when temperature and moisture suddenly turns hot and dry. Leaves turn yellow or have brown leaf edges. The affected leaves may remain on the plant or drop early. Watering during hot, dry weather may prevent or alleviate leaf scorch. 5

6 Drought is usually readily apparent with the wilting of the plant from top to bottom. Mild drought may not be as obvious often the rose simply sulks, does not grow or bloom, but does not wilt. Desiccation is a result of water loss from the leaves and canes. In the spring and summer, desiccation can occur when plants are actively growing, temperatures are high, humidity is very low and water is limited. In the winter it is caused by winter sun and wind and roots in frozen soil that are unable to replace lost water. Newly planted bareroot roses are particularly vulnerable, as their roots are not yet developed. Frost cracking is caused by extremely rapid temperature changes in bark and wood of canes. If there is a dramatic drop in temperature (i.e., from 30 F to -20F in a very short period of time), uneven contraction of the wood causes a crack to form suddenly. Though not generally a problem in most of Marin, some open areas can get intense frost that can do damage to new rose canes. Prevention is the key for most of these abiotic conditions. While you can t control temperatures or wind, you can make sure your plants are adequately watered and fertilized (not too little or too much), keep pets away from the plants, and protect newly planted bareroot roses by surrounding the new plant with mulch until it has developed roots and can withstand drying winds. Keep in mind that any of these conditions can weaken a rose and allow invasion by many secondary fungi and insects. Visit our Rose Garden at the Marin Art & Garden Center, Sir Francis Drake Blve, Ross Musings From therose Show Chair (continued from page 2) someone experienced to clerk each show. This has spread more ease and knowledge around our society. We have only three more shows this year. It will be exciting to see what roses our gardens will yield. If you have never entered a show, now is a good time to give it a try. Go out to your garden the morning of the show and see if there are some roses that you might like to exhibit. Be sure to recut the stem under water and place in a brown unlabeled bottle or temporary vessel and groom the rose. Remove any foreign matter on leaves. Come early (7 p.m.); there will be someone to help you with the name and class of the rose if you do not know. 6 Experienced exhibitors know it is best to prepare, groom and label your roses at home. I have a rose that thrives in a corner of my garden that gets sun but little water. It was hastily transplanted when the cottage was enlarged. I have never known it's name. Last night I went through some rose books and wonder of wonders I was able to identify it. The distinctive thorns cinched it. A mystery solved. Perhaps you will see this fragrant old rose from 1867 named La France, the first hybrid tea by the French breeder Guiuot on our show table. I knew these Rose books were good for something. See you at the August Rose Show.

7 Exhibitor s Corner By Gail Trimble Petal count is very important because roses with many petals, such as the Climbing Tea, Sombreuil below, take longer to open. Timing is Everything! There are few things more exasperating to the exhibitor than wanting to exhibit at a rose show but having very few blooms to show! This column will attempt to offer some guidelines to maximize the number of blooms you have available to show when you need them. There are several factors that influence the time it takes for roses to repeat bloom: Weather Culture practices Deadheading procedure Number of petals Variety Weather is the one factor that you can do very little about. Spring rose shows are the hardest to plan for because they follow winter pruning and unpredictable weather. Generally speaking, for our rose show, which precedes Mother's Day, roses should be pruned by January 31 st. As there is great variation in the weather from February through April, bringing roses to the spring show is kind of hit or miss. Fall shows are the easiest to plan for as the weather is usually very stable in late summer and early fall. Counting the days from the time a rose "shows color", meaning that the sepals have cracked open, a very double rose can take as long as a week to fully open, whereas a single rose - one having 12 petals or less, can open in a day or two, such as the floribunda, Betty Boop, below. Culture practices are important in that well cared for roses will repeat more quickly and reliably than roses that are stressed by pests, diseases, insufficient feeding, and under-watering. Deadheading or cutting back can influence how long it takes for a rose to repeat because the further back you cut, the longer it takes to repeat bloom. If you cut back to the first 5 leaflet leave, repeat times will be shorter but blooms will be smaller and canes thinner - the further you cut back, the larger the bloom and the thicker the cane. (But be aware that some roses will sulk when cut back---peace, for instance, does not like being cut back severely.) Also, to increase the number of blooms available for an upcoming show, you have to cut back the entire bush - even green buds that have not opened yet. The Variety of the rose has to be taken into account because some roses are stubborn about repeating and others seem to always be in bloom. In my garden currently, Lynn Anderson, Moonstone and Nicole take 10 weeks (possibly because they 7

8 are so tall) while Agnes Winchel takes 7 weeks (possibly because it is so short!). Most hybrid teas, if cut back to the third or fourth 5 leaflet leave, will take about 8 weeks to repeat in this area. Roses that produce sprays, such as floribundas and shrubs, take longer to repeat. If, when planning for a spray, you are removing not only the center bud but also the center buds on the side axils, this takes even longer - perhaps as much as two weeks more than a hybrid tea. Miniatures, having short stems and fewer petals (most of them) generally take 6 to 7 weeks. Get to know your roses. Take notes when you cut back for a show, and you will find out how long your particular varieties take. For upcoming shows, count back on the calendar 7 to 10 weeks depending on the varieties you have, and mark it on the calendar to remind yourself to cut back. Timing the repeat bloom of your rose garden is important not only for exhibiting in a rose show, but has other practical uses as well - such as preparing for a garden tour, a wedding, or simply entertaining company in your garden. Photos by Gail Trimble MRS Board Meeting Update By Joan Goff This month the board met at Sandy Simon s home in Mill Valley. We decided last month to meet in members homes for the summer months. It is nice to see each garden and have the comfortable setting inside to conduct our business meeting. Next month we will be meeting at Vivian Bronshvag s home in Kent Woodlands on Monday, August 16 th at 7:30 pm. Rose Garden and Anniversary: We discussed a joint Rose Garden Opening Ceremony with our 30 th year anniversary celebration and have set September 19 th from 2 4 pm for the Rose Garden Opening. All are welcome and please come to help us celebrate! If anyone likes to work on scrapbooks, please contact Lenore Ruckman as she is gathering material as our Historian. We hope to have a scrapbook started by the time of our 30 th celebration. The committees tending the new rose garden are working very well. If you want to help out, please contact Gary Scales and he will direct you to the one of the weekly persons-in-charge. Thank you to the many volunteers who are keeping our garden clean and beautiful. In the winter we will be need extra folk to help out with pruning, replacing some of the roses and planting the new ones we intend to acquire. We are very pleased with our first year effort and have received many compliments. Nominating Committee and by-law revision: Sandra Simon has agreed to serve as chair of the nominating committee this year and Gary Scales has also agreed to serve. The committee will also have two more members so please consider serving if asked. The committee will come up with a slate of officers to be elected at our October meeting. The elected officers are: President, Vice President (s) both of the Rose Show and Programs, Treasurer and Secretary. Installation will again be held at our Harvest Dinner in November. Gary has also agreed to help with a revision of our by-laws. Our by-laws are very out-dated, the last date is listed as 1979! We hope to have a revision ready for review and approval by the end of the year. 8

9 REMINDER TO ALL EXHIBITORS No one will be permitted to enter roses after 7:30 pm the night of the show No one is permitted in the show room other than the Judge and two clerks while the judging is in progress Monthly Rose Show Results for June, 2004 Judge: Ed Yeson Clerks: Dorothy Arnold and Carol Bruce Best of Show: FOURTH OF JULY, Lydia Treadway COURT OF HONOR OLYMPIAD: Dora Fleming CHAMPAGNE COCKTAIL: Joan Goff LIEBESZAUBER: Sandra Simon ALAIN BLANCHARD: Joan Goff 1. HYBRID TEA (disbudded, one bloom per stem) FIRST PLACE: Olympiad, Dora Fleming Marilyn Monroe, Joan Goff SECOND PLACE: Just Joey, S. Simon THIRD PLACE: Whisper, Sandra Simon 2. HYBRID TEA SPRAY FIRST PLACE: Liebeszauber, Sandra Simon SECOND PLACE: Ingrid Bergman, Lydia Treadway THIRD PLACE: Gemini, Sandra Simon 3. GRANDIFLORA (disbudded, one per stem) SECOND PLACE: Gold Medal, Sandra Simon 5 FLORIBUNDA (One bloom per stem) FIRST PLACE: Sheilas Perfume, Lenore Ruckman SECOND PLACE: Hot Cocoa, Lydia Treadway THIRD PLACE: Betty Boop, Sandra Simon Angel Face, Dora Fleming 6. FLORIBUNDA SPRAY (two or more blooms per stem) FIRST PLACE: Summer Fashion, Lenore Ruckman; Champagne, Joan Goff, Heaven on Earth, Lydia Treadway SECOND PLACE: Hot Cocoa, Lydia Treadway THIRD PLACE: Showbiz, Carol Bruce 7. MINIATURE (one bloom per stem) FIRST PLACE: Hot Tamale, Lydia Treadway SECOND PLACE: Sweet Diana, Lydia Treadway; Jeanne Lajoie, Sandra Simon THIRD PLACE: Gizmo, Lydia Treadway 8. MINIATURE SPRAY (two or more blooms per stem) FIRST PLACE: Little Artist, Joan Goff 10. MINIATURE ROSE IN CLEAR GLASS BOWL( exhibition bloom in proper size bowl) FIRST PLACE: Jeanne Lajoie, Sandra Simon 11. OLD GARDEN ROSE (with or without side buds, one bloom per stem or spray) FIRST PLACE: Alain Blanchard, Joan Goff SECOND PLACE: Gloire de Dijon, Joan Goff THIRD PLACE: Joasine Hanet, Sandra Simon 9

10 12. DAVID AUSTIN S ENGLISH ROSES (with or w/o side buds. One bloom per stem or spray) FIRST PLACE: Herbalist, Sandra Simon SECOND PLACE: Othello, Sandra Simon 13. SHRUBS, (other than Austin) FIRST PLACE: Golden Unicorn, Sandra Simon SECOND PLACE: Flutterbye, Dora Fleming THIRD PLACE: Sparrishoop, Sandra Simon 14. CLIMBERS (one bloom per stem, or spray) FIRST PLACE: Fourth of July, Lydia Treadway SECOND PLACE: Fourth of July, Lydia Treadway THIRD PLACE: Dublin Bay, Sandra Simon Altissimo, Carol Bruce 15. FRAGRANCE (any rose, one bloom per stem) FIRST PLACE: Sutters gold, Joan Goff SECOND PLACE: Melody Perfume, Sandra Simon THIRD PLACE: Bella Roma, Lydia Treadway 16. FULLY OPEN ROSE (any rose except miniature, one stem, one bloom, stamens must show) FIRST PLACE: Marilyn Monroe, Sandra Simon Diana, Princess of Wales, Maureen Groper SECOND PLACE: Liebeszauber, Sandra Simon Chrysler Imperial, Carol Bruce THIRD PLACE: Double Delight, Sandra Simon 17. ANY OTHER ROSE FIRST PLACE: Margo Foster, Carol Bruce 18. HYBRID TEA OR GRANDIFLORA IN A CLEAR GLASS BOWL (exhibition bloom in proper size bowl) FIRST PLACE: Gemini, Sandra Simon Olympiad, Dora Fleming SECOND PLACE: Gold Medal, Dora Fleming Ingrid Bergman, Lydia Treadway THIRD PLACE: Brigadoon, Lydia Treadway Ingrid Bergman, Lydia Treadway 19. ANY OTHER ROSE IN A CLEAR GLASS BOWL (bloom in proper size bowl) FIRST PLACE: Fourth of July, Sandra Simon 10 In the interest of space, I have not written out all of the specifics for each specimen classification of each rose class, and type font has been reduced in order to accommodate results for both the June an July show results, Barbara Lanoy Picarelli, Recorder Rose Care For August By Lenore Ruckman, Consulting Rosarian Here we are in the middle of summer - the lazy dog days of summer. This month we can get some of our warmest to hottest days. Continue to water deeply, every other day, or as needed for our particular microclimates of Marin. This is the last time to put a slow release fertilizer, the four-month type, before we get into fall. Foliar feeding is beneficial with a balanced fertilizer to the leaves, but be sure you have irrigated your bushes before applying any overhead spray or feed as not to burn the leaves. The same goes for any protective spraying, and do this on a calm day preferably in the early morning. Keep deadheading the spent blooms; remember to cut long stems, leaving 2 to 3 five leaflet leaves from the bottom of the bush or that particular stem. Use this method when cutting blooms for a rose show or a bouquet for yourself. Take a bucket of water with you to put the roses in as you are cutting, to keep the roses well hydrated before arranging in a vase. Keep the ground clean of petals and spent leaves to prevent the spread of diseases In my garden, I have just about finished checking for new weeds, fertilized with slow release fertilizer and added more mulch to a couple of beds. I discovered a few bushes needed an extra spigot on the drip system. All of this is hard work and can take time but your roses will reward you with good blooms. I have a request of all members who have any photos of our rose shows and other activities for this year and last to please submit them to me so I can begin to make an album-scrapbook for our history. Thank you in advance.

11 Monthly Rose Show Results for July 2004 Judge: Alice Affleck Clerks: Ashford Wood, Sandra Simon BEST OF SHOW: TIMELESS, Dora Fleming COURT OF HONOR: RADOX BOUQUET, Lydia Treadway KRISTEN, Lenore Ruckman LYNN ANDERSON, Dorothy Arnold FLOWER GIRL, Sandra Simon 1. HYBRID TEA (disbudded, one bloom per stem) FIRST PLACE: Lynn Anderson, Dorothy Arnold Timeless, Dora Fleming Sun Goddess, Dora Fleming St. Patrick, Lenore Ruckman Sheer Elegance, Mary Polizzi Abbaye de Cluny, Dorothy Arnold SECOND PLACE: Marilyn Monroe, Sandra Simon Memorial Day, Lydia Treadway 6. FLORIBUNDA SPRAY (two or more blooms per stem) FIRST PLACE: Iceberg, Maureen Groper SECOND PLACE: Escapade, Paula Jaffe Trumpeter, Roey Berman THIRD PLACE: Europeana, Lenore Ruckman Betty Boop, Ashford Wood 7. MINIATURE (one bloom per stem) FIRST PLACE: Holiday, Denise Willis Kristen, Lenore Ruckman Luis Desamero, Lenore Ruckman SECOND PLACE: Sweet Revenge, Sandra Simon THIRD PLACE: Sweet Revenge, Sandra Simon Sweet Diana, Lydia Treadway Irresistible, Dorothy Arnold 8. MINIATURE SPRAY(two or more blooms per stem) FIRST PLACE: Yantai, Lenore Ruckman Secret, Maureen Groper Table Mountain, Vivien Bronshvag Honor, Mary Polizzi THIRD PLACE: Marilyn Monroe, Sandra Simon, Sheer Bliss, Dora Fleming Betty White, Vivien Bronshvag Olympiad, Mary Polizzi Diana, Princess of Wales, Paula Jaffe 2. HYBRID TEA SPRAY THIRD PLACE: Barbra Streisand, Vivien Bronshvag 3. GRANDIFLORA (disbudded, one bloom per stem) SECOND PLACE: Sonia, Dora Fleming 4. GRANDIFLORA SPRAY (two or more blooms per stem) SECOND PLACE: Melody Perfume, Sandra Simon 5. FLORIBUNDA (one bloom per stem) First place: Princess Alice, Dorothy Arnold SECOND PLACE: Nicole, Denise Willis THIRD PLACE: Bill Warriner, Dorothy Arnold FIRST PLACE: Gizmo, Lydia Treadway Sweet Revenge, Sandra Simon SECOND PLACE: Magic Carrousel, Lenore Ruckman Dr. C.K. Chan, Sandra Simon 11. OLD GARDEN ROSE (with or w/o side buds, one bloom per stem, or spray) FIRST PLACE: Sombreuil, Sandra Simon Rose de Rescht, Sandra Simon SECOND PLACE: Sydonie, Ashford Wood 12. DAVID AUSTIN S ENGLISH ROSES (with or w/o side buds. One bloom per stem or spray) FIRST PLACE: Mary Rose, Sandra Simon Heritage, Dorothy Arnold SECOND PLACE: Mary Rose, Sandra Simon Jude the Obscure, Ashford Wood Gertrude Jekyll, Vivien Bronshvag THIRD PLACE: Benjamin Britten, Ashford Wood 9. MINIATURE FULLY OPEN (disbudded, one stem, one bloom, stamens must show) 11

12 13. SHRUBS, OTHER THAN AUSTIN FIRST PLACE: Flower Girl, Sandra Simon SECOND PLACE: Penelope, Maureen Groper Sonia Renaissance, Sandra Simon Flower Girl, Sandra Simon Kaleidoscope, Ashford Wood THIRD PLACE: Carefree Delight, Ashford Wood Sally Holmes, Lenore Ruckman 14. CLIMBERS (one bloom per stem or spray) FIRST PLACE: Pierre de Ronsard, Dorothy Arnold Altissimo, Ashford Wood Fourth of July, Lydia Treadway SECOND PLACE: Rosarium Uetersen, Lenore Ruckman THIRD PLACE: Iceberg, Sandra Simon 15. FRAGRANCE (any rose, one bloom per stem) FIRST PLACE: Fragrant Cloud, Paula Jaffe SECOND PLACE: Love Potion, Sandra Simon THIRD PLACE: Fragrant Cloud, Sandra Simon 16. FULLY OPEN ROSE (any rose except miniatures, one stem, one bloom, stamens must show) FIRST PLACE: Olympia, Maureen Groper Radox Bouquet, Lydia Treadway Opening Night, Sandra Simon SECOND PLACE: Secret, Maureen Groper THIRD PLACE: Olympiad, Dorothy Arnold Just Joey, Sandra Simon (Editors note: Apologies for the July results being somewhat out of order due to software challenges!) 18. HYBRID TEA OR GRANDIFLORA IN A CLEAR GLASS BOWL (exhibition bloom in proper size bowl) FIRST PLACE: Spring Break, Maureen Groper Day Breaker, Lydia Treadway SECOND PLACE: Fame, Maureen Groper Gold Medal, Sandra Simon THIRD PLACE: Secret, Maureen Groper Moonstone, Sandra Simon 19. ANY OTHER ROSE IN A CLEAR GLASS BOWL (bloom in proper size bowl) FIRST PLACE: Fourth of July, Sandra Simon 20. HYBRID TEA STAGES OF BLOOM (any one variety, three stems in separate vases) FIRST PLACE: Pristine, Dorothy Arnold THIRD PLACE: Royal Sunset, Paula Jaffe 21. ENGLISH BOX-MINIATURE; OR HYBRID TEA OR GRANDIFLORA FIRST PLACE: Kristen, Millie Walters Yantai, Lenore Ruckman DENISE MORGAN Miniature Roses Trees & Bushes Bonsai COME SEE ME AT - Farmers Market Civic Center Sundays Tel: (415) BOUQUET (minimum of five roses, any combination of varieties) FIRST PLACE: Sunset Celebration, Mary Rose, Belle Story, Abraham Darby, Sandra Simon SECOND PLACE: Fourth of July, Iceberg, Sandra Simon THIRD PLACE: Double Delight, Paula Jaffe Barbara Lanoy Picarelli, Recorder 12

13 A Dozen Wonderful Orange Roses By Nanette Londeree Touch of Class Fred Loads Livin Easy Just Joey Disco Dancer What comes to mind when you think of the color orange? Tropical fruit? Sunsets? Halloween pumpkins? The San Francisco Giants? Orange is a color that can conjure up all kinds of impressions like this one from gardening guru, author and television host Jeff Cox as he discusses colors in his book, Landscape with Roses - A certain hue of creamy orange-red might make me think of my childhood lunches and all those bowls of cream of tomato soup I stared at while eating my grilled-cheese sandwiches. The color orange, along with reds and yellows are considered warm colors - they are generally vivid, convey a sense of energy and draw the eye to the garden and make it look smaller than it is. They can brighten up a dark spot, or add excitement to a solid green planting. The trick with orange is to use it wisely. In designing your garden space, color plays a vital role. Analogous color schemes combine colors that are adjacent or side-by-side on the color wheel for orange roses analogous colors would be yellows and reds. A complementary color scheme combines colors directly across the color wheel; in this case it would be achieved using green, blue-green and blue. These complementary colors are also considered cool colors, which can help counterbalance hot orange colors. You won t find many old roses that fall into this color group. It appears that this color range is the work of hybridizers, and also seems to be a color that has fashionable cycles. One of the first orange roses that achieved wide popularity is the 1960 AARS winner, Tropicana. As the name implies, this tropical fruit colored hybrid tea has been widely grown for decades, and still maintains a 7.6 rating. If you look at the list below, there aren t many new roses that have an ARS rating of 8.0 or higher that were produced in the last fifteen years; however, whenever I have folks into my garden, the orange blend colored roses are the ones that seem to attract the most positive attention. So goes fashion! The American Rose Society has three categories of orange colored roses - orange/orange blend (ob), orange-pink and orange-pink blend (op) and orange-red, and orange-red blend (or). To my eye, these colors range from a soft apricot orange, through coral, to hot, fiery pepper orange. Fred Loads exemplifies the color orange this is a big shrub rose (one of the parents of Sally Holmes), and puts out huge trusses of bright orange single blooms. An example of a rose labeled as an orange blend is the ever-popular hybrid tea, Just Joey, which I would describe (as least as it grows in my garden) as apricot in color. An orange blend that truly fits that description is Livin Easy, the 1996 AARS winner with lovely sunset colors, super clean foliage and always in bloom. 13

14 In the orange-pink arena, try the climbing rose Compassion with its hybrid tea form, and sheer abundance of bloom, it is one of the most highly rated of PETALUMA ROSE CO. 581 Gossage Avenue Petaluma, CA NOW IS THE TIME TO PLANT!! We have been serving rose lovers for years with the highest quality roses and expert advise. Ask for Rick Weeks 10% DISCOUNT ON NEXT ORDER WITH THIS ADVERTISEMENT!! Sant a Rosa Gossage Ave. Petalua Blvd. North 101 Penngrove Old Redwood Hwy. Exit PROS ECO@AOL.COM TEL: (707) FAX: (707) the orange roses (though in my garden it really is more pink than orange,) One of the alltime winning exhibition roses is Touch of Class an orangepink blend that I would describe as coral colored. This is rose produces classical highcentered single long stemmed beautiful blooms. It has been one of the top award winning exhibition roses since it was introduced almost twenty years ago. Dicky, previously know as Ainsly Dickenson, is something like a smaller version of Touch of Class loaded with sprays of coral that darken as the bloom ages. Once of my favorite orange roses is the rather obscure Disco Dancer. It is an orangered floribunda that is always covered with deep green foliage that beautifully offsets the near fluorescent orange color of the bloom. While it comes with a 7.1 ARS rating, in my garden it is nearly disease free and rarely out of bloom. I ve even picked a pretty large bouquet at Christmas. A note about the ARS color categories - the ARS does not decide on the color classification of a rose that is done by the hybridizer, so that you can have some roses that don t seem to exactly fit into the listed category. This may be an artifact of the trend in fashion; if a rose that is a real orange but an apricot color may sell better, the hybridizer can make that call. Now, go out and find that perfect location for one of these terrific orange roses: Name Type Color ARS Year Rating Intro Pierrene Miniature Orange blend Touch of Class Hybrid tea Orange pink Irish Elegance Hybrid tea Orange blend Compassion Lg climber Orange pink Dicky Floribunda Orange pink Fred Loads Shrub Orange red Nymphenberg Hybrid musk Orange pink Starina Miniature Orange red America Lg climber Orange pink First Edition Floribunda Orange pink Fragrant Cloud Hybrid tea Orange red Livin Easy Shrub Orange blend Just Joey Hybrid tea Orange blend Sarabande Floribunda Orange red Our Monthly Raffle We really had some wonderful prizes to raffle off at the July meeting. Thanks to all who donated items. After the potting demonstration by Cynthia Chuang she was kind enough to donate them for the raffle and ticket sales were brisk. Others who donated items were Sandy Simon who brought a scented leaf geranium and Cecile Brunner rose, rose candles from Barbara Picarelli, ceramic pot and rose socks, Jeanette Heredia, Marie Johnston donated a glass vase and California Bay Nursery gave us a gift certificate. Florence Taylor brought a rose for the potting demonstration and gave it away for the raffle. What a generous group! Again, we thank you. 14 From the Raffle Committee

15 The Mailbox By Gail Trimble M ore answers to your questions from Gail Trimble via the MRS website. If you have a rose question you want answered, drop a note to the Editor or questions to our website at give one of our Consulting Rosarians a call, or come to one of the monthly meetings to get some answers. Question: Hello Gail: The American Rose Society lists you as a 'Consultant" willing to help neophytes like me, for which I am grateful, so here goes: I live in San Rafael, with a very sunny front yard. I'd like to plant an "L" shaped bed (approx. 15' x 15' and 4 feet deep) with a variety of shrub roses (up to 5 feet tall), with good scent and large blooms, in reds, oranges and yellows. What are my best candidates? Thank you so much. Maria Answer: Hi Maria, When you say you want to plant "shrubs", do you mean roses that are technically classified as shrubs, or roses that have a shrub-like growth. The reason I ask is because there are floribundas and hybrid teas that also would fit in your requirements. Gail Additional Response: Hi Gail: the latter I think, i.e., shrub-like growth, irrespective of technical classification. Thank you. Additional Response: Hi Maria, 15 Enclosed below is a list of some orange, red, and yellow fragrant roses. There are several apricot roses listed among the oranges. Several of these are "English Roses", shrub roses produced by David Austin by crossing old garden roses with modern roses. Oranges: Apricot Nectar, Buff Beauty, Evelyn, Folklore (grows to 8 feet), Fragrant Cloud, Honey Perfume, Just Joey, Pat Austin, Perle d'or, Tamora, Valencia Reds: Double Delight (red & yellow), Granada, Mister Lincoln, Othello, Papa Meilland, Scentimental, The Dark Lady, Tradescant, William Shakespeare 2000, The Squire Yellows: Celine Forester, Golden Celebration, Jude the Obscure, Molineux, St. Cecelia, Sunsprite If you want to see what these roses look like, please visit the following two sites: Please let me know if I can be of further help. Best Regards, Gail Additional Response: Hi Gail, Thank you so much for your help. Regards, Maria Question: I exhibited at the Fair this year with a few rose varieties but noticed your name on the most beautiful ones (the ribbon winners). I live on Lincoln in San Rafael and would love to see your garden sometime. I would also love some information on the Rose Society and how to join.

16 I have only been in Marin for 7 years and this was my second year to exhibit at the Fair (and my first to exhibit any cut flowers). Thank you for your attention to this matter. No hurry as I'll be away until 1st of August. Ed I located you through Google. Answer: Hi Ed, Thank you so much for the nice comments on my roses. My garden looks awful right now since I cut all my roses for the fair, don't spray during the summer, and am battling spider mites! Can't wait for the Fall and cool weather! We would love to have you as a member in our rose society. We have lots of fun- we meet at Marin Art & Garden Center at 7:30 p.m. on the 2nd Tuesday of each month (except December). At every meeting we have a speaker on something to do with roses, a raffle, and from April through October we have a small rose show. We also have garden tours every year and have a huge annual rose show at Northgate Mall the day before Mother's Day. In November we have a potluck. We have a terrific newsletter and I would love to send you a complimentary copy of the latest edition, along with a membership application. If you are interested, please send me your address. Or, if you prefer, you could come to the next meeting on August 10th, and I could give you newsletter there. Thank you so much! Gail Question: Hi Gail, You were so helpful when I was adding many new mauve roses. Hopefully you can help again. My husband and I just got tired of looking at Rosie O Donnell. She looked best when in bud but every stage after that was downhill!! So we pulled it out. What do you recommend for a replacement red bush? We have Mister Lincoln, Crimson Bouquet, Veterans Honor, Olympiad, Opening Night and Double Delight. Thanks for any suggestions. Paula Answer: Hi Paula, You already have the two best red hybrid teas--- Olympiad and Veteran's Honor (although my Veteran's Honor gets rust and mildew). The dark red bloom on the hybrid tea, Black Magic, is fantastic, but it is hard to find a decently growing plant. I've already discarded two plants and am on my third, so I can't really recommend it until someone other than Jackson & Perkins offer it. If you want an English Rose, Leonard Dudley Braithwaite (grafted, not own root) is great - just a little mildew. Also, The Squire, which I just bought, is gorgeous. Again, get a grafted plant, as it grows much faster. If you can stand a little mildew, the hybrid tea, Brooks Red is great. It is a sport of Signature, is medium red with a yellow base and great form. But the red rose I am most excited about is a floribunda I bought this year called City of San Francisco. It won the Gold Medal at the International Trials. It has clusters of up to 25 blooms, is vigorous, and disease resistant. There is a description and photo of it at: &tab=1 It is only available at Armstrong Garden Center. I bought mine at the Novato store, but there is also a store in Dublin, and many stores in Southern California. Hopefully they will still have one for you! Best Regards, Gail 16

17 Rose of the Month Mme. A. Meilland, Gioia, Gloria Dei, Peace By Gary Scales Photo by Gail Trimble Some have accused this writer of being an Anglophile for featuring so many English roses. Well, here s one for the French. The story of the rose, Peace, is well known to rose lovers, but always puts a lump in my throat and hope in my heart. The Meilland Family of France have been growing roses for six generations. Most recently, their Romantica roses have been called the French response to David Austin s English roses. And those familiar with the likes of Yves Piaget or Johann Strauss know the reason why. But of all the roses introduced by the Meilland Family, without question the most famous is the creation in 1942 by Francois Meilland of a rose he named in honor of his mother, Mme A. Meilland. During the dark days of World War II, in his nursery near Lyons, Francois produced a promising new bush with a cross between Joanna Hill, Charles P. Kilham and Margaret McGredy. Meilland could not bear the thought this rose might be lost forever in the uncertain times of Vichy France. He persuaded the American consul in Lyons to smuggle the new rose back to America. Legend has it, that a bundle of the fragile cuttings left on the last Allied plane out of Paris. For the next several years Francois Meilland didn t even know if the precious cargo ever reached the United States. Indeed it had, and the Conrad-Pyle Company, Meilland s U.S. agents, not only took out a patent on behalf of Meilland but also renamed the discovery Peace. For a time after the War, German rose growers called the plant Gloria Dei and the Italians, Gioia. But Peace is the name that endured. Today Peace probably is the world s best-known rose and the twenty years that followed its introduction are dominated by its seedlings, so almost every modern rose can claim it as an ancestor. Its awards first began with the Portland Gold Medal in In 1976 Peace was voted The World s Favorite Rose. The American Rose Society Encyclopedia states: when first introduced, Peace ushered in a completely new standard for excellence in roses. The boom years of rose popularity in the 1950 s and 1960 s can singlehandedly be attributed to Peace. Its flowers are an enormous pale yellow with a crimson edge, fading to cream and pink. Many believe, as does this writer, that the coloration differs from season to season and place to place. Peace has dark healthy foliage and is resistant to disease. Well, almost. In our garden, rust and mildew appear from time to time. And we have found Peace does not like heavy pruning. In 1952, when the original United Nations Charter was signed in San Francisco, a solitary Peace rose lay on each delegate s desk. I ve often asked myself what if I could have only one rose? I suspect I would choose Peace. Not only because it is magnificent, but for the hope it brings. 17

18 Have a Question? Contact one of our Consulting Rosarians Dorothy Arnold, Fairfax Rndarnold@aol.com Joan Goff, Mill Valley Joanegoff@yahoo.com Barbara Lanoy Picarelli, Novato Bjlp@verizon.net Nanette Londeree, Novato Rosienan@aol.com Betty Mott, Mill Valley Bmott@marin.k12.ca.us Judy Pineda, Cotati jpineda@sonic.net Lenore Ruckman, San Rafael CMR3X7@aol.com Florence Taylor, San Rafael NONITAYLOR@aol.com Lidjia Treadway, San Rafael LTREAD@attbi.com Gail Trimble, San Rafael Gail@marinrose.org Coming Events Marin Rose Society Meetings Tuesday, August 10, 7:30 pm General meeting Monday, August 16, 7:30 pm Board meeting Tuesday, September 14, 7:30 pm General Meeting Monday, September 20, 7:30 pm Board meeting Other Events Rose Garden Opening Saturday, September 19 Fall Rose Garden Tour Saturday, October 2 MARIN ROSE SOCIETY Nanette Londeree, Editor 2061 Hatch Road Novato, CA