Rose Herald. In This Issue. President s Message. Next Meeting June 25, 2016

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1 Herald, Kennewick Pasco Richland, Washington June 2016, Vol. 52, No. 6 Herald Click on links to view each Society s website Tri-City Society owt.com/rosesociety PNW District Society pnwdistrict.org/ President s Message The 2016 spring Show was beautiful. The Judges were very complimentary of the number and quality of entries, all a tribute to the hard work of many of you, and your great roses. This month s program includes a trip to Spokane, WA on Saturday, June 25th to take in the Spokane Society Show and also visit Hill in Manito Park. This is a departure from our normal fourth-monday-of-the-month meeting schedule, and will preempt what would be our normally scheduled meeting on Monday, June 27th. The Spokane Show will be held on the property of the Northland Rosarium, just north of the city of Spokane. The address is: 9405 S. Williams Lane, Spokane, WA With modern phones and I-Pads, their GPS systems should be able to direct you to the Show venue without any trouble. For those of you who wish to carpool to the show and the other events we have planned for this day, please meet in the parking lot of Burger King Restaurant at King City (north of Pasco on interstate 395). We d like to leave the parking lot at 7:00 am. We ll likely stop in Ritzville for a short break, then continue on our way. The gardens of the Northland Rosarium will be open for everyone to wander through their beautiful roses and other flowers. The retail stores of roses and other perennials will also be available for shopping. Manito Park (pictured above) contains one of the premier rose gardens of the Pacific Northwest. It is a garden of about 1500 rose bushes, representing 150 different varieties. This time of year, it will be in prime display of color. For those of you who may be traveling in your own vehicles, the main entrance to the Park is at 1702 S. Grand Blvd, Spokane, WA We plan to travel to this garden after lunch, once the Spokane Show has been judged, and everyone has had a chance to see the rose displays. There are a few of us in the Tri-City Society who are traveling to the Spokane Show as Judges, so it is important that we arrive in time to prepare for this activity. Those who are entering roses must have them in the show by 10:00 a.m. In order to accommodate this time schedule, we must leave the Tri-Cities by 7:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 25th so that we arrive at the Show venue in time to prepare any entries and also to allow the Judges time to assemble. Some recommendations for this trip: (1) Bring your cameras. You ll want to take pictures at the Show venue and also at Manito Park; (2) Bring roses from your garden to enter into the Spokane Show. (See page 3 for a link to the show schedule.) Who knows, you may walk away with a great prize; and (3) Bring sun screen. If there are questions about this trip, please contact any of the Tri-City Society officers whose phone numbers and addresses are listed on page 10. Thank you for your great support of our show at the end of May. It was indeed a good one. Your President, Harlow Young American Society Next Meeting June 25, 2016 Spokane Show Northland Rosarium, Spokane, WA Also a visit to Manito Park! (pictured above) Carpools will meet at the the Burger King parking lot at King City Truck Stop at 7:00 AM RSVP to Harlow Young or Jim Campbell In This Issue President s Message p 1 May 2016 Minutes p 2 June Meeting Info p 3 Links for Spokane Show Welcome to Our Show! p Show Results p 4-7 THANK YOU, Janet Bryant! Show Wrap Up p 8 By JoAnn Brehm Show Chair June Garden p 9 by Norma Boswell ARS Award to Whisperer p 9 Officers, CR s, MR s & p 10 1

2 Herald, Kennewick Pasco Richland, Washington June 2016, Vol. 52, No. 6 TCRS Minutes, March 28, 2016 By Joann Rung, Secretary Pro Tem Harlow Young opened the meeting and asked if the minutes from April could be approved as reported in the Herald. The minutes were approved. Harlow announced the June meeting will be in Spokane to coincide with their rose show and to visit Manito Park afterwards. The July meeting will take place at Harlow s rose garden in Kennewick. The garden for the August meeting is not yet determined. Harlow announced that help is needed at Lawrence Scott Park to deadhead roses and weed beds. Harlow works at Lawrence Scott Park every Tuesday about 10:00 a.m. He needs your help to maintain the rose beds. Harlow gave a copy of the American, the magazine of the American Society, to Michael Rung (Librarian) to put in the library. Our Pacific Northwest District newsletter won Honorable Mention in the ARS newsletter contest. JoAnn Brehm made announcements about the rose show on May 28, 2016 and sent around sign-up sheets for jobs that need to be filled for the show. She asked everyone to bring extra roses for the cut rose sale for the public to purchase at the rose show. Harlow Young introduced Jim Campbell, who spoke on the subject of getting your rose(s) ready to put in the vase(s) to bring to the rose show for competition. Jim asked new members and long time members what they would do with each rose he held up. The conversations were lively and most of those present discussed the pros and cons of each rose sample furnished and presented by Jim. Below is what I learned from Jim: Everyone likes long-stemmed roses. Keep roses plumb (standing up, not leaning) when put in vases for display. Display 1, 3, 4, 5, or 6 roses at a time, never have just two roses in one vase. Judges do not like roses with confused centers. A high center in the roses is desirable. Symmetrical roses and displays are always desirable. Do not have stem on stem when displaying roses, except Old Garden s and Species s. Side buds are not good. Judges like to see bouquets of roses. The center of modern roses must be 2/3 to 3/4 open (not too tight). buds are not desirable. Damaged leaves are only a minor deduction. It is OK to delete or fix damaged leaves and petals. Don t choose roses that are beyond their peak. Put roses in warm water immediately after cutting for ½ hour and then in a refrigerator to keep them fresh. However, newer refrigerators will dry out the petals, so wrap them in plastic wrap. You don t need to know the official name of the rose to enter it in the Tri-City Society. The club has experts to help you with the naming. Judges seem to prefer more petals over a single rose. A single rose is classified as having only 5 to 8 petals. s may like a pinch of sugar in the vase (dissolved in the water) when freshly cut. Choosing a rose(s) for display is an art, not science, so use your common sense and have fun. There were twenty members and four guests present at the May 23rd meeting. The guests were Kristen Brown, Jon McCune, Sheyl Fortin and Noah Fortin. The three door prizes were won by Michael Rung (book), Norma Boswell (book) and Richard Kerkof (miniature rose plant). Debra Best checked out the ARS May/June magazine from the newly created club library. Debra was the first customer to check out material from the library. Prior to the start of the meeting, vases were offered for displaying roses at the rose show, signs were handed out to advertise the rose show, and money was collected from those who wanted to attend the rose show luncheon. Cut roses will be sold at the rose show. Bring your roses (for sale and for judging) to the tables in the back (river side) of the Richland Community Center. This is the place to ask questions and get any help you may need. Entries will be received from 7:30 to 10:00 a.m. 2

3 Herald, Kennewick Pasco Richland, Washington June 2016, Vol. 52, No. 6 Next Meeting June 25, 2016 Spokane Show at Northland Rosarium & Manito Park Paradise Found Spokane s 2015 Queen of Show by Ray Hoffman. This year, members of the Tri-City Society have a chance to exhibit their blooms at the Spokane Show! If you ve ever been a little nervous about venturing out to a rose show beyond our own, don t be. You will be right alongside supportive TCRS members! Who wants a picture of their rose on Spokane s 2016 winners page? Northland Rosarium will host the event. For information about the rose show check out Spokane s society links! Spokane Society click here Spokane Show click here Complete Show Schedule click here Northland Rosarium map click here After the show, members will travel to Manito Park where Harlow has a fun scavenger hunt planned. This beautiful garden will delight every rose grower! See page 1 for carpool information. TCRS Show Excitement Here it is! Meet Brianna Dahl with her first entry in a rose show! It was a wonderful event for her as you can see while she proudly displays her rose. Brianna and her mom, Stephanie, enjoyed looking at all the roses and purchased one of our fund-raising mini roses. This new exhibitor loves roses and I hope we see her smiling face for years and years to come! Way to go, Brianna! Other new faces to this year s show included a fast learning group of youngsters with Mari Kerr. These willing workers helped with the labeling process, carried roses to their proper locations for judging and aided and assisted every way they could! My 3 nieces Layla 9, Emily 13 and Bell 16 had a blast and want to plant and grow roses now. They are excited to go to next year s rose show. My sons Elijah 17, Jackson 8 and Joey 7 also had a blast. Every one of the kids had favorite roses picked out and took tons of pictures. They were all amazed at the wonderful fragrances and stunning colors. I, myself, had a blast and can't wait for next year!!!! Mari Kerr There is a saying, Sometimes you win, sometimes you learn. I think there are times you can feel like a winner because you learned. We congratulate Brianna and the Kerr family for their enthusiasm and encourage the continuation of this new found love for roses! 3

4 Herald, Kennewick Pasco Richland, Washington June 2016, Vol. 51, No. 6 Dancing with s 68th Annual Show Results from May 28, 2016 By Janet Bryant Awards Chair Mike Peterson with Queen of Show & Best in Show: Rotary Sunrise Trophy Table of Top 6 HT / Grandifloras & Top 3 Minis Hor culture Award Title Best in Show & Queen of Show (1st Place) King of Show (2nd Place) Princess of Show (3rd Place) Prince of Show (4th Place) Duchess of Show (5 h Place) Duke of Show (6th Place) ARS Award & Other Awards & Prizes Winner ARS Gold Medal Cer ficate & The B.D. Pucke Trophy & Mike Peterson Prize from Dorothy & Jim Renton, WA Campbell ARS Silver Medal Cer ficate Bob Louie & The Marian Anderson Trophy ARS Bronze Medal Jim Campbell Cer ficate & The Rainier Bank Trophy West The Elsie K. Gaebel Tom Morris Memorial Trophy Pasco, WA The Vina Hudson Memorial Nancy Rousseau Trophy The Leona Ayres Ma son Memorial Trophy Rotary Sunrise Falling in Love Marilyn Monroe Love and Peace Veterans Honor Mary Ann & Tom Kelley, Firefighter See the online photo album: Top to Bottom: 2nd to 6th Place s 4

5 Herald, Kennewick Pasco Richland, Washington June 2016, Vol. 51, No. 6 68th Annual Show Results, continued Category / Class Queen of Miniatures (1st Place) King of Miniatures (2nd Place) ARS Gold Medal & The Doyles' Trophy ARS Silver Medal & The Doyle Brothers' Trophy Dancing Flame (photo left) Child s Play (photo left) Warren Skelton Caldwell, ID Princess of Miniatures (3rd Place) ARS Bronze Medal & The Rhoda & Milton Lewis Trophy Dancing Flame (photo right) Category / Class Best Climbing Spray ARS Best Climber Spray Fourth of July (photo with Harlow Young) Best Floribunda Spray ARS Best Floribunda Spray Oh My! (photo right) Floating ARS Best Bowl Large Bloom Moonstone (photo right) Best Photography Prize from TCRS Abstract: Rainy Day in the Garden Hybrid Tea or Grandiflora Bloom Sequence Wood s Nursery Trophy Olympiad Harlow Young Category / Class s Best Floribunda One-Bloom ARS Best Floribunda One-Bloom Day Breaker (photo left) Best Miniature English Box ARS Best Miniature English Box Salute, Denver s Dream, Coffee Bean, Dancing Flame, Hot Tamale (photo left) Miniature Artist s Palette Prize from TCRS Black Jade, Irresistible, Sun Sprinkles, Heather Sproul, Chelsea Belle (photo left) Jolene Angelos Miniature Bloom Sequence Old National Bank Trophy Picotee Portrait Leona Ayres Mattison Trophy Touch of Class See the online photo album: 5

6 Herald, Kennewick Pasco Richland, Washington June 2016, Vol. 51, No. 6 68th Annual Show Results, continued Category / Class ARS Awards & Other Awards & Prizes s Dowager Queen ARS Dowager Queen Comte de Chambord (photo right) Floribunda Collection Founders Trophy Lavaglut, Cream Abundance, Betty Prior Jeff & Kathy Wyckoff Des Moines, WA Country Bouquet Challenge Luella Anderson Memorial Trophy Robusta (2), Westerland, Fred Loads, Rugelda Category/Class Winner s Best Species Mike Peterson Renton, WA ARS Genesis Award G. Versicolor Rosa Mundi (photo on right) Victorian - OGR s Post-1867 Pat Moore Walla Walla, WA ARS Victorian de Rescht Best Miniflora Spray Pat Moore Walla Walla, WA ARS Best Miniflora Spray Autumn Splender Best Miniature Spray Norma Boswell ARS Best Miniature Spray Vi s Violet (middle right photo) Best Modern Shrub Jim Campbell West ARS Best Modern Shrub L.D. Braithwaite Best Three Hybrid Tea or Grandiflora Blooms Jim Campbell West Dr. and Mrs. W.D. Norwood Trophy Marilyn Monroe Best Fully Open Hybrid Tea or Grandiflora Bob Louie ARS Best Hybrid Tea Open Bloom Artistry Most Fragrant Challenge Debbie Best Pasco, WA ARS Most Fragrant Angel Face Floating Miniature Tom Morris Pasco, WA ARS Best Bowl Miniature Bloom Tropical Twist Best Miniature Open Bloom Janet Bryant ARS Best Open Bloom Miniature Rise n Shine Best Single Miniature Bloom Richard Kerkof Pasco, WA ARS Best Single Miniature Grace Seward (bottom right photo) Miniature Portrait Bob Willrich Spokane, WA Prize from TCRS Tammy Clemons See the online photo album: 6

7 Herald, Kennewick Pasco Richland, Washington June 2016, Vol. 51, No. 6 68th Annual Show Results, continued Arrangement Award Title Winner Title & s Used Functional Picnic using Standard Size s ARS Court of Etiquette Award & ARS Gold Medal s JoAnn Brehm Boogie Woogie using Boogie Woogie, Handel, Altissimo, Sally Holmes, Magic Carrousel roses (Top right photo) Best Modern Creative Abstract Arrangement ARS Artist s Award & ARS Silver Medal JoAnn Brehm Line Dancing using Summer Dream roses (2nd right photo) Best Modern Creative Arrangement Using Miniature/Miniflora s ARS Mini Artists Award & ARS Gold Medal Miniature Norma Boswell Swing Jive using Little Meghan roses (3rd right photo) Best Junior Arrangement ARS Junior Arrangement Award & ARS Silver Medal Miniature Award s Anna Brehm Hip Hop using Magic Carrousel roses (Bottom right photo) Congratulations to Jordan Tuck for sweeping the Junior Horticulture Awards Junior Horticulture Award Title Winner Best Junior Hybrid Tea, Grandiflora or Floribunda ARS Best Junior 1- Bloom Jordan Tuck Cherry Parfait Best Junior Miniature / Miniflora Bloom or Spray Best Junior Floating Prize from TCRS Prize from TCRS Jordan Tuck Jordan Tuck Autumn Sunset Cherry Parfait Junior Anna Brehm won both the ARS Junior Arrangement Award & the ARS Silver Miniature Award s. Well done, Anna! See the online photo album: 7

8 Herald, Kennewick Pasco Richland, Washington June 2016, Vol. 52, No. 6 TCRS JUNE 2016 Show Wrap Up by Show Chair JoAnn Brehm Dancing with s was a great success! THANK YOU EVERYONE for a great show! We had dance music (lots of people were swinging their hips), we had many winners and we had fun! For fundraising we sold cut roses in vases, mini roses and silent auction. Our display boards educated the community about our work with the roses in Lawrence Scott Park Garden and Care. A big thank you to two of our newest members, Peter and Julie Diaz, who created the music soundtrack. They toted boxes and boxes of vases and supplies between the storage unit and the community center. Previous to the day of the show, they spent many hours organizing the boxes of vases according to size and shape and this allowed the entry process to run smoothly. Lots of visitors strolled the rows of roses with smiles on their faces not only admiring the beauty of the roses but also the incredible aroma which filled the air. I am truly humbled by all the work and positive attitudes our members and families displayed. What a great community service we provide while we educate spectators and share our love of the with them! A special Thank You to Janet Bryant and her 30 years of doing the awards at the shows and for creating the rose show results pages 4-7 in this issue of the Herald. Helen Newman was in charge of the lunch and it was fabulous! Thank you, Helen! Every one walked away happy and full! And our heartfelt thanks to a gentleman who assisted in the clean up process and collected post-show roses to place at gravesites for Memorial Day. Last year he placed roses on 30 graves and was grateful for the roses from this year s show. The outreach of our show continued in a special way. Dorothy Campbell, our very own Queen of Show Photo happily submitted by JoAnn Brehm JoAnn Brehm assisting a customer with cut roses Sales Display of Cut s Educational Display Boards 8

9 Herald, Kennewick Pasco Richland, Washington June 2016, Vol. 52, No. 6 June Garden By Norma Boswell, Master Rosarian Like human beings, each rose is a special individual. Today, we will talk about how to treat roses as individuals, as well as how to meet their universal needs. ONE UNIVERSAL NEED IS WATER. The Mid-Columbia Basin desert is in the throes of a hot, dry spell with temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. We were watering 30 minutes twice a week when temperatures stayed in the low seventies. Now, four 30-minute applications of city water per week may be needed. Check by digging six inches down outside the drip line of any bush that shows crisp, tan leaves and change your watering plan to keep the soil damp but not soggy. s growing in pots often need water twice a day. We held our rose show on May 28, a month after prime bloom in fact, many Tri-City roses are in their second bloom cycle. Our show was saved by flowers brought to us from non-local Pacific Northwest rosarians. After each bloom cycle, it is time to pay special attention to our plants with judicious pruning and fertilizing. This is a great opportunity to look at roses as individuals. Bend the rules a little. Don t prune back to the first five-leaflet leaf on a new miniature rose. It needs every healthy leaf possible so it can perform photosynthesis and become strong. Simply snap off the bloom. Likewise, feel free to prune established tall, vigorous plants down to where you can see more than rose bottoms when they bloom again. One rule holds true for nearly every plant. Get rid of the jumbled thicket in the center of the bush. Clearing out the center allows good air circulation, cuts down on disease, and removes a hiding place for unwanted insects. Tidy the rose bed after pruning. Leaves and branches with spots and mildew must go into the garbage can, not the compost pile. Wipe pruning tools with Lysol after dealing with infected roses. BEFORE FERTILIZING, WATER. AFTER FERTILIZING, WATER AGAIN. Organic fertilizers are better for all soil organisms that support the roses roots. Try products that include alfalfa meal, worm castings, humus, liquid fish, seaweed, dry kelp meal, and crab shell. Bring the mulch up to 3 inches after fertilizing. It s good if you have weeded the area you are mulching. Mulch conserves water. Water conservation in blistering hot weather will bless you with live roses after the heat subsides. Forceful blasts from your water wand will knock off mites and aphids. Repeat at least twice a week. Beneficial insects will be dislodged too, but not hurt. Never buy a general kills all insecticide. There are far more beneficials protecting and pollinating your bushes than there are pests eating them. Snails have beautiful shells. and I don t enjoy killing them. However, a row of hosta sits side by side with my rose bushes, so more than hosta is eaten. I use an organic product that reduces the snail and slug population Bonide s Bug & Slug Killer. It also controls earwigs, cutworms, sowbugs, pillbugs and crickets for up to 4 weeks. The weather is HOT and not conducive to mildew and leaf spot, so it s okay to stop spraying for these deformities until the seventies come again. When they return, you can try organic GreenCure Fungicide (active ingredient potassium bicarbonate) or neem oil. If you can bear the heat, step out and smell the roses! While the monthly Whisperer and his articles are typically found here on the last page of our newsletter we regret to inform you...he needed a well-deserved break! Harlow does an amazing job for our society and to pay tribute to ALL he does would require all the pages of an entire newsletter. Here are only a few of the things he does: facilitates the care of our Lawrence Scott Park Garden (invigorating but sometimes backbreaking work), writes the monthly President s Message and Whisperer, supplies door prizes at meetings, heads up the Pacific Northwest District Photo Contest, and judges rose horticulture throughout the district. Harlow, you are deeply appreciated by TCRS members and honored by the Bulletin Committee of the American Society. One of your Whisperer articles has just been chosen to receive an Award of Merit from the ARS. Way to go, Harlow! The ARS 2015 Bulletin/Newsletter Contest Award is hereby awarded to Harlow Young for the article Chevet / Chevette, Parts 1 & 2 as published by the Herald. This article is found in the archived copies of the Herald on our Tri-City Society website (click link on page 1). Complete story in January and February, 2015 issues. 9

10 Herald, Kennewick Pasco Richland, Washington June 2016, Vol. 52, No. 6 President, Harlow Young, CR 3218 W 2nd Ave, (509) threegkids@frontier.com Vice-President, Jim Campbell, MR 1307 Maple Lane, West (509) (NOTE: Dorothy Campbell is a MR) scotch1943@charter.net Treasurer, Bob Louie, 20 N Jefferson St, (509) blouie1@charter.net Secretary, Facebook Manager, Membership Chair Katie (Dickenson) Henderson 3611 W 15th Ave Unit 4, (509) katiemaedickenson@gmail.com Education Chair, Richard Kerkof, MR 4002 Meadow View Drive, Pasco, WA (509) rjkerkof@gmail.com Herald Co-Editor, Jo Angelos, 719 S Yelm Pl, (509) angelosfolk@gmail.com Herald Co-Editor, Norma Boswell, MR 465 Mateo Court, (509) rosybos@owt.com Webmaster, Nancy Foster-Mills, 1537 Adair Dr., (509) thundar2007@gmail.com and JoAnn Brehm, MR, 1113 Saddle Way, (509) jobrehm@outlook.com Tom Miles, CR, 118 Bremmer St, (509) thmpmi@charter.net Helen Newman, hnewman@owt.com E Vaca Rd, (509) Hard Copy Distribution, Adam Diaz, First Fruits Accounting, (509) adam@firstfruitsaccounting.com TCRS E-Distribution, Janet Bryant, (509) janetsbliss@hotmail.com Summer Garden Meetings June 25 Northland Rosarium Spokane, WA See Details On Page 3 July 25 Home of Harlow & Linda Young 3218 W 2nd Ave Kennewick August 29 Lawrence Scott Park Garden September 29 Fall Show of Color Sandburg Events Center West Richland October 24 End of the Year Banquet Co-Editor, Norma Boswell Co-Editor, Jo Angelos 719 S Yelm Pl Esteemed Rosarian 10