ROSE LORE Written by members, for members of the Mesa East Valley Rose Society Judy Sweador, editor www.roses4az-mevrs. One of the finished line arrangements that went home after the August Meeting!!! Monthly Meeting: Mesa Community College (FREE PARKING) Elsner Library Community Room 1833 West Southern Ave. Mesa, AZ 85202 NEXT MEETING THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 13, 2012 Installation of New Officers September-two part a) Bringing your roses out of heat stress and b) the Henslins on rose show photography requirements September, 2012 1
PRESIDENT S MESSAGE, September 2012 I thank all the 2011/12 Board members for hanging in over the summer and attending our planning meetings, keeping the society ticking. We had some great meetings and came up with some wonderful ideas to give the new board a head start. I welcome the new board, I will be staying around to help out. My focus will be setting up and doing Rose Growing Classes over the winter and then leading the Rose Garden Tour in April. We had two great programs in July and August, both with hands on experience for those that came. In July we brought in some roses and had participants place them into picture frames, similar to what would be done at a rose show. August we brought in more roses and we had 7 participants create a Line Design that they were able to take home and enjoy. My sample display lasted a full week and just got better as the roses opened up. Pictures of both of these are in this newsletter. The State Fair has changed their Flower Shows The main web site for entries can be found at http://www.azstatefair.com/document/horticultureagriculture-floriculture. They are having a single rose show with entries on Wednesday October 31 st. This is good as you can prune mid September the East side of your bushes (away from the afternoon sun) and you will have blooms for the show. I encourage all to consider entering a few roses. The prize money helps to pay for fertilizer! Prune the remainder of the bushes at the end of September and you will have blooms for our Rose Show on November 17 th and for Thanksgiving. The West Valley is having a Consulting Rosarian Class on Saturday 6 th October. Anyone wanting to know a little more are encouraged to attend, it is a day packed with detailed information on everything you may want to know about growing roses. In closing I need to thank you all for the dedication, involvement of the board members, but also for the tremendous involvement behind the scenes by many of you. Thank you all very much. Steve Sheard September, 2012 2
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Mesa-East Valley Rose Society Garden Products Order Form The following products can be ordered at the monthly meeting or by special arrangement with Mike Jepsen (cell: 602-312-1813). Fill out the form below, showing both the quantity and the amount. Checks payable to: Mesa East-Valley Rose Society or MEVRS and due upon receipt of product. Product order form can be e-mailed to mikejepsen@cox.net or turned at the monthly meeting. LOCAL SALES ONLY Thank You for your participation. These sales help provide funds for our annual rose show, as well as a savings for our members only on great products to use in your rose garden. NAME: ORDER DATE: PHONE #: CASH: $ CHECK #: AMOUNT PAID: $ PRODUCT MEMBER COST NON MEMBER COST QUANTITY TOTAL COST PawPaw Everlast Rose Labels: made of double wire standard with an extra large zinc nameplate. Use with waterproof labels or pen 50 1-49 40 50-99 35 100+ 55 each $ DVD: Growing Roses In the Desert Southwest Punch N Cut large/small $10.00 $10.00 $ $10.00/$6.00 $12.00/$8.00 $ Alfalfa Meal (10# bag) $ 5.00 $6.00 $ Alfalfa Meal (50# bag) $17.00 $19.00 $ Dispersul (10# bag) $ 6.00 $7.00 $ Dispersul (50# bag) $22.00 $25.00 $ Epsom Salts (10# bag) $ 6.00 $7.00 $ Epsom Salts (50# bag) $22.00 $25.00 $ Floral Preservative (powder 10 oz.) $ 2.00 $2.25 $ KeRex Iron Chelate (1 lb. 12 oz canister) $ 11.00 $12.00 $ Super Spread 7000 Spreader Sticker (12 oz.) $ 4.00 $4.50 $ GroGanic Rose Food 3-2-6 (40# bag) $25.00 $27.00 $ Super Bloom 12-55-6 (3 lb container) $ 9.00 $10.00 $ Super Thrive (4 oz. bottle) $ 8.00 $9.00 $ Triple Super Phosphate 0-45-0 (8 # bag) $ 6.00 $7.00 $ TOTAL DUE $ September, 2012 4
ROSES AND PLANTS IN THE DESERT CORRECTING NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCIES SYMPTOMS DEFICIENCY CORRECTION Foliage and veins pale green color, weak spindly stems and small flowers. Starts at bottom of plant. Translocates. Poor growth. Older leaves will drop without turning yellow. Leaves appear dull grey-green and may cup down. Older leaves turn yellow and then brown sometimes purple. New shoots will harden & be stunted and flower buds may become distorted. Center of leaves remain green. Edge of leaves turn brown, curl and dry up. Uneven growth. Appears at top of plant. NITROGEN - necessary for plant cell growth and plant respiration. PHOSPHATE necessary for root & stem growth, color & substance in blooms. POTASSIUM necessary for formation of sugars & starches, root & stem system, color & substance in blooms CALCIUM necessary for cell wall growth & root development. Blood meal, Millorganite, cotton seed meal, chicken, cow, horse manures, ammonium sulfate, millorganite Bone meal, triple and super phosphate, ammonium phosphate, monammonium phosphate Compost. Potassium sulfate. Potassium phosphate. Green sand. Gypsum, bone meal. Super phosphate. Yellow or purple discoloration. Veins remain green. Normal growth. Leaves fall prematurely from bottom of plant upwards. Foliage pale in color. Veins are yellow. Appears at top of plant. MAGNESIUM necessary for green pigment for chlorophyll. Vital for photosynthetic process. SULFUR necessary for root development & protoplasm for growth. Fish meal, Epsom salts, magnesium limestone Soil Sulfur, Dispersul, ammonium sulfate, potassium sulfate Foliage pale green or yellow with dark green veins. Stems turn yellow. Appears at top of new growth. Crowding of leaves appears excessively healthy. New foliage malformed, mottled, may yellow. Found in new growth similar to low nitrogen levels. Bull nose Rose flowers Similar to iron chlorosis in that there is interveinal chlorosis. The small veins remain green with a netted appearance. Pale spots on new foliage. Appears on older leaves and at top of plant. Chlorotic, small, thick leaves on short internode of stem. Failure of growing tips to develop. IRON necessary catalyst in producing chlorophyll. Regulates respiration in plant cells. BORON necessary for sugar & starch transfer from cell to cell, plant enzymes and hormones and essential for cell division. MANGANESE necessary for enzyme systems. ZINC, COPPER, MOLYB- DENUM necessary for enzymatic process, root metabolism and respiratory systems. Blood meal, iron sulfate, iron chelate (FE 138) Fish meal, borax, calcium borate, sodium borate. Too much is toxic Manganese sulfate, Manganese EDTA Millorganite, zinc sulfate, copper sulfate, sodium molybdate or good rose fertilizer. Too much is toxic. September, 2012 5
GUIDE TO AVOIDING ROSE MALNUTRITION FOLIAGE PROBLEMS Small terminal/tip growth ceases Thin & brittle Mottled, blotches or dead areas Curled upward Curled downwards Collapsed spots on young leaves Tips dead Color loss at tips, striping between veins Tips and margins dead Margin scorched effect Margin, yellowing, streaks or striping Margins, turn to brown (lower mature leaves) Scalloped appearance Veins, yellow with pale green between veins Veins, green with color loss between veins Brown spotting, grayish-brown to bronze Mosaic pattern over entire leaf Abnormal dark green foliage Purplish colored Blanched color Yellow-green overall, uniform chlorosis Zinc deficiency Magnesium deficiency Zinc deficiency Iron or Magnesium deficiency; insects? Boron deficiency; insects? Zinc or Magnesium deficiency Phosphorus deficiency; excess Chlorine? Magnesium deficiency Caused by wind, frost, excess salts in soil or Potassium deficiency Phosphorus deficiency; excess Boron Potassium deficiency Calcium deficiency Nitrogen deficiency Iron, Manganese, Magnesium, Molybdenum Magnesium deficiency Virus Calcium deficiency Phosphorus deficiency Copper deficiency Nitrogen deficiency Hard & brittle Weak necked STEMS Sulfur deficiency PROBLEMS Calcium or Potassium deficiency Dried out and dying FLOWER BUDS Premature drop but stems stiff & erect Reduced formation, necrotic at margins and tips, insect nitulid damage to buds. Light green color, bull nose buds. PROBLEMS Calcium deficiency Zinc or Calcium deficiency Zinc deficiency Boron deficiency September, 2012 6
By Steve Sheard. Fusilade II Grass control including Bermuda! What is it: The active ingredient in Fusilade II is Fluazifop-p-butyl. It is a very effective selective herbicide for the control of grass in landscape areas, including in and around flowers. It is easy to use, has a low odor and can be used on a wide range of ornamentals. What does it do: It is a Caution classified product and the label gives directions for use on a large variety of plants. It works best when the grass is growing well as it gets absorbed and works it way throughout the plant, killing the roots as well as the top growth. (Spraying on dormant Bermuda grass in the winter will have little effect). How to use it: The label has instructions for large areas as well as mixing it down to 1 gallon. The strength I use is 0.75 Oz per 1 Gallon of water. Mixed in a 1 or two gallon sprayer it can be applied directly over the roses and other plants. The more you get on the grass rather than the other plants the better! It is best to follow the label and cover up as with any chemical you spray, the less on you the better. Testimonial: Steve Sheard. I have used it for a number of years and find that it works wonders. This year I decided to trust the label and spray it over my other bedding plants, (Petunias, Snap Dragons, Sweet Peas, Pansies) and it killed the grass and the bedding plants thrived at not having the grass to compete with. HOWEVER It does take its time, like 3 to 4 weeks, so be patient. We use it in the rose garden at MCC to control the grass. Where to buy it: There are a number of On-Line mail order sites that sell Fusilade II. It is available from Wilbur-Ellis in Tempe 480 921 8500. September, 2012 7
Attached is the flier for the upcoming October 6 Consulting Rosarian School hosted by the Phoenix Rose Society. Current CR's must attend a school each four years in order to retain their certification. For rosarians who wish to become CR's, there is an application process that needs to be completed within the next 30 days. The forms have been attached to this email for your convenience. You may also contact Dave Mahoney at spaceman@cox.net for additional information. The American Rose Society Consulting Rosarian Manual is available from the ARS at http://www.ars.org/ for about $10.-15.00. There will be an open-book test following the classes. Simply put, a Consulting Rosarian is both a student and a teacher of the rose; volunteers who dedicate time and knowledge to helping others grow better roses. Anyone may take the classes without the test and the manual is THE BEST rose publication you'll ever purchase; learn about diseases, pests, soil composition, fertilization and amendments and many other facets of rose culture written in an easily comprehensible manner. The classes are conducted by local qualified rosarians and each section has a Q&A. Please forward this email and the attachments to other interested rosarians throughout the Pacific Southwest. Jeannie Cochell jcochell@cox.net 602-363-6444, text preferred The Phoenix Rose Society http://www.phoenixrose.org/ September, 2012 8
Consulting Rosarian School Hosted by the Phoenix (AZ) Rose Society Saturday, October 6, 2012 Valley Garden Center 1809 N 15 th Avenue Phoenix, AZ 8:00am 2:00pm, Classes 2:15pm 4:00pm, Consulting Rosarian Test $25.00 per person Includes Continental Breakfast and Lunch Classes on Chemical Safety, Pests and Disease, Soil and Fertilizers and Irrigation conducted by Local Consulting Rosarians. Open book test on Consulting Rosarian Manual required for qualified applicants seeking ARS Consulting Rosarian certification. Contact Dave Mahoney, 623-581-3756, spaceman@cox.net, for instructions regarding application. Application must be received by no later than August 30, 2012. Reservations for the CR School must be received by September 28, 2012. Jeannie Cochell, jcochell@cox.net, 602-363-6444, text preferred Steven Carls, 602-795-3332 Name: (print clearly) Email: (print clearly) Phone: ( ) Society: { } I wish to take the ARS Consulting Rosarian certification exam (information above) September, 2012 9
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ROSE CARE CORNER for September, 2012 by Phyllis Henslin, Consulting Rosarian Now is a good time to walk through your rose garden and take note of the roses that are struggling to stay alive after another extremely hot summer. If you see roses that are not performing as well as others, get your notebook out and list the ones you may want to replace that are more heat tolerant. With over 8000 roses, the MCC Rose Garden is a good place to visit throughout the summer to see what varieties standup to our summer heat. Fall pruning: Even though the days are starting to cool a bit, your roses are still suffering from heat stress so it s best to wait until the 3 rd or 4 th week in September. A good pruning plan is to start pruning the side of your bushes that get morning sun and leave the side that gets afternoon sun until October. During the summer, our roses form candelabras or multiple thin stems at the top of the bush. As you prune, remove 1/4 to 1/3 of the top of the bush to get below these candelabras. This will help open up the bush and make room for new growth that will give you beautiful blooms to enjoy the rest of the year. Cut out any dead canes, spindly stems and blind shoots. Hybrid teas need pencil size or larger stems to support a good sized bloom. When pruning, cut about ¼ inch above a bud eye and choose a bud eye pointing to the outside of the plant. Keep the leaves on the stems. We do not remove the leaves until the January pruning. When finished pruning, clean up the cuttings, dead leaves and add a layer of new mulch if needed. Fertilizing: You should have continued to fertilize your roses through the summer months with an organic fertilizer. If it s been four to six weeks since you last fertilized, feed them with Gro Ganic or Millorganite at the recommended rate. Go ½ this rate for potted roses. Once temperatures have dropped for the season, we can start a more aggressive fertilization program using Arizona Best Citrus fertilizer, foliar fertilizers, alfalfa meal, fish emulsion and Epson salts. Continue to hose off your roses early in the day to avoid creating a humid environment that may promote powdery mildew. Once temperatures stay consistently below 100 degrees you can adjust your watering schedule. This question was found in the 1926 American Rose Annual, a 220 page hard covered book, that was sent yearly to each member of the ARS. What is required to grow roses reasonably well? A love of roses, a few square feet of ground, and the energy to care for them. 86 years later, that statement still stands true. September, 2012 12
If you weren t there, you missed an evening of fun!!at our August MEVRS monthly meeting, Steve Sheard brought roses, vases and line material for all willing participants. With his excellent instructions plus assistance from Arrangement Judges, Marylou Coffman, Helen Baird and Lynn Twitchell we all learned a new way of displaying and enjoying the roses we grow in our rose gardens. It was easy, it was fun and best of all we learned how to make a line arrangement and a new way of sharing roses with family and friends. After all, we know roses make people smile. First you need a container with water soaked oasis in it Next put line material in vase to start your arrangement. Plus having some good old fun helps!! Next arrange your roses in a line. "I think it's looking good" September, 2012 13
Vincent, the "overseer" Do you like my yellow arrangement? Next, you need to put some filler in amongst the roses. Marylou working on her pink arrangement September, 2012 14
TRADITIONAL DESIGNS Marylou Coffman Rose Arrangements are an Art form; it is creating beauty from flowers, line material and filler material. Traditional Designs of flower arrangements are those handed down from a previous generation. They are considered to be decorative, rather than interpretive. Although there will be some element of the interpretative since one is executing the design today. These arrangements appeal to the sense, to sight, touch and smell. Visually they emphasize natural lines of growth and the aesthetic qualities of color, form and texture. Traditional designs stress smooth transitions and harmonious relationships in which similarities predominate over differences. Graceful rhythm is favored over forceful or conflicting movement; lines converge in a strong center of interest. Forms progress logically in size, colors are graded and materials are consistent in character. Traditional Designs have three classification; Line, Line-Mass and Mass. These are very structured designs and have rules to be followed. The design should be in one container and have one point of emergence. The focal point is usually in this area. The rules are the principles and elements of design. The principles are balance, dominance, contrast, rhythm, proportion and scale. The elements are space, line, form, size, texture, pattern and color. For a traditional design the oasis should be covered with foliage or flowers LINE DESIGN Line designs are adapted from Oriental line designs in which the linear patterns dominate. It is a very simple and uses a minimal amount of material. Line compositions are naturalistic. They use materials in a realistic manner to produce a scenic interpretation, not an exact scene. They depend on normal patterns of growth and existing curves. Flowers and foliage are pruned to clarify line and accentuate, not distort, natural characteristics. Traditional lines are simple and clean cut. September, 2012 15
The line can be vertical, horizontal, ziz-zag, crescent or Hogarth curve, oblique or triangular. Line designs are naturalistic following natural forms such as the line of a tree branch. It has movement in one direction. Creativity shows in the choice and use of plant materials, line formation, colors, textures and container. Characteristics of Line Designs The design has height and width, but very little depth except in focal areas where the line meets the container. It has an open silhouette. Has length, strength and beauty. Shows movement in one direction. LINE-MASS DESIGN A Line-Mass design is an enhanced line design. The dominant line and the focal area are fortified with plant material. It is an open silhouette and has one point of emergence. The dominant line, for instance, is fortified with a mass of plant material in the focal area. A line-mass design is closer to a Mass design than a Line design though the linear quality predominates. The strongest part of the design is at the center area since balance and symmetry originate from the central axis and materials with the most prominent characteristics (roses) are placed there. Line-Mass designs follow the vertical, horizontal or other line directions of Line designs. Dominant line has more plant material than a line design. Has length, width and depth. May show gradation of size or shape. May show gradation of color, tint or shade. Has some closed space. MASS DESIGN Mass designs were adapted from the European Mass Designs and use a large quantity of plant material, but plant materials are not crowded. The design is three-dimensional and can be round fan-shaped, oval or triangular in form. They also have a single focal area and a single point of emergence. Materials are placed radially, leading to the focal point in the front of the container and just above the edge. September, 2012 16
TIPS FOR ARRANGING Marylou Coffman READ THE SCHEDULE. The schedule will give you the theme and the type of design for each class. It will tell you what you need to know to enter each category. Here are a few tips and techniques. Keep it simple. If you are a beginner don t try elaborate designs. Decide what class you want to enter. Traditional, Oriental, Modern, Princess, Duchess, Duke, Table classes or other special classes. Decide on a container appropriate to the class. It sometimes helps to make a simple sketch of the design you want to do. Gather other items needed for the arrangement such as needle points, oasis, wire, tape, glue gun, glue, etc. Use a lazy susan while working on your arrangement. You can easily move the arrangement around without picking it up. Be sure to cut and condition your roses and other plant material several hours before assembling the arrangement. Keep all plant material in water when you re not working with it. The roses you select must have good bloom form and uniformity and they must be fresh blooms. Select stems with strong, straight stems, cut stems at an angle, this helps to put them into the oasis. September, 2012 17
Use colors that blend and go together. Buds and smaller blooms should be at the top and sides of your arrangement and larger more open blooms should be at the focal point. If you are going to use a background, be sure it is compatible with your arrangement. Once you have completed your arrangement, leave it for awhile and then go back and check it again. If you are satisfied with the way it looks, take a picture of it for future references. Any type of rose may be used in a standard arrangement, but only miniature roses may be used in a miniature arrangement. Be sure to fill out the tag properly. Be sure to list all roses correctly on your tag. Make sure you mark the correct section and class. Your tag must be marked AG (for arranger grown) in order to be considered for American Rose Society Gold, Silver and Bronze certificates. Assemble a tool kit to use when making arrangements or for entering horticulture as well. Check out Used Book Stores or Garage sales for books on arranging. The American Rose Society has several books on arranging including A Guide to Creating Rose Arrangements and also Guidelines for Judging Rose Arrangements. They are very inexpensive and are very helpful in designing. FYI Our library owns two of the books mentioned in this article. Feel free to check them out September, 2012 18
ROSE GROWING SEMINARS Oct 10 Sunland Village Fall Rose care Oct 22 Venture Out Rose Garden plus Nov 2 Desert Designers MCC Rose Garden Jan 7 Desert Botanical Garden Rose Care Feb. 4 Desert Point (Ahwatukee_) Garden Club Rose care These are free seminars given throughout the Valley to promote rose growing and care. If you know of a group that would be interested please let any board member know. September, 2012 19
Affiliated with the National Rose Society Mesa-East Valley Rose Society Executive Officers President 1st Vice President 2nd Vice-President Recording Secretary Corresponding Secretary Treasurer Past-President Cheryl Doan Lynn Urry Vincent Quarles open Lynn Twitchell Judy Sweador Steve Sheard Board of Directors LeRoy Brady Barbara Shoenberg Bill Henslin Linda Ahlborn Jan Blanco Standing Committees Auction Chairman.... Ryan Regehr 480-518-1529 Communications... Open Historian.. Open Hospitality.... Sally Crofford 480-838-9497 Librarian.... Linda Ahlborn 480-695-5891 Membership... Vincent Quarles 480-786-3383 Newsletter Editor.. Judy Sweador ( judysw@cox.net) 480-969-5490 Member Emails. Linda Ahlborn 480-695-5891 MCC Test Garden. LeRoy Brady 480-962-9603 Marylou Coffman 480-926-3064 Pioneer Park Rose Garden Coordinator Jean Pegler 480-969-9391 Publicity... Open Rose Garden Volunteers.. Mike Cryer 480-897-1267 Rose Show Chairman.Mary Lou Coffman & 480-926-3064 Phyllis Henslin 480-807-3592 Volunteer Coordinator...Open Ways & Means....Mike Jepsen 602-312-1813 Web Site.Corinne Geertsen 480-649-9822 September, 2012 20
Mesa East Valley Rose Society Membership Annual family or individual membership is $25. Annual dues are payable by June 1. Payments in cash or check at a meeting; or by check to this address: MEVRS/Membership, P.O. Box 40394, Mesa, AZ 85274-0394 Date New *Gift* Renewal Amount Paid Cash Check# Names: Telephone # : Street Address: City State Zip: E-mail address: WEB Pages of Interest Mesa-East Valley Rose Society www.roses4az-mevrs.org OR http://www.roses4azmevrs.org/site/home.html Find past newsletters or articles by clicking on the Newsletters or Articles tabs on the Home page. MCC Rose Garden www.rosegardenatmcc.org Help Me Find Roses www.helpmefind.com/rose Zone Finder enter: http://www.garden.org/zipzone/ September, 2012 21
CONSULTING ROSARIANS Cheryl Doan Dave* & Gerry* Mahoney (Glndl/Peoria) Helen Baird* (NoPhx, Sctsdle) Jeannie Cochell (NE Valley jcochell@cox.net LeRoy Brady* (Mesa) Liz Strong *(Tucson) Lynn Twitchell* (Gilbert) Marylou Coffman** (Gilbert) Mike & Cindy Jepsen (Tempe) Mickey Kundrat (Gilbert) Millie Hisey* (Apache Jct-winter) Nelson Mitchell* (Peoria) Bill* & Phyllis* Henslin (Mesa, Apache Jct) Royetta Marconi-Dooley (Sun Lakes,Chandler) Ryan Regehr (Chandler, Gilbert) Steve Sheard (Tempe, Chandler) Terry Swartz* (Tucson) Terry* & Heidi* Leavitt (Phoenix 480-838-4062 623-581-3756 602-953-9133 602-363-6444 480-962-9603 520-797-7890 480-202-4215 480-926-3064 602-312-1813 602-359-8528 480-474-9139 623-412-1586 480-807-3592 480-802-9914 480-518-1529 480-831-2609 520-623-8285 602-971-0179 *ARS Judge **ARS PSWD Chair of Arrangement Judges September, 2012 22
MEMBERSHIP DISCOUNTS The following nurseries will give MEVRS members a 10% discount (unless otherwise indicated) on any rose-related purchase when you show your membership card. In some stores you must pay by cash or check only to receive the discount. Be sure to get your annual Membership Card from the Membership Chairman. A & P Nurseries (15%) Four Valley Locations Gilbert, Mesa (2), Queen Creek Berridge Nursery 4647 E. Camelback Rd Phx Potted roses always in stock! Mesa East Valley Rose Society Standing Monthly Activities 2 nd Thursdays 7 p.m. General Meetings 3 rd Saturdays 8 a.m. Rose Garden volunteers work Jan & Feb ALL Saturdays MCC Garden Pruning UPCOMING EVENTS IN 2012 Sept. 13 MEVERS monthly meeting Oct. 12 MEVRS monthly meeting Program: Benefits of ARS Novermber 17 MEVRS Rose Show Novermber 17 MEVRS Gala October 20 Gardeners Plant Sale Maricopa EXT Office November 3 Green Valley Rose Show (tentative) November 24 West Valley Rose Show (tentative Dec. 1 All AZ Rose Society Banquet (tentative) Gardener s World 3401 E. Baseline Rd., Phx SAVE THE DATES FOR 2013 Harper s Nursery Three locations: Mesa, Scottsdale and Phx 480-964-4909 (Mesa) MEVRS ROSE AUCTION February 9, 2013 September, 2012 23
Rose Lore Judy Sweador, Editor Mesa-East Valley Rose Society Inc. PO Box 40394 Mesa, AZ 85274-0394 Developers of The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College, the largest public rose garden in the Desert Southwest! WEB Pages of Interest Meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the 2nd Thursday of each month at Mesa Community College: Elsner Library Community Room, 1st floor 1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, AZ Mesa-East Valley Rose Society www.roses4az-mevrs.org OR http://www.roses4azmevrs.org/site/ home.html Find past newsletters or articles by clicking on the Newsletters or Articles tabs on the Home page. All articles for the newsletter MUST be submitted to the editor by the 25th of each month. judysw@cox.net Members, we could use all articles of interest. September, 2012 24