PRINTPOST APPROVED VOL 43 No. 411 1 February, 2019/ 1 March, 2019

Inside this issue Monthly ❀ Time to order meetings are Neutrog held on the first products Friday of each month ❀ Facts about starting at 8 p.m. ❀ Growing roses at the Newington in Arizona’s Community heat Centre, ❀ Cultural notes Cnr Avenue of for February & Europe & March Avenue of Asia Newington

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See you at 8 p.m. st On Friday 1 February, 2019 and 8 p.m. Friday 1st March, 2019 at Newington Community Centre PATRONS CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE Sandra & Graham Ross CHAIRMAN Jacqueline Tweedie It is now time to think about how much and 1 Christel Ave., Carlingford 2118 which Neutrog product you want to use in VICE CHAIRMAN your garden. This will be this Regional’s first Keith Baron  (02) 9484 0236 SECRETARY order for 2019. The second will be in Kerry Hurst August. P O Box 72, Haberfield, 2045 Home: 9799 9218 Your Neutrog fertilizer orders can be TREASURER placed up to 26th February. Remember, you Greg East 12 Park St. Merrylands 2160 need to forward your money when 9897 5052 ordering. Orders can be placed by phone, COMMITTEE: email or by post. All details are on the Shirley Baron  9484 0236 Jim Cunningham 9659 6664 order form page. If the order is of Pat Cunningham insufficient weight for free delivery from Robyn East 9897 5052 Neutrog in South Australia then the cost of positions still vacant APPOINTEES TO STATE delivery will be spread over all orders. You COUNCIL will be notified if this extra charge applies so Keith Baron you can pay at time of collection. The Greg East Robyn East problem experienced last time was the first ALTERNATE APPOINTEES time it has occurred and hopefully it will be Shirley Baron the last. You can place your order at the Jim Cunningham st HONORARY AUDITOR next meeting on 1 February. Vacant at present HONORARY SHOW SECRETARY Rosalie Vine, a member from the Macarthur Keith Baron Region, will be the guest speaker at our SHOW BENCH STEWARD Pat Cunningham March meeting. Rosalie will talk about LIBRARIANS fragrant roses and have some for you to Ted & Meryl Morphett smell. Some could be species, old fashioned,  (02) 4735 3668 PUBLICITY OFFICER heritage or modern cultivars. Vacant EDITOR SYDNEY NEWS February will be a trip back to the Australian Jacqueline Tweedie 9872 1862 Championship in 2018 and my visit to email: [email protected] (Closing date for contributions is L’Alhambre in Granada, Spain. The gardens Monthly Committee meeting) were in flower and looked beautiful. There were many beds of roses and archways covered in blooms. Exhibitors are reminded about the up-coming rose shows that Our December meeting was are open to members. I realise enjoyable. The Christmas Trivia not all members want to exhibit Quiz was won by Mark and roses but some people do like a Meryl. The raffle prizes went challenge so give it a try to home with Mark and Kerry. Jim show how your gardening and Pat scored the most voting know-how is getting better. results in the Vase of Roses by Autumn is kinder on your Popular Vote. Greg and Robyn blooms, no loss of colour to received their Annual blooms because of the hot sun. Showbench Award and Ailsa took home the Eva Louise The second show for Miniature Trophy. Meryl collected the and Miniflora Roses will be held Floral Art prize for the highest at Mittagong on 16th & 17th annual score. Congratulations March. to all winners. Concord Garden Club Autumn Another busy year finished with Show is on 6th & 7th April at a very good variety of supper Concord Community Hall, food on 7th December. Gipps Rd.

We hopefully look forward to We received a letter concerning the 2019 Rose Quiz being fund raising for the World Rose supplied by Mark who will use Conference 2021 in South his incredible knowledge about Australia. We have been asked roses to form a set of general to hold a fund raising event to knowledge questions with the help them with the expected answer being the name of a costs of holding the event. rose. What can you do to assist in this money raising challenge? A number of members went to Hold a BBQ on a Saturday or the December meeting of Sunday, a cake stall, what do Concord Garden Club and said you suggest? they had an interesting and enjoyable afternoon. I was The Australian Championships invited but got detained at home in 2020, a year before the on that afternoon. World Conference, will be held answer appears on a dial at the in the Kiama Pavilion, Kiama, top of the unit. If and when you N.S.W. More details as they borrow the unit you will be become available. expected to return it in good condition. If it is lost, broken or The evening at Carlingford damaged while in your Bowling Club was well attended. possession you will be held The food was very good and of responsible to replace the unit. a different cuisine to prior years, this time French/Italian not A register to record each Asian. Thank you Keith for member as they borrow the organising our table. tester will be kept and the borrower will need to return In the last magazine you were the tester to the Chairman at asked about a visit to the Royal her home or at the following Botanic Gardens early in 2019 monthly Friday night meeting. but I have not had any suggestions on a date or time. COR R ECTION TO Are you interested in attending? SPRING SHOW RESULTS Hope all your family reunions In the last magazine an error over the festive period went was made in who received the well. Best Unit in ‘C’ Grade. Graham Colitts was listed but it should If you have been a bit unhealthy have been Judy Satchell with her please recover quickly as we exhibit of ‘Joyce Abounding”. would like to see you in at the Apologies to Judy. next meeting. ````````````````````````` Jacqueline What’s a th igm otr op ism ? SOIL TESTER [thig-mo-truh-piz-uh m] Do you have the means to easily Noun - . test the PH level in your rose It’s an oriented growth of an organism garden? We have a PH soil test in response to mechanical contact, as meter. Just push it into moist a plant tendril coiling around a string soil wait a few minutes and the support. M onth l y sh ow b ench – 2018-19

CUMULATIVE POINT SCORE 2018-19 NOVICE JULY 2018/JUNE 2019 EVA LOUISE TROPHY ONLY Classes 1-9 Class 11 Class 10 Shirley & Keith Baron 19.00 5.00 Greg & Robyn East 30.50 6.50 Ailsa Wareham 12.50 Some of the roses in DECEMBER ‘vase of roses’ competition: ‘Chameleon’, ‘Flemington Racecourse’, ‘French Lace’, ‘Just Joey’ Our monthly meetings are a good place to learn about preparing and putting blooms onto the show bench. If you get the bush growing correctly blooms always follow.

FLORAL ART Meryl Morphett 16.50

BEGINNERS OR NOVICES Class 10 is expressly for Novices. You are invited to place one stem or cut of any rose variety in this class. A cut carries one bloom and bud/buds or more than one bloom with or without side buds. A stem has one developed flower, i.e. no bud or flower has been removed to encourage growth in the remaining bloom. Any new member can enter into this class.

R OSE SHOWS IN AUTUMN 2019

SHOW DATE VENUE Miniature & Miniflora 16 – 17 March Mittagong RSL Club Blacktown City Show 23 – 24 March Blacktown Showground Macarthur Show 30 March Camden Show 5 – 6 April Camden Showground Easter Show 12 – 24 April Sydney Showground

If you rip a hole in a net, there are actually fewer holes in it than there were before. neutr og or der - CL OSING DA TE – 26TH FEBRUARY 1. Phone your order to Jacqueline on 9872 1862 & direct deposit to our bank account …ANZ Bank BSB 012 263 008688516 2. Email your order to [email protected] & direct deposit to the bank a/c listed above. 3. Post your order and cheque made out to NSW Rose Society of NSW Sydney Regional to Mrs. J. Tweedie, 1 Christel Ave, Carlingford. 2118 4. Bring your order and payment to our next meeting at Newington on February 1, 2019.

Product available CONFIDENTIAL Bush Tucker 20 kg. bag $33.00 Gyganic 20 kg. bag $33.00 Kahoona 20 kg. bag $33.00 Sudden Impact for Roses 20 kg. bag $33.00 Strike Back for Orchids 20 kg. bag $33.00 Strike Back for Orchids Liquid 1 Lt. bottle $11.00 Sudden Impact for Lawns 20 kg. bag $33.00 Upsurge 7.5 kg. bag $18.00 Bounce Back 20 kg. bag $15.00 Rapid Raiser 20 kg. bag $17.00 Blade Runner 15 kg. bag $17.00 Rocket Fuel 15 kg. bag $15.00 Cock'n'Bull 30 Lt. bag $ 8.00 Meatworks Blood'n'Bone 25 kg. bag $33.00 Seamungus Pellets 20 kg. bag $22.00 Seamungus Liquid 1 Lt. bottle $11.00 Seamungus Green Crumble 20 kg. bag $25.00 GOGO Juice – concentrated 1 Lt. bottle $11.00 GOGO Juice – concentrated 2 Lt. bottle $17.00 GOGO Juice - ready to use pre-mix 2 Lt. spray pack $11.00 Who Flung Dung 20 kg. bag $15.00 CULTURAL NOTES (with help from earlier compiled articles)

February has been noted for If your bushes have spindly being the hottest and driest growth (stems less/below pencil month of the year for many thickness) then you may need to years. do a Summer trim if you want Autumn roses for the various Water, water and water is what shows or blooms for the house. your bushes need in this very Summer trimming is the hot and dry weather as well as removal of spindly canes to mulch being added to help encourage new growth that will insulate the ground from the have a bloom at the tip for most sun’s heat rays. Bush stems can hybrid teas while a bunch of get sunburnt if you cut away too buds on a . You much foliage when cutting back should not remove too much spent blooms. Suggestions were healthy foliage from the thicker offered in the last cultural notes canes as remaining leaves help on how to trim for optimum protect the canes from being leaf and stem growth. Sunburnt sunburnt. In the hot Summer canes have areas on the stem ideally cut at the first five leaflet side that have become brown, leaf on thicker canes, the bloom different to stem dieback, which repeats quicker and as much starts at the top. foliage as possible is retained.

What was not expressed last Blackspot will not survive in time was how the hot winds and these extra hot weather heat could dry out the leaves, conditions but keep up your this can only be helped by spraying routine before spores supplying enough moisture for arrive to continue the cycle the plant to recover leaf growth when we get some rain or when over the next growth period. leaves stay wet from watering This problem was mentioned at late in the day. There are a the January dinner gathering. number of revamped products now available at a hardware chain for insect and mite control that may help you destroy The pliable new canes of garden pests. Remember to climbers can be secured before water well before you fertilize they harden off. Varieties that and water again after bloom in winter may be pruned application. A healthy growing in March. bush will usually survive an insect attack. Aphids will find Early March is an ideal time to that new growth so be alert. A start preparing that spot or new good drenching or flushing of garden area for the new roses potted roses is beneficial to that can be ordered from remove a build- up of salts and catalogues being made available fertilizer and make the ants feel now from various nurseries unwelcome. here and interstate. There is a listing in the NSW Rose of Red Spider mites like hot, dry reputable rose nurseries. Your conditions so be watchful for order may arrive during May. those leaves that feel like sandpaper on the underside. Preparing for new roses: dig These mites are very small and over the area to spade depth, can go un-noticed until they are then mix in manures and or in plague numbers. compost. Leave to settle before re-digging the area. If the soil is As the evenings start to become too hard or clumpy then some cooler you need to keep the gypsum may need to be added. leaves dry overnight as powdery mildew is encouraged by Some members have been moisture remaining on the mixing ‘Sudden Impact for leaves after a warm day. To Roses’ and ‘Seamungus’ together overcome this problem, you as a fertilizer with some good should water earlier in the day. results. To check for powdery mildew - look for any leaves that appear If you need more information distorted. please contact one of the Rose Consultants listed on the inside back page. FLORAL ART FLORAL ART – mar ch February ‘Shades of summer past’ ‘Welcome 2019’ Roses only, any embellishments Roses only flower, any embellishments Summer suggests heat and sunshine, The title suggests happiness, maybe a late afternoon gaiety, celebration, a new start, thunderstorm. Roses should beginning, pleasing. express the seasonal hot colours of orange, red and yellow, even white. You may think of another way Softer colours and shades are more to express the title which suits for Autumn. Your choice of design what you have on hand to use. is open to your interpretation. Roses are needed this month Green foliage can be used to but you can use any kind of emphasise the colours or shades greenery or embellishments. chosen for the flowers. Trying to write these notes so far ahead is Fireworks herald in the New why the word PAST is included as Year so you could use that Summer may end swiftly and we theme. This is different to a then have an early start into ‘Welcome Gift’ but could Autumn. Past, can mean in years include a bottle of bubbly and ago not necessarily this year. Shades glass/s as a celebration. are produced by theoretically adding black to a hue. A hue is a pure Bright colours can give the colour e.g. yellow, red, blue, green impression of happiness or and violet, colours of the rainbow. welcome. Dull and very dark Tints are created when you colours can look drab and not theoretically add white and tones welcoming. are created with theoretically adding grey.

If the lessons of history teach us anything, it is that nobody learns the lessons that history teaches us. – Anon ``````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` Give me a sense of humour, Lord, give me grace to see a joke To get some humour out of life and pass it on to other folk. Anon JIM CUNNINGHAM’S ROSE QUIZ, 2018

1. Name the 2021 WFRS Convention rose 2. Name the First Hall of Fame rose 3. Registered name of ‘The Children’s Rose’? 4. ‘The Body’ of Australian fame 5. They help in times of need 6. Name the 2018 Modern Hall of Fame rose 7. Every athlete’s Olympic dream 8. Some people make this at home 9. Those born between May 31st and June 21st 10. Registered name of ‘Fairy Tale Queen’ 11. Single Delbard rose, popular on the bench 12. This rose is from the east coast of Ireland 13. 2018 Old Garden 14. Adam and Eve’s garden 15. Tallest building in New Zealand 16. A defeat in a boxing match 17. She wriggled her nose in Bewitched 18. Will never rust 19. Little devil 20. Australian bred rose tastes great

WATER – TH E L IFE B L OOD FOR Y OUR GA R DEN

Water is a key necessity in the Roots grow through the air heat of February. Spider mites, spaces between soil particles in particular, love a dry, dusty and come into contact with environment. Lack of water in moisture. Plant roots also take February will not give you good up some of the water for use in flowering results if the bushes photosynthesis. Watering, are lacking vigor and health. Do temporarily floods these spaces you need to upgrade your and the excess water drains "watering plan"? away into the surrounding lower dry levels. If the thin water layer to dry out, the potting mix is evaporates, the surface tension difficult to re-hydrate. of the depleted layer tries to Containers may need less water balance itself by draining water more frequently in the heat of from the plant root, causing February. You may need to wilting. The goal of an irrigation water two to three times each plan is to compensate for day. gravity, evaporation and plant needs by keeping the soil in the One other step is building a root zone moist. well- drained soil with soil particles that can hold water A general rule is 2cm of water and organic matter and still keep per week for roses in garden air spaces open and provide a beds, then allow extra for hot reservoir of extra water. days or those growing in pots. Mulching improves moisture The last step is a mechanical retention in gardens and pots. system of providing additional Whatever mulch material you water to the soil as needed, or use the layer has to be porous on a regular basis. enough to let water soak through, but thick enough to Irrigation Systems reduce the evaporative effect of Hand watering is the cheapest sun and wind. Perhaps a and easiest system. A hand thickness of mulch about 10cm held hose can get the water to deep. How do I know if there is where the plant needs it. enough moisture in the soil? Unfortunately, hand watering Use a trowel to dig down in a tends to apply water too fast, test section for moisture with much of it washing away, content if you are not sure. unless you've formed basins around your bushes to hold it. Potted roses are more And, if you have a lot of bushes susceptible to evaporation, to water, this system is time- especially porous ceramics; the consuming. It is, however, a limited soil space, with a heavy very flexible system, allowing organic composition, tends to you to put roses wherever a dry out quickly, and, if allowed hose can reach, and is especially appropriate for containers in drip emitters or spray ends that places that can't be watered by can be placed where needed. drip or sprinkler systems. Risers of different lengths (height) allow for various spray A moveable sprinkler is another pattern tops to be used in the way, but it will water a larger one garden. Spray tops can be area than may be needed. either 45°, 90°, 180°or 360°. Water will also wet foliage and These riser stems can be buds/blooms but will cover a secured to a stake. The risers large garden bed. Wet foliage just push into the black tubing in and blooms can cause fungus the ground and if needed can be problems if they are still wet in removed and re-located. A plug the evening. Best to keep this can be placed into the hole. type of watering to midday - early afternoon. The major ANSWERS TO JIM’S QUIZ: benefit of a hose-end sprinkler 1. ‘Unconventional Lady’ over hand watering is that it can 2. ‘Peace’ be attached to a timer. 3. ‘Frederick Mistral’ 4. ‘Elle’ Another type of watering can be 5. ‘Red Cross’ done using a black porous drip 6. ‘Knockout’ hose that is placed on the soil 7. ‘Gold Medal’ around bushes in the garden 8. ‘Popcorn’ bed. Each garden bed is then 9. ‘Gemini’ connected by a regular piece of 10. ‘Bride’s Dream’ hose. Drip hoses are more 11. ‘Altissimo’ specific than sprinklers, but still 12. ‘Dublin Bay’ water a lot of the bed between 13. ‘Rosa Banksiae Lutea’ the rose bushes. They have a 14. ‘Eden’ limited life span. Sunshine can 15. ‘Sky Tower’ deteriorate the porous drip 16. ‘Knockout’ hose material. 17. ‘Samantha’ 18. ‘Stainless Steel’ An underground sprinkler 19. ‘Imp’ system can be more flexible 20. ‘Delicious’ using 1-2cm wide tubing with Fragrant Roses Are a Must in My Garden Article written by Donna Sapp, Extension Master Gardener Volunteer. June 13, 2016

When I see a blossom, my first response is to smell it. If it has no scent, it diminishes my experience with that flower. Roses are no exception. They are a “must have” in my garden, along with perennials and annuals. After working in my the first blooming year and smelling its wonderfully sweet scent, I decided ‘Dolly Parton’ Hybrid Tea that only plants with a heavenly rose scent could be a part of my rose gardening.

Where do roses get their fragrance? Bob Hatterschide, in a classic article for the American Rose Society, notes that roses get their scent from essential oils exuded from glands on the lower petal surfaces. These oils include Rhodianol, the essential oil that has the smell described as “old rose;” Geraniol, the scent of geranium foliage; Nerol, a magnolia- like scent; and, Eugenol, a spicy fragrance sometimes described as the scent of oil of cloves.

Describing rose scents Of course each person experiences scents differently, so it is difficult, if not impossible, to use scent in judging roses. Scents have little to do with whether a rose wins a class or not. Hatterschide describes the many types of rose scents. These include ‘Cecil Brunner’ Climbing Rose flower scents, such as rose or damask, clover, hyacinth, honeysuckle, nasturtium, and violet; fruit scents such as apple, lemon, and raspberry; spicy scents, such as bay, cloves, orris, and pepper; and other scents such as musk.

Factors that affect fragrance Lois Ann Helgeson, in another American Rose Society report, discusses the connections between fragrances and rose classes and notes that scents in roses vary by ‘Melody Parfumee’ Grandiflora temperature, humidity, and the amount of sunshine. Even the degree to which the blossom is open limits or enhances the fragrance. Rose fragrances also vary by color.

Individual differences Not all roses are fragrant. Hatterschide and Helgeson note that James Alexander Gamble concluded that about 25 percent of roses have little or no scent, 20 percent were highly fragrant, and the remainder fall somewhere in between. The American Rose Society award for outstanding new fragrant roses is appropriately named for Gamble. The award list is a great starting point for anyone interested in especially fragrant roses. To learn more about the James Alexander Gamble Fragrance Award visit http://www.rose.org/members-only- 2/resources/the-james-alexander-gamble-fragrance-award/

Personal favorites Some of my favourites are ‘Cecile Brunner’, a dainty pink climber; ‘Dolly Parton’, a hybrid tea that is orange, large, and over-the-top fragrant; ‘Mr. Lincoln’, a dark red hybrid tea that grows tall and smells like heaven; and, ‘Fire Fighter’, another red upright hybrid tea. Just remember, next time you think about the perfect flower for your sunny garden, try the wonderful reward of a fragrant rose. Gr owING Roses in Arizona u.s.a. Tips for growing roses in a hot, dry garden Sourced from the internet

The fragrant David Austin rose, ‘Lilian Austin’, will bloom again and again throughout the summer.

We love roses. We grow them. We cut them for bouquets in our home. We spray aphids off their leaves in the mornings. We fertilize them (irregularly) and cut the shrubs back in winter. We are, however, not rose experts by any measure.

But recently we attended a lecture by Luke Stimson of David Austin Roses and learned — much to our surprise — that all David Austin Roses sold in the United States are grown in Arizona where the temperature reaches 32o C (90F) on a daily basis for months on end. This makes these highly fragrant roses ideal for hot weather gardens.

If you are not familiar with David Austin Roses, a little background: David Austin, (1926-2018), began developing highly fragrant roses, The highly fragrant ‘Sir Edward many with the flower shape of a Elgar’ rose lives side by side with a big-leafed, 1.5m (5’) tall Cardoon peony, decades ago in England (Cynara Cardunculus) as part of a near the wet and rainy Welsh flower border. border. Some people simply call them “English roses”. In recent years he has expanded his research you have a source for manure, into creating disease-resistant be sure to let it sit at least 5 to roses and roses for warmer, 6 months before you use it. dryer climates. Alternatively, you can ask your Stimson advocated our favorite local garden center or nursery practice: plant roses as part of a for organic mulch which traditional border — not a combines aged manure with single, isolated specimen plants, other components. This should neatly separated and labeled, as not be as smelly as pure aged we often see in public rose manure. You may also prefer an gardens. One benefit of planting entirely different and less roses in a perennial border is odiferous solution: organic rose that the rose roots are more food you can pour from a bag. likely to be shaded most of the Commercial rose food, day and the rose leaves offer however, will not do much to shade to other companion balance the pH of the soil, so if plants beside them in the you use it be sure to add a lot border. Plants with cool roots of organic compost to your grow better in the desert flower bed. (except palms). Roses should be planted where they will About watering receive at least 6 hours of sun Alas, roses like water and they per day. should not be planted as part of a xeriscape border that is Smelly food irrigated only once a week. And He also they need soil that revealed what drains well. Both fertilizer Austin these factors can roses receive in create difficulties for Arizona: AGED hot climate horse manure gardeners. — 45 cm (18”) Many areas in the of it! He Southwest have hard- emphasized the as-rock clay soil so ‘aged’ factor — fresh manure we recommend that you dig a will burn the plants in a flash. If hole at least twice as wide than the root ball to give the roots December, he said, cut your space to grow. You may also roses back to knee height — if want to dig the hole much you want a taller shrub, cut the deeper than the root ball and roses back to waist height. For backfill it firmly to the correct a shorter shrub, shape the plant level. (If the hole is small, you during summer as you clip off are effectively planting your rose the dead rose blooms. Be sure in an in-ground terra cotta pot to cut out any stems that cross with no drainage holes). so when the roses regrow in Morning watering will help Spring the new growth and prevent diseases such as black leaves will not prevent air spot. If you can only water in circulation in the center of the the evening, water at the roots; plant — although air circulation avoid splashing water on the in a hot dry climate is not leaves if at all possible. Standing usually an issue! At this point water on the leaves is a major rose experts will probably be source of rose diseases. claiming that each stem should be cut back by 5 leaf nodes. Pruning roses Personally, we like the simple Stimson also suggested a simple, knee height measurement practical annual pruning better. Space allowing, the technique that conforms to Austin catalog advocates not what we have always done in pruning annually at all. our garden. In November or

Fa cts A b out R oses

Roses are one of the most sought led to the creation of over 13,000 after and favorite plants, with over varieties of roses over time. 100 species of roses available and Listed below are some of the most of them originate in Asia, most astonishing facts about roses while the rest are from Africa, that will fascinate you. North America and Europe. Roses Black roses? were commercialized since early Although there are a few species days and plantations of roses have of roses like The Turkish Halfeti existed ever since 500 BC, which Rose, better known as The Black Rose of Turkey, there are no black roses as such and this breed of the most spectacular sights to just appears to be black to the see. human eye, as these roses are The lifespan of roses actually very dark reddish or Fossils of roses dated back to 35 crimson in color. So, black roses million years were found, proving are just an illusion of your mind that roses have been there ever and do not actually exist. since the Earth was formed. What created the world’s first Also, they have a great life span. blue rose? The rose bush that is spread over Rose breeders have continuously the wall of the Cathedral of tried to cross different colors of Hildesheim in Germany has been roses in a bid to create a blue there for over 1000 years and still rose. However, due to the looks beautiful. absence of an enzyme that is Roses have also found a responsible for blue color, mention in the Bible! breeders could never come up In the Bible, only three flowers with a blue rose. But all thanks to were mentioned; one out of them , the world’s being the rose. first blue rose was grown in 2009. Rose in space The most expensive rose in Called the “Overnight the world Scentsation”, a miniature rose was David Austin, one of the most carried to space so that research famous rose breeders in the could be performed in low gravity world, introduced the ‘Juliet’ Rose, conditions about how the which took about $5 million and fragrances of customer products 15 years to breed, making it the could be improved. most expensive rose in the world! Only 1 breed of rose has 4 The world’s largest rosebush petals Spread over 8,500 square feet or While all other breeds have five 790 square meters, this rosebush petals, only Rosa Sericea has four belongs to the Lady Banksia petals. It can be found in the species and has a circumference of Himalayas at an altitude of up to 4 approximately 3.65m (12 feet). kilometers from sea level and it The rosebush entirely comprises was also introduced in Europe of 200,000 blooms, making it one towards the end of the 19th century. COMING EVENTS ROSE CONSULTANTS

February Meeting – 01.02.19 The following members of the Rose Society of NSW Newington Community Centre 8.00 p.m. Inc. are rose growers of both exhibition (show) & Topic – Australian Championship 2018 who have kindly agreed to make Gardens of L’Alhambre, Granada available to all members their expertise. If you have problems or questions about rose growing, contact the person listed as living closest to your garden. Raffle – Flower voucher from Nati roses

or 1L Fertilizer SYDNEY AREA Don Campton, North Rocks, 2151 9871 2025 Floral Art - ‘Welcome 2019’ Jim Cunningham, Glenhaven, 2156 9659 6664 Roses only, any embellishments Mark McGuire, Neutral Bay, 2089 9953 3655 Ted Morphett, Emu Plains, 2750 4735 3668 Feb Committee Meeting – 07.02.19 Castle Hill Vet Hospital 7.30 p.m. NEPEAN BLUE MTNS & HAWKESBURY Doug Hayne, Emu Plains, 2750 4735 1730 State Council – 10.02.19 @ 10.30 a.m. Galson Community Centre 10.30 a.m. HUNTER AREA Arcadia Road Galston Geoff Johnson, Sawyers Gulley 2326 4937 2635 Judges’ meeting – 9.30 a.m.

March Meeting - 01.03.19 UPPER NORTH COAST Ray McDonald, Taree 2429 6550 2216 Newington Community Centre 8.00 p.m.

Speaker – Rosalie Vine ILLAWARRA AREA Topic - Fragrant Roses Steve Beck, Fitzroy Falls, 2577 4887 7477 Colin Hollis, Jamberoo, 2533 4236 0456 Raffle – Liquid Fertilizer Robert Curll, Jamberoo, 2533 4236 0158 Floral Art – ‘Shades of Summer Past’ Roses only, any embellishments MACARTHUR AREA Bob Stibbard, Campbelltown, 2560 0425 223 076 Graham Wright, Rossmore, 2557 9606 5888 March Committee Meeting - 07.03.19 Castle Hill Vet Hospital 7.30 p.m. Website: www.rose.org.au www.nsw.rose.org.au Printed by The Rose Society of NSW Inc., Sydney Regional, 1 Christel Ave., Carlingford, 2118 This publication is for information of members of Sydney The opinions expressed in articles or letters in this magazine Regional. are not necessarily the opinions of the Rose Society of New This publication cannot be reproduced without permission of South Wales Incorporated. Sydney Regional, Rose Society of N.S.W Inc.