Vol. XLVIII, No. 10 Patsy Williams, Editor October 2011

RE-THINKING THE GARDEN - This Month's WITHOUT CHEMICALS Meeting When New York outlawed chemical applications, the New York Botanic Thursday October 13, 2011 Garden had a problem... 3,000 plus roses in a multi-million dollar collection known as the Peggy Rockefeller . Faced with 7:00 pm new legislation, Peter Kukielski , curator, had a vision...come up with Come early for Book an environmentally responsible way to grow beautiful landscape roses Signing and Reception with a proven history of superior disease resistance.

Roses Without The undertaking was so Chemicals successful that it has been Peter Kukielski showcased nationally and internationally in magazines and 7:30 pm newspapers like the London Garden Center Financial Times, the Washington Hermann Park ______Post, and the American Gardener. A horticulture Inside celebrity, Peter is a frequent October Practices...... 2-3 guest on Martha Stewart Living, a Rose of the Month...... 4 It Really Works ...... 4 sought-after garden designer, Library Corner ...... 5 has co-authored The Sustainable Plant in Fall for Spring Color ....6 Rose Garden , and is currently 2012 Award of Excellence...... 7 working on his second book, Introducing 'American Legacy' .8 Roses Without Chemicals. Under Miniature/Miniflora Hall - Fame 8 Society Potpourri ...... 9 Peter’s leadership, the Peggy Consulting Rosarians ...... 10 Rockefeller Rose Garden was recently inducted into the Great Rosarians of the World Rose Garden Hall of Fame.

The Houston Rose Society is honored to have Peter present “Re-Thinking the Rose Garden”. This event is free and open to all. No reservations are required, but seating is limited. Peter’s book, The Sustainable Rose Garden , will be available for purchase at the event.

Consulting Rosarian for October is Gaye Hammond. Bring your rose questions.

Grand Prix continues. Bring your best roses to enter the competition. Entries close at 7:30 pm

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What Good Rosarians Are Doing in October

ANTICIPATION ! That is what we are feeling at temperatures are cooler and some much the moment. Having gone through the hottest needed rain occurs. and driest summer on record, we are looking for something better. We want nice green With new growth, spraying for fungus (read leaves and canes with nice blooms on the "blackspot") should have already been started. ends. Oh yes, we want rain! We have been If not, you are way behind. Your goal is to told that we are 26+ inches below our normal prevent it from occurring, not to try to eradicate rainfall. The only way that we can catch up is it after it gets a strong foothold on your plants. to have a hurricane dump a LOT of water on Spray with your favorite preventive fungicide us. You know, a storm that comes and just sits such as: Funginex, HonorGard, Compass, on top of us like Allison did. No, I'm not wishing Fertilome, or other spray of your choice. If you for another Allison, but the soil could really use already have blackspot, add Mancozeb to your it. brand of spray. You will have to combine the two for a month or so to eradicate the We have had fires burning everything in their blackspot. When no more blackspot is seen, paths. They were closer than I was the Mancozeb can be dropped from the spray comfortable with. I sincerely hope that none of mix. Continue to use the preventive spray. our members were effected. There were way too many acres burned and homes lost. Finger prune to encourage show blooms. As the District Show approaches (October 28- We have lost bushes due to the extreme heat 30 in Farmers Branch), there are ways to make and drought – roses do not like either. We better specimens, and also better blooms, for watered the best that we could, and maybe we you to bring inside and enjoy. under estimated the need that was present. Many were stressed to the point that they To make a better spray, snap its might still be on the list of no return. I guess center bud off as soon as you can. The that winter will determine the outcome of all the remainder of the buds will then grow closer stress damages. together, making a better inflorescence, thus, a better specimen. Well, it's time that we get to work, and see if we can encourage our roses to put their best To encourage a hybrid tea, all side buds need feet forward and show the life that we want to to be removed as early as possible, to prevent see. Did you fertilize your bushes in scarring, and to allow more food to go to the September? If you did not, about all that you remaining bloom. can do now is add maybe some organics and Recap: Remove side buds for a single bloom, some soluble fertilizer. If you are a granular and center bud, for a spray. fertilizer user and you have not put it out, you have missed your window to do so. The last Leave blooms on the plant after mid-October. granular fertilizer for 2011 should have been Cut a few for the house, some for sharing, and applied by the second week of September. If some for the show. Leave the rest on the bush, you try to use it now, you will be making your signaling to the plant that it is time to slow roses very vulnerable to winter freeze. It takes down and not produce lush new growth that about six weeks for such fertilizer to become might freeze, because there isn’t time for it to available to the plant. That will take us into the harden off before winter. This is done for the middle of November. Too late! plants’ benefit. You will still get enough blooms to enjoy. You should be seeing new growths all over your plants. And small buds should be forming As always, watch for Insects. so that we can have some beautiful flowers by They just never seem to go away. the end of October when, we hope, the

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Thrips are probably our number one note of the poor performers. It also allows you problem. Thrips ruin the blooms, to pick beautiful blooms at their best. causing them to turn brown and look bruised. Thrips are best controlled by spraying Mulch ONLY the buds and blooms with an insecticide Be sure that your rose beds have a good layer such as Orthene. Acephate is the active of mulch as winter approaches. Mulch is a ingredient in Orthene. Orthene isn't being blanket that protects tender feeder roots from a made anymore, so look for another product harsh winter’s freeze. Since you never know containing acephate. A spritzer bottle will do a when a freeze could occur, get ahead of the good job and will not waste a lot of chemical. A weather, and make it an enjoyable event. controlled spraying will also help to prevent Evaluate the performance of beds and killing the “good” insects, which make our bushes. gardens more friendly. Fall is always a good time to stroll the garden

Grasshoppers and katydids and pay close attention to how each bush is Larger and more-plentiful than performing. Many of our gardens are maxed ever are our hopping enemies. out. There is no more space to build a new Catching them is by far the best rose bed or to plant a new bush; a bush will control, but you will have to watch for them, have to be removed to plant another. because they camouflage themselves to look There are new varieties introduced every year. like the foliage of the plant. Grasshoppers have There is always a “must have” variety or two; been seen this year at least 3 inches long. or you might have one of which you would like They eat a lot! to have another bush of the same variety. Now

They are easy to catch if you wiggle your we have a reason for our strolling the garden fingers in front of them while you catch them by and evaluating. Is there one that hasn’t given the legs or wings with your other hand. You you the satisfaction which you expected? can pull their head off, cut it off with your There always is, in my garden! This one will be pruning shears, or put the critter under your a candidate for “shovel-pruning” (dig up, and foot and squish. dispose).

Cucumber beetles A sick, non-productive bush takes as much Pay special attention to the “green lady bug" time, spray, and fertilizer as a healthy bush. look-alike. The green ones damage your The choice as to whether or not to keep a bush blooms; they eat holes in the petals. If you are lies entirely at your discretion. spraying the buds and blooms for thrips, you A declining bed can be the result of the will probably kill this pest also. If all else fails, presence of tree roots in the bed. Tree roots you can always squish them between your grow right under the mulch and use most of the fingers. fertilizer and water that you provide for your

Of course, there are always moths that lay roses. eggs near the bud, which hatch out into bud Fall is in the Air. worms. These bore holes in the bud, and in Well, we have finally had a little of that liquid they go, while tiny. They eat their way in and moisture that we have so long awaited. Of then destroy the bud before it opens. course, it wasn't nearly enough. We have now

Walk your garden daily broken the triple digit weather and it is feeling By walking through your garden daily and much better when you go outside. Enjoy your being observant, you can quickly correct a roses. problem before it gets out of hand. It also gives you a chance to see how your roses are Come early to the meeting to meet and performing, so that you can make a mental greet our speaker at the reception and book signing, at 7:00 pm.

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Rose of the Month 'Elfinglo'

by Robin Hough

My featured rose for October is unusual in that it is a micro-miniature rose. 'Elfinglo' was introduced by Texan Ernest Williams in 1977 and remains a very popular micro-mini to this day. True to its classification, this bush produces clusters of individually small, bright purple blooms and correspondingly tiny foliage.

A cross of Little Chief x Little Chief, 'Elfinglo' gets a rating of 8.0 in the ARS Handbook for Selecting Roses. Growing to a height of 10 to 20 inches with a somewhat spreading habit, this rose is great at the front of a bed or border and will also do quite well in a pot. It is a profuse bloomer, and a single spray in a miniature vase is about as cute as a rose can get.

A mild fragrance is a bonus. If you’re looking for something a little different, you might give 'Elfinglo' a try. I know you have room!

It Really Works! by Charles Shaner – Master Rosarian

Shenandoah Rose Society (Virginia)

As many of you know, I am one to experiment with new ideas in hopes of making rose growing easier, better, and more efficient. I receive many newsletters from around the nation and they have some pretty good ideas in them. One I picked up from the Tampa Rose Society was a tip on how to control thrips.

This is so easy and inexpensive it is hard to believe it actually works not only on thrips but other insects as well. You take a blue plastic cup, coat it with STP oil treatment and hang it on a stake in your garden. The thrips and other insects will be attracted to it and stick there and die. When the cup is coated with insects, you simply wash it in warm soapy water, recoat it and hang it back up.

I purchased a pack of 15 cups from Dollar Tree for $1 and, instead of STP, I purchased the Advance Store brand for $3 (a dollar cheaper than STP, and it is the same thing). The stake can be anything you want to use. I had a supply of metal electric fence stakes, which work great.

The first time I put these out, my cups were coated with bugs within 24 hours. Most were small and appeared to be thrips. Coated with the oily substance it is hard to tell. My thrips damage has become less and less with the use of these cups. I have three in each of my 40 foot beds.

They say “necessity is the mother of invention”. Rosarians can be very inventive, and this is just one example of one that really works.

(Editors note: This article is reprinted from the Bowling Green Rose Society "Rosebuds" Mary A. Hext Editor, originally from Shenandoah Rose Society (Virginia) newsletter August 2011, with permission.)

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HRS Library Corner by Maria Trevino

Looking over the Houston Rose Society library books this last month, I chose a book from 1959 called A Treasury of Rose Arrangements, by Julia Clements. Inspired by the themed rose arrangements done by members at the last two meetings, I thought this book had some very timely tips and instructions for floral arrangements.

Ms. Clements was an arrangements judge for the National Rose Society in England. While she advocates that one learn the basic principles of flower arrangements, she is also in favor of having fun putting your arrangement together to enjoy your roses.

This 86-page book (of which 20 pages are black and white photographs of rose arrangements) is full of ideas, from types of containers to use, to best roses and fillers for arrangements. She notes that a greater freedom of container choice was probably born of the wartime period when glass or silver flower vases were unobtainable in Britain. Throughout the book, the rose arrangements are shown in a variety of vessels from urns, glass dishes, Wedgewood china, bud vases, candelabras, baskets, sea shells and branches. Miniature roses are displayed in thimbles, doll’s set china, perfume vials, and salt cellars.

The chapter on exhibiting rose arrangements at a has tips that could easily be given today. Her advice to those entering a rose show includes reading the show schedule thoroughly to make sure you understand the interpretation of the arrangement. She contends that it is better to make one arrangement than to rush around completing three or four. She recommends taking into consideration the color and texture of the container for the roses. She notes, “Much can be learned by exhibiting, and while few competitors are really very sociable during the staging of their exhibits, once it is over, it is admitted that there is no finer group of people than flower show people.”

The chapter on rose recipes includes conserves, jellies, sauces, cocktails, a rose salad and a trifle. There are also recipes for different types of potpourri, and drying roses.

The author ends her book by listing some of the most highly scented roses her noted friends in the rose world recommend. In 1959, those roses included 'Chrysler Imperial' , 'Crimson Glory' , 'Mirandy' , 'Sutter’s Gold' , 'The Doctor' and 'Grace de Monaco' .

Give this book a read. It is nice to read a book over fifty years old that still contains much of what we do today to arrange and exhibit roses.

FYI (Editor's note): Books are available to check out, enjoy and read for a month. Bring it back to the next meeting, and check out another one. We have a large number of books in our library. I'm sure that you can find several that might be of interest to you.

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Plant Roses In The Fall For Early To plant an own-root rose, dig a hole one and a half times the size of the container. Mix ½ cup of bone Spring Color meal in the soil in the bottom of the hole. Carefully by Gaye Hammond, [email protected] remove the plant from the pot taking care to not disturb the root ball. (I cut the bottom out of the In the past a lot of emphasis has been placed on plastic pot first, set the plant in the pot in my buying and planting roses in early spring. Along the planting hole and then slice away the plastic pot. Gulf Coast, grafted modern roses are delivered to This keeps all the soil and roots intact). Back fill the nurseries as bare-root plants in January. hole with soil. Cover the surface of the soil with Nurserymen must pot the roses in containers and shredded hardwood mulch. Water the plant once a sweat them out until leaves begin to form, before day the first week, every other day the second week making them available to customers in mid-to-late and every third day the third week. From that point February. Because spring is when grafted roses water as needed. In fall-planted roses, it is show up in stores, we deduce that spring is the right imperative that no fertilizer be applied until spring . time to plant roses. This deduction is only true for modern grafted roses. It is not true for own-root Regardless of whether the drought predictions for roses. 2012 are realized, planting roses in the fall gives us a head start on a great spring bloom season. Own root roses are not grafted. They are the same plant above ground as below ground. (Figure 1). They are created by rooting a cutting from a mother plant, and are an identical clone of the parent.

Own root roses can be planted at any time of year – however, fall is the best time to plant own root roses .

In the fall, temperatures are lower and the plant is not called upon (like it would be in the spring) to produce blooms. This allows the plant several months to work on developing a healthy strong root system that will support a big spring bloom cycle. Figure 1. Own root rose Figure 2. Grafted Rose Because one would not typically “prune” a fall- planted rose bush the first spring, it will be among the first to bloom once temperatures are conducive for doing so.

The severe drought conditions along the Texas Gulf Coast provide another compelling reason to plant roses in the fall. Some are predicting these drought conditions will continue through 2012.

This year saw many instances where spring-planted roses, in the ground only a few months, were hit with almost no rain by May followed by 100+ degree Figure 3. Spring Bloom in a Fall-Planted Bush weather from June to September. Spring-planted roses have struggled – not only to overcome the drought and desiccating air temperatures, but most importantly because they did not have time to develop a strong root system before getting hit with hard environmental conditions.

It is important for a rose bush to have a complex and expansive root system capable of seeking out soil moisture and nutrients. My mentors say, “The better the root system, the better the plant” and in my own yard that is certainly true. HOUSTON ROSE-ETTE Page 6 October 2011 (Vol. XLVIII, No. 10)

2012 Award of Excellence Winners by Jim Hering 1050 Kingwood Drive, Marion, OH 43302

In 1973 the 'Ann Hooper' (WEKsacgoma) 'Butter Me Up' (Wekpivoom) American Rose Ann Hooper (1947-2011) was a This butter yellow miniature is Society Board of Directors loyal patron of the rose and of the not too gold, not too pale, and not established the Award of American Rose Society. She too bold or too fleeting - it's just Excellence to recognize new served as Region 0 Director of right. It was hybridized by miniature and miniflora rose ARS (1997-2000), but is best Christian Bedard, his fourth AOE varieties of superior quality and known by rosarians through her winner, and is certain to hit the marked distinction. Since the rose products company, Primary show table. The blooms contain inception of the award, there Products, and the internet rose more than 25 petals and are have been 116 AOE winners. help service , "Ask Ann," provided borne on medium-tall plants with Unnamed seedlings or sports of by Weeks Roses. Ann was bright green foliage. Parentage is miniature or miniflora varieties always a stunning picture of 'Tropical Twist' x 'Vavoom', and it are submitted by commercial and sartorial elegance, particularly will be introduced by Weeks amateur hybridizers, for with her wide range of hats. Roses. evaluation for two years in eleven The rose which bears her name AOE public test gardens, spaced is appropriately stunning. This geographically across the United outstand miniature is ivory white States. Each public garden has with a broad pink picotee and is an AOE supervisor and 5 hybridized by Tom Carruth, his evaluators who score the entries third AOE winner. It has fistfuls of on eleven criteria 4 times during shapely rich pink buds which each growing season. At the end open to clusters of starry-eyed of the trial period, Awards of blossoms. There's hardly any Excellence are given to deserving fade in color from fresh flowers to seedlings, with a maximum of 5 finish. The foliage is a deep per year. glossy green borne on a medium The official public tall bush. Petal count is 15 to announcement, of the Award of 20,and parentage is 'Santa 'Oso Happy Petit Pink' Excellence winners, is made Clause' x 'Goldmarie'. Ann would (ZLEmarianneyoshida) each year at the awards banquet love the cheery spirit this Award David Zlesak's first AOE winner of the ARS National Miniature of Excellence winner brings to is a medium pink miniature with Rose Show and Conference. In every garden. It will be introduced flower power for the landscape. 2009, twenty one seedlings were by Weeks Roses. Prolific bloom on a full mounded entered into the trials by eight plant makes 'Oso Happy™ Petit hybridizers. After two years of Pink' a cheerful addition to sunny evaluation, three Award of borders, beds and containers. Excellence winners were Bred from miniatures and hardy selected. The 2012 AOE winners landscape roses, it combines announced in Syracuse, New very high blackspot tolerance and York, are 'Ann Hooper' by Tom compact size, and has 50+ Carruth, 'Butter Me Up' by petals. Parentage is ('Lemon Christian Bedard and 'Oso Happy Fluff' x 'George Vancouver') x Petit Pink' by David Zlesak. (Orange Honey' x ('Spanish Rhapsody' x 'Applejack' open pollinated)). It will be introduced by Spring Meadow Nursery.

(Edited from the American Rose, September/October issue)

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Introducing... 'American Legacy' by Gaye Hammond

This fabulous shrub rose is a legacy in more ways than one. Not only is it a great landscape rose, it also has a wonderful story to tell. 'American Legacy' produces heavily petaled (30 – 40) blooms that are a deep raspberry pink color with a subtle fragrance. The foliage is dark green and waxy, on a compact bush with a rounded habit. The average bush size is 3’ x 3’, making it a perfect rose to be grown in a container, or used in the landscape as a low border or accent plant. It is suitable for gardens in Zones 4 to 9.

I have grown this rose for 3 years at multiple locations in Texas in no-spray conditions with good result. At these test sites and in my garden ' American Legacy,' has exhibited good disease resistance and has produced blooms, even under excessive heat and drought conditions. In a wet spring it might prefer one or two fungicide applications – although I have never applied any chemical applications, and the plants have rebounded fine, even when they get an occasional spring with blackspot.

American Legacy was hybridized by the late Dr. Griffith Buck some time between 1985 and 1991. I learned about this rose from Dr. Buck’s friend, Mel Popelka. Mel relayed that, when “Griff” ran out of room in his garden, he would give plants away, and Mel was the recipient of the rose that eventually became ' American Legacy' . After seeing the original plant (that is still in Mel’s yard more than a decade later), Mel graciously offered cuttings. This rose is a recent introduction and is exclusively available from Chamblee’s Rose Nursery in Tyler (800-256-7673, www.chambleeroses.com ) by mail order, and will also be available at The Arbor Gate (281-351-8851) in Tomball. If you are a fan of A 2 year old 'American Legacy' at the Dr. Buck’s roses or shrub-type roses in general, this rose is a must-have! Farmers Branch Earth-Kind Rose Trial

Miniature/Miniflora Hall of Fame 2011 Honorees by Jim Hering 1050 Kingwood Drive, Marion, OH 43302 The Miniature/Miniflora Rose Hall of Fame has honored those Miniature and Minifloras that have stood the test of time in commerce for at least 20 years, recognizing excellence and longevity.

At the 13th ARS National Miniature Conference in Syracuse, New York on June 25th two Miniature and Miniflora Rose Hall of Fame honorees were announced.

'Kristin' (BENmagic) is a red 'Olympic Gold' is a blend miniature, a white/red light yellow miniflora bicolor, with consistent high with about 31 petals centers and 27-30 petals which was hybridized by borne singly on stems with Nelson Jolly and large dark green semi-glossy introduced by Rosehill foliage. She is known for her Farm in 1983. She is impeccable exhibition form but requires grooming to known for her high tease her centers beyond the half open stage. centers and excellent exhibition form with semi- 'Kristin' was a 1993 AOE winner and introduced by glossy medium green foliage. Her substance is Nor'East Miniature Roses in 1992. She is known remarkable as demonstrated by winning national through the rest of the world as 'Pirouette'. Her queen as a dry-wrapped rose. Her parentage is parents are ('Buttons' x 'Tinseltown'). ('Rise 'n' Shine' x 'Bonny'). (Photos by Jim Hering.) (Edited from the American Rose September/October) HOUSTON ROSE-ETTE Page 8 October 2011 (Vol. XLVIII, No. 10)

Society Potpourri Product Sale & Pick Up LAST MONTH'S MEETING Deadline for ordering from the Product List is Pam and Claude Graves came down from October 8th . Order must be postmarked by Richardson and Claude gave us an Oct. 8th. Fill out the form and return with check outstanding program on the "Easy Tea" to address on form. program which is patterned after the EarthKind program, and the roses that are Pick up date is November 5th from 9:30 am to making the grade as Easy Teas. 12 noon. If you cannot pick up your order, make arrangements with a friend to pick up Thanks to the ladies that furnished our your order for you. refreshments for the meeting; Denise Cope, Gaye Hammond, Susan Kelly and Maria Southwest Fertilizer is once again allowing us Sabin. to use their facilities to distribute our products. We will pick up at a raise-up-door near the Arrangement winners from last month back of the facility on the Renwick side. Gaye Hammond won 1st place Donald Burger won 2nd place

HRS Events Calendar 2011 HRS Officers President Robin Hough 281-482-8944 Mark your calendar - updates made monthly [email protected] Oct 8 Bulb & Plant Mart-Speaker Series VP Show Dan Lawlor 281-343-9422 9 am-12 pm Holly Hall Retirement [email protected] Community - 2000 Holly Hall St. VP Program Baxter Williams 713-944-3437 Oct 13 Peter Kukielski, Curator of Peggy [email protected] Rockefeller Rose Garden in New York VP Member. Renee Cummins 713-524-2332 will be our speaker [email protected] Oct 13-16 ARS Convention and Rose Show in Secretary Susan Kelly 713-937-4452 Los Angeles, CA [email protected] Oct 14 Bulb & Plant Mart 10 am-7 pm Treasurer Ralph Twiss 281-242-8613 Oct 15 Bulb & Plant Mart 9 am-5 pm [email protected] Oct 21-23 South Central District Convention and Editor Patsy Williams 713-944-3437 Rose Show - Farmers Branch, TX [email protected] Nov 5 Product Pick-up 9:30 am - 12 pm Parliament./ Mary Bahn 713-623-0200 Publicity [email protected] YOU Are Invited Past Pres Donald Burger 713-861-5412 [email protected] Joe Turner, Director, Houston Parks and Director Elisabeth Duhon 713-855-8447 Recreation, would like to invite all our [email protected] members to the grand opening of the new Director Gaye Hammond 281-458-6116 Memorial Park Greenhouse and Plaza. There [email protected] will be parking in the adjacent lot with a shuttle service so parking should not be an issue for Bulb & Plant Mart - 69th Annual Sale anyone. Speaker Series - Saturday, October 8 - 9 am- 12 pm - Chapel at Holly Hall Please join us for the grand opening of the New hours - Friday, October 14 - 10 am - 7 pm New Memorial Park Greenhouse & Plaza. Saturday, October 15 - 9 am to 5 pm 6501 Memorial Drive 77007. New Location - Holly Hall Retirement Community, 2000 Holly Hall Street October 28, 2011 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. Across from Reliant Stadium Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. RSVP by October 19 For more information: www.gchouston.org to [email protected] or 832-395-7061. All purchases are tax-free.

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