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Rochfords International Rose Trials INSIDE THIS ISSUE: The Chairman 2 Notes Gareth Davies - 5 In a land Down Under David Kenny tries a 9 The Rose Times Bloody Mary VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 WINTER 2019 Desert Island Roses 10 with Derek Lawrence As it’s still the first month of the year, I hope you’ll forgive one more, In the desert with 15 Happy New Year. Hal Reynolds We have ahead of us another busy time, as I write this we are filling Roses on trial with 16 up our calendar of events. We have invites from events all over the Kerry Austen country and whilst it would be wonderful to be able to attend them all, our resources, particularly in terms of volunteers, are limited. World Federation 24 News Simply put, the more members we have that are willing to help out at the shows, the more shows we can attend. No offers to volunteer My Rose Story by 25 are ever turned away, we are always happy to have our members Roz Warley involved in the events that we attend. Please contact us if you would My Rose Story by 30 Alya Alvey like to get involved. Brand on the Run 32 Thanks to all our members who have renewed their membership and apologies to all those who may have been asked to send membership That’s all for now! 34 fees more than once. We have just migrated our membership to a new, secure data base which was necessary on many levels; our new system first of all complies completely with the new GDPR laws; managing even a modest membership like ours can be time consuming when done manually and mistakes can easily happen. We hope that our new automated system will eventually send reminders at appropriate times, respond immediately with an acknowledgement and a receipt and therefore keep everything in good order. There have been a number of hiccups in the first instance but we are confident that once the bugs are shaken out, all will be well. Again, on the subject of volunteers, a reminder that we are all volunteers and for many of us we are learning as we go along. Please We should always be patient with us as we all endeavor to get the Rose Society UK remember Dean running on the right lines. Samuel Hole’s A special thankyou to all our members who have sent contributions words . to this newsletter, sharing our own‘ rose stories’ is the best way to “He who would grow encourage more people to grow and enjoy roses. It’s how we can beautiful Roses must continue to ensure that the rose remains the nation’s favourite have them in his flower. heart”. Ed The Rose Society UK - Winter 2019 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 P A G E 2 The Chairman Notes First, may wish all our members a belated HAPPY NEW YEAR; may it be a good one. As I sit here in early January writing these notes I can just see the days lengthening and the rose shoots beginning to break. The winter has been very mild to date and the main pruning season will soon be upon us. February is always best for me in the West Midlands and hopefully we will not get another icy ‘Beast from the East’ blast as last year, delaying the pruning. During May the cold spell rapidly changed to warm dry weather that resulted in the best display of roses for many years. One of the benefits that followed the long hot summer of 2018 was a much lower incidence of Black Spot in my garden and the leaves remain on many varieties despite having been reduced in height during the autumn. I have for many years used the practice of giving my bushes a winter wash of Jeyes fluid at the strength of 70ml in 5ltrs, watered over the bushes and ground beneath. I did this in mid-November and again in late December. This product no longer recommends its use for the treatment of fungal diseases however I have used this for many years and it appears to help in reducing the incidence of black spot. Another benefit is that it weakens surface weeds such as Chickweed and Bittercress which seem to be evergreen in the recent mild winters. In recent years I have sown seed of Rosa multiflora as soon as it is ripe in early November. and grow them on into 4ltr pots; protecting them in the polytunnel ready for budding in July in following year. In July 2018 I budded 36 pots with various varieties and headed them back in December and now have 33 potted rose bushes at very little cost. Details of how I do this was published in the November 2017 Rose times. (still available in the members area) I also have roses in pots tucked up in my cold greenhouse to give me roses in bloom in early May, my aim is to have blooms to exhibit at our Spring Show at Malvern Festival which I enjoy doing. However, it is simple and easy for anyone to put a few pots inside for their own pleasure and the results are rewarding. I THE ROSE TIMES The Rose Society UK - Winter 2019 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 P A G E 3 find just watching the roses grow helps shorten the winter for me. They don’t require any heat the rising temperature and lengthening days during March will do the trick and the blooms will be perfect and clean. If you would like advice on how to go about this then more details can be found in our new publication ALL ABOUT ROSES which is available from the website along with other helpful information. If you can visit our Information stand at the Malvern Spring Show, then we are always ready to give advice on all aspects of rose growing. At the show we will be holding the usual competition for exhibits of roses grown under glass or indeed polytunnels which should give encouragement to have a go at growing a few pots of roses in a greenhouse. It was gratifying to see such a good attendance at Annual General Meeting in October; much of the business being taken up with restructuring our Society’s constitution following our first full year. I thoroughly enjoyed the afternoon session talk by Simon White of Peter Beales Roses. The details and minutes of the meeting are available in the Members area of the website. We do need help with the duties of running our society for there are many tasks that need to be are carried out by volunteers, it was good see some members coming forward. We are planning a full programme for our advice and membership stand at events during the coming year. The dates and venues appear elsewhere and help from members is always welcome, admittance passes are provided at major events when needed. DAVID C.H. AUSTIN OBE 1926 - 2018 It is with great sadness that the Austin family announces the passing of David C. H. Austin Snr OBE VMH, rosarian and founder of David Austin Roses Ltd. David Snr died peacefully at his home in Shropshire on Tuesday 18th December 2018, surrounded by his family. He was 92. The Rose Society UK - Winter 2019 David Austin Roses are our sponsor of the Dean Hole Challenge Classes at our three summer shows and I know from Michael Marriott that Mr A, as he was affectionately known, personally approved the sponsorship of the Dean Hole Challenge competition. David Austin and Dean Samuel Reynolds Hole in their time were both giants in growing and promoting roses. My first memory of David Austin goes back to 1968 when the West Midlands Rose Society held their first show at the nursery, in a small marquee along with a rose quiz against Nottingham Rose Society this was the event that was to become, in the following years, the National Rose Quiz. At the final, closing meeting of the West Midlands Rose Society in 2015 which was held in the lovely tea rooms at the nursery, and in spite of ill health, David came talked with us for about 15 minutes. Some years earlier when a member of the Royal National Rose Society Council, I was appointed to judge with David at the then Regional Rose Gardens at Kings Heath Birmingham. I remember making the arrangements with his secretary, Doreen Pike, to pick him up for he did not like driving through Birmingham. We did this for a two years stint after which Douglas Gandy, another great in the rose world, took over. The Royal National Rose Society held their AGM at Linnaean Society in Piccadilly London for two years in the 1990’s and I remember sitting beneath the portraits of those great men when David came into the room. He was there to receive his award which I believe was the Queen Mother Commemoration Award, he came and sat next to me and we sat chatting during the meeting. David Austin Roses hosted two National Midsummer Show at Albrighton and I remember David coming into the small hospitality tent where we were holding the show, late in the afternoon of the first day. It was almost deserted, he had a long look around with me and said how much he enjoyed having the show the nursery. He went on to say how much he like the miniature roses and thought maybe they should grow some of them? The Rose Society UK - Winter 2019 VOLUME 2, ISSUE 2 P A G E 5 Our Vice-Chairman Gareth Davies has been on his travels and shares a few memories of the .
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