DOCSLIB.ORG

The Rose Times the Bronze 3 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 NOVEMBER 2017 Medal

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Rose Times the Bronze 3 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 NOVEMBER 2017 Medal INSIDE THIS ISSUE: The Chairman 1 Notes The Rose Times The Bronze 3 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 NOVEMBER 2017 Medal Gareth in the 4 Alps Season of mist and . bare root roses? Stocks and 6 Spring is without doubt my favourite season but . improving our membership base by inviting local Shares with . Autumn? Well it can be an expensive season societies to become affiliate members and offer as we give in to our desire to buy even more roses! bronze medals and support to their members on all Colin Dickson’s 8 Bare root is without doubt the best way to buy and matters rosy. Rose of the plant roses. The nurseries catalogues are brim-full We are looking at instigating a regional Consulting Year of temptation and now is the time to get them in so Rosarian scheme similar to our friends in USA and Something? 9 that they can get their roots down and be ready for Australia. We have some extremely talented a burst of colour in 2018. members and we’re hoping to encourage them to Our rose society, after a frenetic start to life in May, help us spread the word about the society and to Derek’s 10 had a rose-filled summer. Now after our first AGM, offer their services to anyone with rose-related Musings it too has the chance to get down some good roots questions. to prepare for our further growth in 2018. The website will be improving as we progress. Steve James 14 We are on a sound financial footing thanks to the Cultural tips and videos are planned for the puts his foot generosity of many of our members and sponsors. member’s area to help the UK grow beautiful roses. Ivor under 15 We have had great success at the shows that we This will all take time and resource but I’m cover have attended throughout the year and the confident that our membership will come up trumps and help the society grow, just like our bare A Day of Roses 16 associated prize money has helped us immensely. root roses. 2018 Our plans for 2018 revolve mainly around Shows 17 Ed Roundup Chalkhill Rose 20 John Anthony Reflects on Garden Next time 22 the story so far The Chairman Notes We should always First of all I must congratulate all who These funds along remember Dean took part in the highly successful with membership Annual general Meeting On 29th fees and show Samuel Hole’s October. award monies have words . It was a great pleasure to welcome provided a basic our President Colin Squire who had fund to go forward made the long journey to be with us. “He who would And with so many members from The five months grow beautiful around the country, the attendance since the Roses must have exceeded all our expectations. inauguration of the them in his heart”. May I also say a big Thankyou to all new Society on the who have given donations and 28th May have just sponsorship since our formation. flown by. Looking back over this short The Rose Society UK - November 2017 P A G E 2 time I am amazed at what has been achieved for we have seen many of our aims come to fruition. The support from rosarians and rose trade has given us confidence to move forward and become a Rose Society with appeal to all gardeners. Members of our steering committee may have come from an Exhibiting background, but so did our forerunners when forming the former National society in 1876. Following approval from the Annual general meeting we are now setting in motion our plans to accommodate affiliated societies and regional rose advisors. We are grateful for the experienced members who have already volunteered for these tasks however we still need more people to help carry out these activities. If you are able to commit some time for any of our activities for the benefit of the society do please let Ray or I know. John The 2018 Rose Event Calendar 26 - 29 April Harrogate Spring Show Rose Society UK stand only 10 - 13 May Malvern Spring Show Rose Society UK stand and rose show 23 - 24 June Shepperton Summer Show Rose Society UK rose show 30 June - 1 July Rose Society of Wales Show Rose show at St Fagans Museum 2 - 8 July Hampton Court Flower Show 8 - 9 July BIRS Rydale Rose Festival BIRS rose show at Rydale Rose Festival 10 - 12 July The Great Yorkshire Show 28 - 29 July Chorley Summer Show Rose Society UK stand and rose show 10 - 11 August Shrewsbury Flower Show Rose Society UK stand and open rose show 16 - 19 August Southport Flower Show Open rose show This is by no means a complete calendar of show events for 2018 If you’d like your event advertised on our website, Facebook or Twitter pages or in future newsletters; please let us know by emailing CONTACT US NOW THE ROSE TIME S The Rose Society UK - November 2017 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 P A G E 3 The Rose Society Bronze Medal We are delighted to announce that we are introducing a Society Bronze Medal. The new medal will be awarded for excellence in rose growing. They will be offered to our Affiliated societies and shows to award for rose growing excellence at their own shows. We will also use the medal for excellence in rose growing or service to the rose for our own members in conjunction with a new Silver Medal. Offering the medals is a considerable investment for our society but one that we feel we must make to establish ourselves as the UK’s authority for amateur rose growers. The medals will be awarded along with a medal card as shown The Rose Society UK - November 2017 P A G E 4 Our Vice-Chairman Gareth Davies shares some memories from Switzerland . The Rosen Garten of Bern When my daughter, son-in-law accessible from wide gravel paths and two grandchildren moved to which extend between them. The Switzerland in July 2013, it floribundas, on the other hand, presented my wife and I with a have been planted in interestingly magenta pink blooms with good great opportunity to visit a shaped beds set in vast expanses disease resistance. Its stems country renowned for its of lawns, which makes it very were clothed with disease free spectacular mountain scenery relaxing to walk around and view foliage when I again visited the and efficient rail transport them. Although the rose beds had gardens in September, 2014. network. The family live in not been mulched the soil was ELECTRON. We know it more Gumligen, a small town about six commonly as MULLARD miles south of the beautiful city JUBILEE, a HT which I grew back of Bern in the 1970’s. Bred by McGredy, On my first visit to Bern in it is a very tough, pink rose with September 2013 I was informed a sweet damask scent, very by my daughter that there was a healthy in the UK but not now very popular rose garden situated seen very often. a short bus ride from the centre of the city. Although eager to see View of the Rosen Garten of Bern the roses it was not until June, 2014 that I made my first visit to the garden. I could not have weed free and most of the timed it better as most of the varieties had strong, sturdy roses were in full bloom and the growth which was a reflection of colour impact was outstanding. the regular maintenance which they received. The rose garden has been a public park since 1913 and is The HT’s were varieties raised situated on a hill with spectacular mainly by four breeders namely views of the old town of Bern. Kordes, McGredy, Meilland and There are about 220 different Tantau.Of these the following Ht Electron types of roses cultivated which were outstanding for their are mainly HT’s and floribundas, growth, health and flowering FLAMINGO, a HT better known with a few climbers and old qualities: as MARGARET THATCHER, bred by Kordes in 1979, the pink garden roses planted amongst BUXOM BEAUTY, an HT raised by colour of the flower fades to the many ornamental shrubs and Kordes in 2001 and known as silvery pink at the edges. The trees that are grown there. The PAROLE in Switzerland and blooms I saw were high HT’s are planted formally in long, Germany. A wonderful rose, centred on long, strong stems. narrow rectangular beds producing large exhibition size THE ROSE TIME S The Rose Society UK - November 2017 VOLUME 1, ISSUE 2 P A G E 5 KATHRYN McGREDY. One of the best HT’s bred by McGredy in 1995. The plants were massed with salmon pink blooms on stems bearing healthy, disease free glossy foliage. HT Flamingo HT Polar Star FRAGRANT CLOUD. This well known strong scented HT, bred by Tantau in PULLMAN ORIENT EXPRESS, better 1967 was labelled as DUFTWOLKE known to us as LOVE AND PEACE, it and most of the stems carried was bred and introduced by several blooms. However, there HT Kathryn McGredy Twomey, USA in 2001. It was bred were some signs of blackspot on the from Mme A Meilland(PEACE) and is foliage. LOVING MEMORY. Introduced by one of the best HT’s introduced in Kordes in 1981 and labelled in the recent years. The petals are deep rose garden as BURGUND 81, the buff yellow with crimson edges and plants were bushy and carried large I have exhibited blooms of it on crimson to red blooms.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Autumn 2020 Issue 23
    THE ıntage rose Autumn V2020, Issue 23 NOTE: please change your pdf view to landscape mode for optimum screen viewing. NEWSLETTER FOR THE FRIENDS OF VINTAGE ROSES Autumn 2020, Issue 23 IN THIS ISSUE: Featured Rose: ‘Baltimore Curator’s Report Four Uncommon Noisettes Fostering The Friends of It’s a New Day on Our Belle’ Vintage Roses Modern Shrub Website On windowsills the vases Many rose lovers who Collection It’s a lovely rose, as most count the days—blue are fond of climbing and I am so happy to tell you are that survive the whims, cobalt glass, powder blue clustering flowers are fond When I agreed to foster about the new look and ravages, and vicissitudes of pottery, clear cylinders of Noisettes and Tea- The Friends of Vintage changes to our website time. But it’s also a head- in steel. They are always Noisettes. The Noisette, Roses Modern Shrub Col- www.thefriendsofvintage turner of robust health, ready, smiling at me, an original American rose lection, several years ago, roses.org. Thanks to the and, despite being 177 asking me to bring a rose (c. 1810), boasts virtual I thought it would be no hard work . see page 14 years old . see page 3 blossom. see page 5 bouquets . see page 7 big deal . see page 12 On the cover: ‘Earl of Eldon’ (photo by Gregg Lowery) • • • 2 • • • TABLE OF CONTENTS Featured Rose: ‘Baltimore Belle’. 3 Curator’s Report . 5 Four Uncommon Noisettes . 8 Fostering the Friends of Vintage Roses Modern Shrub Collection. 13 It’s a New Day on Our Website .
    [Show full text]
  • Rose Ramblings
    Rose Ramblings VOL. XCIII NO. 4 JOURNAL OF THE SAN DIEGO ROSE SOCIETY APRIL 2021 Patron Member of the American Rose Society ‘Tis the Season for Open Gardens! What’s Inside? By Elaine Ornelas, [email protected] Open Gardens..........…......…1 It’s Spring! And it’s once again time to open our gardens so that folks can enjoy all of the Pilgrimage…………………...5 beauty! Now that COVID has released its ‘grip’ on us somewhat, and vaccines are being administered, President’s Message………..6 we can gratefully venture out a bit still being care- ful not to fall back into another surge of this virus. Monthly Program…………...7 So several of us are opening our gardens using safe We Want a Rose Show……...8 practices such as masks and social distancing as much as possible. We hope you come and enjoy the April Rose Care……………..9 freedom of walking through some amazing gar- dens! Listed here are the open gardens in chrono- Anthracnose…...……………10 logical order. What & When to Spray……11 Magnuson Open Garden Saturday, April 17, 2021 11 a.m.—4 p.m. Cane Dieback………………11 3739 Ticonderoga St., San Diego, CA 92117 (Clairemont area) 858-273-7850 Ten Important Truths……...12 Notes for Novices……….....14 Situated on a canyon with a view to the Pacific Ocean that overlooks Mis- sion Bay the garden contains over 100 roses including climbers, shrubs, English Style Climbers……16 hybrid teas, floribundas, and mini roses, many which are located on a ter- raced hillside. The garden’s perimeter is surrounded by eight fruit trees in- How to Become a CR..….…22 cluding apricot, plum, citrus, fig, avocado, and apple.
    [Show full text]
  • Garden Roses and Beyond
    OLD GARDEN ROSES AND BEYOND MATTHEW ORWAT UF/IFAS EXTENSION WASHINGTON COUNTY WHO WAS HUME? WHO WAS HUME? • 1904- Hume became Professor of Botany and Horticulture at the Florida Agricultural College in Lake City, Florida, University of Florida's predecessor. • Hume later became general manager Glen St. Mary Nurseries Company from 1917 to 1929, later serving as the company's president and then the chairman of its board of directors • 1930 rejoined the faculty of the University of Florida • 1938 appointed dean of the College of Agriculture • 1947 Hume was appointed the university's interim president ROSE PHILOSOPHY • “Rose time in the Lower South comes in spring and again in autumn” • Winter time is too cold, and while “everblooming varieties continue to flower during the summer throughout all the region, high temperatures and heavy rainfall in many sections make it difficult to secure good blooms” • Important to consider “too much shade, wrong exposure, and too many tree roots” • Sunlight is best: “for half the day, preferably early morning until noon, or better still for ¾ of the day is essential to success” ROSE PHILOSOPHY • Worst tree root issues: Roses cannot be pruned by rule: • Laurel Oak . Treat each bush as a separate living unit • Water Oak . Done in February for everblooming types • Camphor • Magnolia . Older shrub roses: cut out dead wood and twiggy growth is all that is necessary ROSES FOR EASE OF CARE • Hume had limited access to modern fungicides when book was published in 1929. • Most of the roses he recommended in his 1929 edition are still in commerce and available.
    [Show full text]
  • Old Garden Roses
    Rudolf W. van der Goot Rose Garden 2021 ROSE CLASSIFICATIONS AND CULTIVARS SPECIES & SPECIES-HYBRID ‘Canary Bird’ (Hybrid Xanthina) Rosa palustris – Swamp Rose ‘Carmenetta’ Rosa pendulina – Alpine Rose ‘Corylus’ (Hybrid Nitida) Rosa roxburghii normalis – Single Chestnut Rose ‘Highdownensis’ (Hybrid Moyesii) Rosa rubiginosa (syn. R. eglanteria) – Sweet ‘Lilian Gibson’ (Hybrid Blanda) Briar Rose Rosa canina – Dog Rose Rosa rubrifolia (syn. R. glauca) – Red Leaf Rose Rosa carolina Rosa sericea f. pteracantha – Wing-Thorned Rose Rosa foetida bicolor ‘Austrian Copper’ Rosa setigera – Prairie Rose Rosa glutinosa – Pine-Scented Rose Rosa spinosissima var. altaica Rosa laevigata – Cherokee Rose Rosa virginiana Rosa moschata – Musk Rose Rosa x micrugosa Rosa nitida – Shining Rose OLD GARDEN ROSES ALBA ‘Alba Semi-plena’ ‘Königin von Dänemark’ ‘Celestial’ ‘Maiden’s Blush’ ‘Chloris’ BOURBON ‘Boule de Neige’ ‘Madame Isaac Péreire’ ‘Gipsy Boy’ “Maggie” ‘Honorine de Brabant’ ‘Variegata di Bologna’ ‘Louise Odier’ ‘Zéphirine Drouhin’ CENTIFOLIA (CABBAGE ROSE) ‘Burgundian Rose’ ‘Petite de Hollande’ ‘Fantin-Latour’ ‘Prolifera de Redouté’ ‘Gros Choux d’Hollande’ ‘Rose de Meaux’ (syn. ‘Pompon Rose’) ‘Juno’ OLD GARDEN ROSES CHINA “Elisabeth’s China” ‘Hermosa’ ‘Eugène de Beauharnais’ ‘Old Blush’ ‘Green Rose’ DAMASK ‘Bella Donna’ ‘Kazanlik’ ‘Celsiana’ ‘Léda’ (syn. ‘Painted Damask’) ‘Duc de Cambridge’ ‘Madame Hardy’ GALLICA and HYBRID GALLICA ‘Alain Blanchard’ ‘Officinalis’ (syn. ‘Apothecary’s Rose’) ‘Belle Isis’ ‘Tuscany Superb’ ‘Camaïeux’ ‘Versicolor’ (syn.
    [Show full text]
  • 74 RCW-2016-Rose-List
    RCW Nurseries, Inc. 15809 Tomball Parkway Houston, TX 77086 281-440-5161 Roses for 2016 Our rose list will help you select roses for any desired characteristic: color, fragrance, cutting to enjoy in arrangements, as a hedge, or to grow in a large pot. We have also have roses that will grow in partial shade, and those that are nearly thornless so they can be planted near where children play, or entrances. Our roses are planted in 3 gallon biodegradable paper pots, containing rose soil, fertilizer and Root Activator. Their canes are pruned to their proper height, ensuring that each bush attains its maximum blooming potential. The biodegradable paper pots should be planted directly in the ground, where they will decompose. For complete growing information and pictures of the roses in this list, please visit our website: www.rcwnurseries.com. For up-to-date availability about any listed rose, please call us at 281-440-5161! Abbreviations AARS Year AGRS/AOE Year Rose Classification B - Bourbon AARS is an acronym for AGRS is an acronym for ALL AMERICA ROSE SELECTION. AMERICAN GARDEN ROSE SELECTIONs Ba - Banksiae Ch - China Commercial rose growers evaluated Replaces the AARS program. Cl MF - Climbing Mini-flora new introductions by growing them in Cl Min - Climbing Miniature AARS Test Gardens for 2 consecutive A co-operative program of the years, receiving average home care. AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY, rose breeders Cl Pol - Climbing Polyantha and independent test gardens. Cl T - Climbing Tea The roses were evaluated for color, F - Floribunda flower production, fragrance, growth Rules and protocols are based on the Gr - Grandiflora habit, disease resistance, and overall German ADR Trials.
    [Show full text]
  • Rose Culture for Georgia Gardeners Contents
    Rose Culture for Georgia Gardeners Contents Picking the Planting Site ................................................. 3 Preparing the Soil ...................................................... 3 Buying Plants ......................................................... 4 Selecting Rose Cultivars ................................................. 4 Planting .............................................................. 5 Mulching ............................................................. 6 Watering ............................................................. 6 Fertilizing ........................................................... 1 0 Pruning and Grooming ................................................. 1 0 Cutting Roses ........................................................ 1 1 Controlling Pests ...................................................... 1 1 Diseases ......................................................... 1 2 Viral Diseases .................................................... 1 3 Insects and Mites .................................................. 1 3 Rose Societies in Georgia ............................................... 1 4 Rose Culture for Georgia Gardeners Gary L. Wade and James T. Midcap (Retired), Extension Horticulturists Jean Williams-Woodward, Extension Plant Pathologist Beverly Sparks, Associate Dean for Extension and Entomologist oses are a favorite of Georgia gardeners. Today, Next to sunlight, nothing is more important for suc- R thanks to selective breeding programs of cessful rose culture than the
    [Show full text]
  • An Evaluation Report of Shrub Roses Richard G
    Issue 11, 1997 Plant Evaluation Notes An Evaluation Report of Shrub Roses Richard G. Hawke, Coordinator of Plant Evaluation Programs he popularity of roses is centuries old, over 80 hybrids of English roses with blos- Midwestern landscapes with hardy, disease- but the care and attention required to soms in pastels, rich pinks, reds, purples and resistant plants. Both breeding programs have Tgrow hybrid roses successfully may no yellows. Many of these “old-fashioned” plants produced a broad palette of shrub roses for longer fit the lifestyle of today’s gardeners. are now in the United States and gaining pop- many uses—for growing singly, for including Roses that require less maintenance and fewer ularity with modern gardeners. in shrub and mixed borders or for massing and biocides to provide a brilliant show are now At the same time, two Agriculture naturalizing. Modern shrub roses hold the more important to gardeners, homeowners and Canada breeding programs were developing promise of being better plants for today’s land- landscapers. The solution to this challenge winter-hardy shrub roses for Northern land- scapes. But which shrub roses are best suited may be modern shrub roses with their lower scapes. The Explorer series, bred in Ottawa, for the gardens of the northern Midwest? Ontario, recognizes famous explorers in maintenance requirements, increased disease Evaluation Project Canada’s history. These roses are of three resistance, greater winter hardiness and, of The English, Explorer and Parkland roses types—Rosa rugosa hybrid, shrub and course, the blossoms that are highly cherished. were developed to expand the availability of climber.
    [Show full text]
  • MF799 Growing Roses
    KSU HORTICULTURE REPORT GROWING ROSES Few flowers offer such an array of color, size, shape, Mature hybrid tea roses are 21⁄2 to 5 feet high, depending fragrance and use as roses. Roses can be used for cut flowers, on the cultivar and growing conditions. Most cultivars are drying and preserving, and for landscaping. Although roses semihardy and require winter protection. have many uses, they are grown primarily for their beautiful Floribundas. Floribunda roses are shorter, more compact flowers. and have smaller canes than hybrid teas. Large clusters of Roses are deciduous woody perennials. They originated in small flowers are produced at the tips of the canes. Their central Asia millions of years ago and spread over the North- showy masses of color and compact growth make them most ern Hemisphere. Strangely, no wild roses have been discov- useful as a landscape rose for bed planting, grouping in shrub ered south of the equator. A fossilized rose found in Colorado borders, or as a hedge. documented that wild roses grew in the Midwest more than 35 Floribundas are generally quite vigorous and prolific million years ago. Native wild roses are still common in bloomers. They are generally more hardy and require less care Kansas today. than hybrid teas. Mature plants range from 11⁄2 to 31⁄2 feet tall. Most garden roses are hybrids grafted onto a hardy A broad range of colors is available in single, semidouble or rootstock. Many hardy roses are as easy to grow as spirea and double flowers. privet. Show roses, however, require considerable knowledge, Grandifloras.
    [Show full text]
  • November 2019 Vol.43, No.4 ROSE LETTER the HERITAGE ROSES GROUP © Editor: Darrell G.H
    ROSE LETTER e su Is ca li al G he T November 2019 Vol.43, No.4 ROSE LETTER THE HERITAGE ROSES GROUP © Editor: Darrell g.h. Schramm [email protected] 101 Benson Avenue, Vallejo, CA 94590 Publishers: Jeri & Clay Jennings Vol. 43, No. 4 The Gallica Issue TABLE OF CONTENTS 'La Belle Sultane'--The Beautiful Queen . 2 Descemet: Father of Gallica Roses . 4 Roseraie Val-de-Marne and Europa Rosarium, 2019 . .12 Complicata . 17 The Many Roses of Parmentier . 19 The Gallica as Nordic Rose . 26 'Sissinghurst Castle' . 28 Announcement: Save the Roses Auction . 29 NATIONAL OFFICERS OF THE HERITAGE ROSES GROUP Convener: Jeri [email protected] Membership: Clay [email protected] Secretary-Treasurer: Alice [email protected] Bill [email protected] Pam [email protected] Jill [email protected] Darrell g.h. [email protected] 1 ‘La Belle Sultane’ – The Beautiful Queen Stephen Hoy ‘La Belle Sultane’ belongs to the class of roses described by Graham Stuart Thomas as “the most ancient, the most famous, and the best garden plants among the old roses”: the Gallicas. Tradition says R. gallica was brought from Palestine to France by Thibaut IV (Count of Champagne and Brie, and King of Navarre) after a crusade launched in 1239 A.D. Whether true or not, the town of Provins, located in the region of Champagne, became a center of cultivation for a nearly single cerise-colored seedling of that red rose used by apothecaries for making medicines, conserves, and confections. During the next six centuries the rose’s medicinal and herbal attributes led to its distribution and naturalization throughout mainland Europe and Britain.
    [Show full text]
  • The Dean Bond Rose Garden’S Supports of Hydrangeas, Conifers, Vines, Summer Flowering Shrubs, Viburnums, Posts and Swagged Chains
    Shrub Roses This class encompasses bushy roses that do not fit into the other The Dean Bond classes of modern roses. It includes hybrid musks, hybrid rugosas, and David Austin English roses. Roses in Rose Garden these groups are generally easy to grow with a spreading habit. Their flowers come in a variety of colors Rosa ‘Wise Portia’ and are single or double, blooming over a long period of time in the summer. Examples of cultivars in the garden are ‘Home Run’, ‘Lion’s Rose’, ‘Double Bubble’, and ‘Golden Wings’. Climbing Roses About the Scott Arboretum These roses with long canes can be The Scott Arboretum is a green oasis uniquely situated on the tied onto a support, such as a fence or Swarthmore College campus. Over 300 acres create the College trellis. In nature, plants with climbing landscape and provide a display of the best ornamental plants habits would tangle themselves through recommended for Delaware Valley gardens. other shrubs or trees. These plants can Established in 1929 as a living memorial to Arthur Hoyt Scott, include roses classed as old or modern, Class of 1895, through a gift from his family, the Arboretum as one-time or repeat-blooming, and continues to thrive today. There are over 4,000 different kinds as species, ramblers, large-flowered of plants grown on the campus, selected for their outstanding ornamental qualities, ease of maintenance, and resistance to climbers, or shrubs. Ramblers have Rosa ‘Veilchenblau’ disease. Major plant collections include: flowering cherries, especially pliable, long canes that crabapples, hollies, lilacs, magnolias, tree peonies, rhododendrons, conform gracefully to the Dean Bond Rose Garden’s supports of hydrangeas, conifers, vines, summer flowering shrubs, viburnums, posts and swagged chains.
    [Show full text]
  • KIA ORA ROSES DOWN UNDER the Kiwi Experience
    Volume 24 • Number 3 • December, 2013 KIA ORA ROSES DOWN UNDER The Kiwi Experience ‘Pacific Glory’ (SOMlinone) - The official rose for the Convention December, 2013 Page 1 Contents Editorial 2 President’s Message 3 EDITORIAL WFRS Regional Convention - Palmerston North 4 Pre-convention Tour 4 As 2013 draws to an end, we can look back on a very Regional Convention 8 active year in the calendar of the World Federation of Convention Lectures 12 Rose Societies which has included two Regional Post Convention Tour 20 conventions. These important and enjoyable events Presidential Travels – and more are well recorded in the three issues of World Down Under 28 Rose News produced this year. Early in 2014 we can Beijing Regional Convention look forward to reports from our eleven Vice Presidents Meeting 36 covering activities in their particular area. WFRS Award of Garden Excellence 37 th The most recent convention – Roses Down Under – the 8 China Flower Show 39 th Kiwi Way, was a well organised, enjoyable and happy 100 Anniversary of the birth of Mr. Seizo Suzuki 42 convention with beautiful roses, glorious scenery and Tribute to Nelson Mandela 44 friendly and hospitable hosts. I would like to add my Letter from President Emeritus thanks to the quiet and unassuming convener, Peter Lily de Gerlache de Gomery 45 Elliott together with his hard working wife, Elizabeth, the Diary of Events 46 Manawatu Rose Society and untiring Hayden Foulds Regional Rose Convention for a most memorable convention. Barcelona, Spain 47 World Rose Convention – I would also like to thank the many contributors who Lyon Roses 2015 48 have not only made my job easier but have given WFRS Executive Committee 51 variety to the publication.
    [Show full text]
  • ROSES! Princess De Monaco ROSES! ROSES!
    ROSES! Princess de Monaco ROSES! ROSES! ooner or later, everyone who has a garden thinks Sabout growing roses. There are no practical reasons – if a gardener were to really need one – for deciding to do just that. For one thing roses outperform practically every other kind of garden plant in Florida in the number of flowers they produce, in the ARDENS length of their blooming season and in their normal life expectancy. evolved into the large formal garden that G But most gardeners become rose growers it is today. Although major changes have simply because they fall in love with the taken place in the rose garden over the flowers. Roses have a charm and elegance years, the largest may have taken place matched by a thorny strength and a just four years ago when the decision satiny-petaled delicacy. Their blooms was made to display only those varieties EU come forth in a wonderful variety of appropriate for growing in the special colors, sizes, shapes and fragrances. It is conditions of Central Florida’s climate. this, the sensuous appeal of roses, which The nearly 150 selections of roses are had made them the world’s best known constantly being evaluated and any that and most popular ornamental plant. do not perform well are removed and P. L Any word about roses should begin replaced with others that are more heat with words of encouragement for the tolerant, pest and/or disease resistant beginner. Growing roses in Florida can, and more floriferous. after all, seem to be a daunting task.
    [Show full text]