District Doings ‘Sparrieshoop’ Shrub Photo by Rich Baer Gretchen Humphrey, PNW District Director

You can email me at: [email protected]

I’m excited to tell you that we have several winners from

the PNW in the 2012 American Rose Magazine Happy Spring! We certainly have had our warm and Photography Contest. dry weather this month, which is quite unusual for us. I’ve spent Rich Baer, from Portland, OR has won: Spring Break in the garden, and have tried to be ruthless about Gold Certificate: removing low performing , however difficult that is. Masters Class 2 – ‘Simon Robinson’ I traveled to Franklin, TN, earlier this month for the ARS Masters Class 3 – ‘Arrangement by Judy Fleck’ spring board meeting, which was held over two days. It proved Honorable Mention: very interesting; seeing the inner workings of our large national Masters Class 1 – ‘Kardinal’ rose society, and putting faces with names. Many fine people from Masters Class 2 – ‘Betty Boop’ all across the country are working hard for ARS. Masters Class 2 – ‘Grace Seward’ Masters Class 3 – ‘Arrangement by Pat Allen’ The ARS is continuing its goal of recruiting and keeping members, much as we are doing in the local societies. To this end, Gail Winkler, from Stanwood, WA has won: you’ll find that one new member benefit will be online access to Gold Certificate: Class 12 – ‘Rhapsody in Blue’ Modern Roses 12, which normally would cost $100, plus ship- Silver Certificate: Class 12 – ‘The Endeavor’ ping. Now we’ll be able to easily access needed information at Bronze Certificate: rose shows. When a judge needs to look up the correct class for a Class 1 – ‘Cherry Parfait’ rose or color class, he/she may do so using a smart phone or tablet, Class 12 – ‘Fantasia Mondiale’ instead of the enormous book. MR 12 should be available later in the year; see the April issue of ARS & You for more information. Elena Williams, from Bremerton, WA has won an award: Please do your best to remind prospective members that the Honorable Mention: Class 5 – ‘My Sunshine’

4 month Trial Membership to ARS still exists, and is proving to be Congratulations to all of these winners. May they continue a valuable tool for recruiting members. At only $10, it’s a great to represent us, and I hope more PNW members enter and win. way to introduce someone to our organization. (Continued on page 2)

In This Issue

Message From the Director …………………...... ……...….....1-2 Rose Question……………………………………………...…….9 District Horticulture Judging News…...... 2-3 Workshop….………………………..……..…...…...10 District CR Report………………………………………………..3 PNW District Fall Conference……………………………….....11 Rose Science: Looking Inside a Rose Cane?...... 4-5 Open Garden……………………………………………...….....12 Fraser Pacific Rose Society Show……………………….…..…...5 Becoming a Horticulture Judge………………………………....12 Coming Events ………………………………………...……….5 Peter Beales, 1936-2013………………………………..…...13-14 Basic Facts About Tetanus………………..………………..….6 Vintage Garden Closing…………………………………...... ….14 District Photo Contest……………………………………...….6 Resplendent Rugosa Roses………………..…………..………...15 FVRS 60th Anniversary Show……………………………...…6 Disbudding………………………………………….…...……...16 Rose Arrangement News……………………………………....7 Membership Chair, Katherine Johnson…………………….…...17 Roses in Review Deadline………………………………….….7 Prizes and Awards……………………………………….……..17 District 2013……………………..…………….….8-9 Great Power Point Programs For Your Use……………….….....18 Heritage Roses Northwest Display………………………...…….9 Editor’s Notes; ARS Trial Memberships…..……………….…...18

Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 1 (Continued from page 1) PNW Horticulture If anyone is interested, the ARS is currently accepting entries for Judging News the 2014 Calendar, and the new rules for the 2013 Photo Contest Bruce Lind & Jim Linman, PNW District should be on the ARS website any day. Horticulture Judging Co-Chairs

I am excited to let you know that Harlow Young, from Ken Rowe, Kennewick, Washington, has agreed to be the chairman for the Horticulture Judging Program Advisor PNW District Photography Contest for 2013. He is taking over the fine work that Lou Little began several years ago. Many thanks to Lou, and best wishes and thanks to Harlow for stepping The passing of the torch has begun! Ken Rowe will be as- up. I’m eager to get my photos in competition this year. Please suming a more advisory role in the management of the Horticul- look for more information in the next issue of the Rosarian news- ture Judging program in the PNW District and Jim Linman will letter for specific details on entering and deadlines. be serving with Bruce as Co-Chair of the judging program. Ken has given an immense amount of thought and energy to the horti- ARS members, please take time to look on the Mem- culture judging program in our District and in the broader ARS bers Only section of the ARS website, at the Miniatures/Minflora world. Please take time to thank Ken for all his excellent work. Newsletter. There is a very nice article on women rose hybridiz- We are counting on Ken to have our backs when we need his ers, including our own Mitchie Moe. advice and help.

Another PNW member has won an award. Mr. William We thank and congratulate all the exhibitors and judges Hemphill has won the Bronze Certificate of Award for an Excel- who travel far from home to share their beautiful roses with all of lent rating for his rose at the ARS Trial Grounds in Shreveport, us and with those guests who view our rose shows. Additional LA. Congratulations! thanks are due to all of those who work so hard behind the scenes to make “rose show day” fun for all the participants. We are I’ve been busy planning the Fall District Conference, and looking forward to another year of excellent and well-judged I’m really excited about the agenda. Please look in this issue of rose shows in the PNW District. the Northwest Rosarian, page 11, for details about the great speakers that are coming. Plan to attend with your friends. It’s Let us start with the reminder that seven people took and sure to be packed with fun and information. passed the Horticulture Judging School in 2011. Several of these still have some apprentice time to serve, so please be sure they As the busy gardening season winds up, we look forward to are offered an opportunity to judge in your show this year. Also, seeing our rosy friends at rose shows, prunings, plantings, and please make sure their judging experience is one of positive meetings. It’s the time to gear up for success on the show table, learning. All of these apprentice candidates will become excel- or just a lovely, pleasing garden. lent judges with your careful mentoring. The names were listed

in the last few issues of the Northwest Rosarian, and you can get contact information from Bruce Lind by using his contact infor- mation published in every issue of the Northwest Rosarian.

The 2013 Pacific Northwest District Rose Show will be held in Seattle on Saturday, June 22 (more about the event else- where in this issue of the NW Rosarian.) Plan now to attend the show, show off your roses to ARS members from around the District, and JUDGE (if you are an ARS horticulture judge.)

Each year we urge everyone (including ourselves) to dust off our copy of Guidelines and re-study the contents. This will be best if you have the current edition. Guidelines has been re- formatted to 8.5 x 11 pages, and the chapters are separately paged. This will make it much easier for the ARS to keep the latest revisions available and also to distribute Guidelines in a pdf format that can be downloaded from the ARS website. Go to the Members Only section of the ARS website and under Re- sources go to the Horticulture Judging area. The latest edition of Guidelines is available as a free download in pdf format or you can purchase a printed copy for a nominal fee from ARS. ‘Folklore’ Photo by Jim Linman 2012 PNW District Photo Contest (Continued on page 3)

Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 2 (Continued from page 2) Social media is reflecting our beloved roses so if you have not discovered the following resources, check them out! We have a number of judges in our district needing an audit in 2013. In past years we have much appreciated the The Fragrant Rose newsletter, on the ARS web site has “audit early and audit often” attitude of so many of our PNW been distributed for February - thanks to Membership judges. It is so much more fun when there are no crisis Committee member, Chris VanCleave, President of the situations that have to be dealt with. If you check the ARS Birmingham RS in Alabama. Chris is also known as website (same spot as given above) and your most recent "Redneck Rosarian". (Look down at the bottom of the audit is 2009 (or earlier) you are due for an audit in 2013. Home page of ARS to find where to click to download the Those judges due for an audit in 2013 have until the end of newsletter.) the year to complete that audit. I will send out reminder no- www.BlogTalkRadio.com/RoseChat tices to those needing audits this year so you have some time RoseChatRadio is internet radio live at 7:30 AM PDT Sat- to plan. urday or archived in iTunes for download. Chris has inter- viewed many leaders in the Rose World on this radio show. There are several opportunities for completing a horti- culture judging audit this summer and fall. Of course, we Other places on social media are listed below: will have the traditional audit at the PNW District Fall Con- ference for full four-year credit. At least one additional audit #Rosechat on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/ is planned for the Puget Sound section of the District. For groups/139677706108078/ www.facebook.com/RoseChatRadio details on that audit please contact Bruce Lind. Additional regional audits can be scheduled if someone volunteers to be Twitter a host. www.twitter.com/Rose_Chat @Rose_Chat Our last request for contact from people interested in #RoseChat becoming apprentice horticulture judges only generated one This hashtag has a live Twitter chat on the last Wednesday expression of interest. The lead time needed to put together of every month. a judging school for 2013 is rapidly expiring. Jim and I would need to know of your firm commitment before April Two CRs requested and were given the status of an Emeritus 30, 2013 if a school is to be attempted this year. We need at Rosarian. The honor is reserved for those who have served as Con- least 8 to 10 candidates to conduct a school. sulting Rosarians for at least 10 years and no longer wish to be active Consulting Rosarians. Those approved by the National Chairman No one or two people can run a program like the dis- were George and Mary Jennings. We thank them for their long ser- trict horticulture judging enterprise. We want to thank all vice, and hope they will continue to support the CR program. We those we have asked for help during the past years, since wish them well in the future. none of you have failed to serve. We anticipate the same level of cooperation in 2013 and in the years to come. The difficulties we faced with the Roses in Review (RIR) pro- Thanks to all for an excellent job in mentoring and in judg- gram were identified in the Winter Rosarian. We were faced with ing!! dropping 45% of our CRs for non-compliance with the mandatory provision of reporting! Other districts were facing this as well, but District CR Report we were able to get a reprieve until the ARS executive board ad- dressed the issue at their spring meeting. At that meeting the Board John Moe and Elena Williams, approved that the wording be “expected” to participate but not re- PNW District Consulting Rosarian quired, and no CR would be dropped for not participating. They also Coordinators approved reinstating the check block on the form, and online stating

that you don’t grow any of the listed roses. The ARS CR National Chair, Cindy Dale sent the following, “I do NOT want the RIR re- Hello CRs and other members of the PNW district! I sponses to drop significantly because of this, and I hope you’ll help am new to the area, but not new to growing roses. I look me do everything possible to encourage everyone to continue to par- forward to meeting you at our district shows and meetings. ticipate because it’s the right thing to do, and not because it’s re- Please look for me and introduce yourself. I was a teacher quired.” We assured her that the PNW would do whatever we can to for many years and love talking to folks about roses. As ensure that our participation improves! We hope all CRs will do their John Moe said last quarter, we will be sharing the duties of part! District CR Chair. If you plan on attending the CR school/audit that we have tenta- The new CR manual is available and hopefully you tively scheduled for the District conference in late October, please let have downloaded a copy or ordered one from Carol at ARS. either of us know by 15th August. There are 26 CRs that need an There are lots of updates and new information in the 2013 audit this year. We would hope that you would make plans to attend version. For a quick phone call and $10, she will send a copy as well. More in the summer issue. on three-hole punch paper, ready for your notebook.

Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 3 Rose Science diameter. At the center is a circle of light-colored, spongy tissue called the pith. This is essentially storage tissue comprised of

Gary Ritchie, Ph.D., Master Rosarian thin walled cells called parenchyma. Olympia Rose Society Outside the pith we see concentric rings of tissue called xylem. If you look very carefully at the photo you’ll see that the inner zones of these rings are slightly lighter in color than the Looking Inside a Rose Cane darker outer zones. These zones referred to as “early wood” and “late wood”. Early wood contains larger, thinner walled cells, Part I: Gross anatomy while late wood has smaller cells with thicker, tougher cell walls. That’s because the early wood is formed during spring, when Note: This article appeared first in The Clippings, the monthly water is abundant, while the late wood is formed during the drier newsletter of the Olympia Rose Society. summer. It’s this contrast of early wood and late wood that gives woody stems their “annual rings”. An e-mail from a Rosarian in Maine prompted this column. He wondered what he was seeing when he cut a rose cane off and When a large tree is cut down and we look at the cut end of looked at its cut end. What are the tissues in there and how do the stump, almost everything we see is xylem. Wood itself is they function? Good question – let’s take a shot at answering it. xylem. The xylem is a “vascular tissue” analogous to blood veins and arteries in animals. Its main function is to conduct water and We’ll do this at two levels – first at a gross level where we dissolved nutrients upward from the roots to the foliage and up- will examine a stem cross section with a magnifying glass to get per parts of the plant. This water is pulled up the stem by evapo- an idea of its overall structure. Then we’ll focus down even more ration from the leaf surfaces – a process called transpiration (not closely to reveal its microscopic anatomy. to be confused with respiration, which is a totally different proc- ess). First, it’s important to remember that roses are perennial woody plants – just like trees and other woody shrubs. Roses are Running out across the xylem from the center of the stem in also angiosperms (flowering plants). Most of the broad-leafed a radial direction are numerous tiny lines called rays. These ap- trees we see around us - maples, oaks, alders, willows, and pop- pear almost white in our rose cane cross section. Rays make pos- lars - are also angiosperms. So the anatomy of a rose cane is quite sible the lateral transport of water across the xylem. similar to that of the stems of these flowering trees (as opposed to, say, palm trees or conifers). Immediately outside the xylem is the cambium, or cambial zone. Cells in the cambial zone are dividing. Those that divide Let’s pretend to take a pruning saw and cut off a fairly large off towards the center of the stem form xylem, while those that rose cane at its base. We’ll make our pruning cut perpendicular to divide to the outside form another tissue called the phloem. The the cane. Then we’ll sand it down carefully and smooth it off to cambium is a type of “meristem”, which is a zone of undifferen- expose the various tissues inside. Having done this, we next ex- tiated, dividing cells. There are several types of meristems in amine it with a magnifier (see Figure below). plants. Every year the cambium lays on another ring of xylem and another ring of phloem. During winter it is inactive. What we see is a series of concentric circles of increasing (Continued on page 5)

Figure 1. Diagram and photograph of a rose cane showing its gross anatomical features.

Winter, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 4 (Continued from page 4)

Coming Events The phloem tissue occupies only a small fraction of the area of the cross section. Its main function is to transport sugars, hor- mones and other materials downward from the leaves and stem toward the bottom of the plant. Transport in the phloem involves active metabolic processes and is much more complicated than June 2………………………………..…..Tri-City Rose Society Show transport in the xylem. Rays are also contained in the phloem but we probably wouldn’t be able to see them at this low magnifica- June 6-7……………………….....Portland Rose Society Spring Show tion. So – the xylem transports water and minerals up the stem, while the phloem transports sugars, hormones, and other materi- June 8………………………..…….Rogue Valley Rose Society Show als down the stem. That’s important to remember. June 8…...……………………….….….Corvallis Rose Society Show

Finally, outside the phloem is the bark. This contains corky mate- June 15…………………...……….Ft. Vancouver Rose Society Show rials, dark pigments, lignin and other tough substances. Its main (see page 6 for more information) function is to protect the stem from injury, insects, and diseases and to prevent the loss of water. June 16…………………….…………...Heritage Roses NW, Display (see page 9 for more information) Next time, we’ll put this piece of stem tissue under a microscope and examine its internal anatomy in more detail. June 22………..………..……….……....Seattle Rose Society Show & District Show (see page 8-9 for more information)

June 22……………...……….……….....Spokane Rose Society Show

June 24………………….……...Vancouver (BC) Rose Society Show Fraser Pacific Rose Society Show June 29-30………..……………………...Rainy Rose Society Display July 6-7, 2013 June 29………………………..……..SW Oregon Rose Society Show

The Dogwood Pavilion June 29…………………………...…...... Tacoma Rose Society Show 624 Poirier St. Coquitlam, B.C. July 6-7………………………...….Fraser Pacific Rose Society Show (see page 5 for more information)

Theme: A Galaxy of Roses July 13………...……….....…….….…...Olympia Rose Society Show

Come and enjoy a stroll through the Centennial Rose July 13………………………..…...Kitsap County Rose Society Show

Garden, the largest in B.C. which has been main- July 20…………………...…………...Puyallup Rose Society Display tained by volunteers for over 21 years. It contains over 800 roses. Inside the Pavilion you will see the traditional exhibits July 27………………………………..PNWD Floribunda Workshop of many varieties of roses plus a large number of floral de- (see page 10 for more information) sign exhibits based on this year's theme. There will be roses for sale: miniatures, hybrid teas, floribundas, climbers and August 3…….………….…..….…..Portland Rose Society Mini Show even some newer varieties of Canadian hybridized roses on own root stock. The Seniors Centre is also hosting an art Sept. 7…………….……………...Tualatin Valley Rose Society Show show and a photography show the same day, plus many ven- Sept. 14…………….………….…....Portland Rose Society Fall Show dors selling rose related items. Sept 20-22………………………….ARS National Mini & Minifloral Judges are needed for the show. For more information Convention , Winston-Salem, NC or if you would like to serve as a judge, please contact Beverly Welsh ([email protected]) Oct. 25-27 ………….….…….………..PNW District Fall Conference 1-604-464-2754 or 1-604-617-0038 (see page 11 for more information)

February 2-9, 2014……………………..ARS Member Cruise aboard the Norwegian Epic (for more information: www.ars.org)

Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 5 Basic Facts About Tetanus Are Your shots up-to-date?

George Jennings Consulting Rosarian, Rogue Valley Rose Society

The tetanus bacterium clostridium tetani, a cousin of the botulism organism, produces a toxin 50 times as poisonous as cobra venom and 150 times stronger than strychnine. A wound no larger than a pin prick can harbor enough bacteria to produce sufficient toxin to kill an unvaccinated human. An amount of purified tetanus toxin weighing no more than the ink in the period at the end of this sentence would be enough to kill 30 grown men. It is one of the most deadly poisons known to man. A natural habitat of this bacterium is soil.

The cause of tetanus is not the bacterium itself, but the toxin which it produces. Since it is an anaerobe (meaning that it can thrive only in locations where there is no oxygen) it causes trouble when introduced into a wound where it is cut off from an air sup- ply. That's why puncture wounds are a potential problem. Their very nature is to close up and keep out the air. However, even a superficial scratch is susceptible to the infection. The bacteria usually begin to multiply right away after finding the airless environ- ment, but the spores can remain dormant, resulting in infection many years later. Whenever infection develops, the prognosis is grim.

Anti-tetanus shots should be viewed as a necessity for those who may have skin breaks and are likely to be in contact with soil. For the non-immunized person simply trying to grow roses, a relatively minor-seeming puncture as from a thorn, if done in the presence of bacterial contamination on the thorn (from soil), can result in serious consequences.

A simple immunization once every 5-10 years is all that's recommended. Your doctor can advise the best frequency for you, depending on your gardening activity.

2013 PNW District Photo Contest

Yes, there will be a Pacific Northwest District Photo Contest for 2013. Harlow Young, of the Tri-City Rose Society, has graciously agreed to take over the Chairman- ship of the Photo Contest from Lou Little.

Make your plans and take lots of pictures as your roses begin to show off this sea- son. The August Issue of the Northwest Rosarian will have all the information you need to categorize your rose photos and enter them in the contest. You can count on similar categories as were used in the past. ‘The Magician’ Photo by Harlow Young 2013 PNW District Photo Contest

Fort Vancouver Rose Society 60th Anniversary Rose Show June 15, 2013

Vancouver First Church of God 3300 NE 78th St., Vancouver, WA

Theme: White Roses and Diamonds

Fort Vancouver Rose Society is celebrating its 60th Anniversary this year and invites everyone to celebrate with them at their Annual Rose Show, ‘Honor’ June 15th, 2013. Photo by Rich Baer For more information—— (http://fortvancouverrosesociety.org) or call Judy Heath, 360-281-7270

Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 6 Rose Arrangement News

JoAnn Brehm & Linda Kerkof, PNW District Arrangement Co-Chairs

We have 18 fully qualified ARS Arrangement Judges in the PNW for your use in judging your rose shows. Please invite them to judge, since to stay qualified they do need to report on the number of shows they have entered and judged in arrangement divi- sions. It’s also nice to use them for some horticultural judging as they need to complete a horticultural judging report.

They are: Montana: Jim Sadler Oregon: Pat Allen, Charold Baer, Richard Baer, Joan Burkett, Char Mutschler Washington: Norma Boswell, JoAnn Brehm, Dorothy Campbell, Leanne Davis, Linda Kerkof, Richard Kerkof, Bruce Lind, Lou Little, Jo Martin, Betsy Rezba, Elena Williams, Kathy Wyckoff

Find contact information at www.ars.org under “Members Only” then “Resources.”

Are YOU thinking about becoming an ARS Rose Arrangement Judge?

Besides enjoying creating arrangements and knowing the fundamentals described in the ARS Guidelines for Judging Rose Ar- rangements, a candidate must fulfill the following requirements before attending a two-day arrangement school and taking the exam:  3 consecutive years as an ARS full or associate member  Become an ARS Horticulture Judge (candidates have one year after passing the arrangements judging exam to take and pass the horticulture judging exam)

Becoming an Apprentice Rose Arrangement Judge After passing the arrangements and horticulture exams you become an Apprentice Arrangement Judge and must complete the fol- lowing:  Enter and win at least 3 ARS arrangement rosettes and/or certificates in arrangement divisions in 3 different classes in at least 2 different ARS shows  Judge arrangements in at least 5 shows during a 3-year period with completion of evaluation forms

Serving as an Accredited Rose Arrangement Judge To maintain status as an Accredited Arrangement Judge you must complete the following:  Maintain continuous membership in the ARS  Enter arrangements in at least 3 different ARS shows during each 4-year certification period  Judge in at least 5 arrangement divisions of ARS shows during each 4-year certification period  Attend an approved ARS seminar/workshop or Arrangement Judging School as an auditor or instructor within each 4-year certi- fication period  Send in an annual arrangement judging report to the District Arrangement Chair

More information on becoming an Arrangement Judge and maintaining accreditation can be found in the ARS Guidelines for Judging Rose Arrangements.

As District Arrangement Judging Co-Chairs, Linda and I will continue the ever popular arrangement seminar at the annual PNWD Fall Conference at the Heathman Lodge (Friday night October 25, 2013, 7-9 pm). Credit is given to ARS Arrangement Judges attending and is open to ALL who are interested. We will also try to conduct a hands-on workshop and/or Arrangement Judging School (depending on the interest) during the next couple of years. Again both will be available for credit and open to ALL who are interested.

Roses in Review Consulting Rosarians, Please Note!

Jason Fredette, RIR Chairman Your Roses in Review reports are due on September 26, 2013.

We need to do our part in rating the new roses that we are growing. The booklet, ‘Selecting Roses’ , a valuable resource guide for all people interested in Roses, cannot be put together without all of our input!

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2013 Seattle Rose Society & PNW District Rose Show Landmark on the Sound Event Center 23660 Marine View Drive South, Des Moines WA 98198

Saturday June 22, 2013 Sunday June 23, 2013 Morning: Garden Tours 7:00 - 10:00 Registration, Sign-in & Exhibiting South End Puget Sound: 10:00 - 12:00 Rose show Judging 9:00 Soos Creek Garden (Auburn) Afternoon/Evening: 9:00 Highline Sea-Tac Botanical Garden (Burien) 12:00 – 1:00 Welcome & Lunch 11:00 John & Caroline Fredette Garden (SE Seattle) 1:00 – 5:00 Rose Show Open to the Public 1:15 – 2:00 “The Iron Rose” - Arranger Contest North End Puget Sound: 2:00 – 3:00 SRS & PNW trophies awarded 1:00 Judie Phillips Garden (Woodinville) 4:00 – 6:00 Wyckoff Garden After-Party 1:00 Ken Sheppard Garden (Redmond) 5:00 Rose Show Closes 1:00 John Sincock Garden (Redmond)

Want to clerk or judge? Email Caroline Fredette - [email protected] REGISTRATION INFORMATION You must register to exhibit your roses. Juniors do not have to be registered to enter roses in the show (lunch can be purchased along with your registration for $8). Deadline for registration is June 8, 2013. Mail Rose Show registration form and payment promptly, as registration the day of the show is $35. Your registration will be confirmed via email and packets will be available at Sign-in. Schedules will be on the Society’s Website May 1st (www.SeattleRoseSociety.com).

Seattle Rose Society Centennial Celebration T-shirts are available for sale. They are 100% cotton, pre-shrunk and come in unisex sizes. They are green with the logo – “A Centennial Celebration, 100 Years in the Making” around a white rose outlined in white. Orders are $15 (limited quantities).

Box lunches for Sunday’s garden tours can be purchased in advance only and picked up at John & Caroline Fredette’s garden tour. Sandwich choices are Italian, Turkey, and Veggie.

SHOW REGISTRATION (INCL. LUNCHEON AND GARDEN TOURS) Number Cost Total Registration (Lunch Incl.) ______x $30 ______Lunch (Exhibiting Juniors – a child’s lunch) ______x $ 8 ______T-shirt: S ____M ____L ____XL ____XXL ______x $15 ______Sun. Box Lunch: Italian ___ Turkey ___ Veggie ______x $10 ______Grand Total ______

Make checks payable to Seattle Rose Society and mail to: SRS %Kristine Reese, 1525 5th Ave W, Seattle WA 98119. Print your name(s) as they should appear on name tag(s): Name(s)______Address______Phone______E-mail Address______Home Society______

For more information, contact Kristine Reese (206) 949-3234, [email protected].

Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 8 2013 Seattle Rose Society & PNW District Rose Show Landmark on the Sound Event Center 23660 Marine View Drive South, Des Moines WA 98198

Directions from the North Directions from the South

Travel south on I-5 Travel north on I-5 Take the WA-516 exit, EXIT 149, toward Kent/Des Moines. Take the WA-516 E exit, EXIT 149A, toward Kent. Turn right onto S Kent des Moines Rd/WA-516. Turn left onto WA-516/S Kent des Moines Rd. Turn left onto WA-509. Turn left onto WA-509. 23660 MARINE VIEW DR S is on the left. 23660 MARINE VIEW DR S is on the left. If you reach S 240th St you've gone about 0.1 miles too far (If you are on Marine View Dr S and reach S 227th St you've gone a little too far)

GARDEN ADDRESSES

J. & K. Wycoff garden address - 19641 - 5th Ave S, Seattle WA 98148 J. & C. Fredette garden address - 3924 47th Ave S., Seattle WA 98118 Soos Creek garden address - 29308 132nd Avenue SE, Auburn, WA 98092 Highline Sea-Tac garden address - 13735 24th Ave S, SeaTac, WA 98168 J. Phillips garden address - 15728 - 223rd Ave NE, Woodinville WA 98040 J. Sincock garden address - 8021 132nd Ave NE, Kirkland WA 98033 K. Shepard garden address - 13570 NE 54th PL, Bellevue WA 98033

Heritage Roses NW Annual Rose Display ‘Comte de Chambord’ June 16, 2013, from 12 to 4 PM Photo by Gretchen Humphrey Location: The Antique Rose Farm 12220 Springhetti Road 2013 PNW District Snohomish, WA. Photo Contest

Jackie McElhose, 360-568-1919

Rose Question?

Why doesn’t the rose fertilizer know that it is only supposed to fertilize the rose bush and not all the weeds?

(I took the Consulting Rosarian Class and the instructors never answered that question.)

Judy Heath (CR)

Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 9 PNWD Floribunda Workshop Saturday, July 27, 2013, Vancouver, WA

Mark your calendar for the Floribunda Workshop scheduled for July 27, 2013, and mail your registration asap!

Jeff Wyckoff, Past-President of the American Rose Society, member of the Seattle Rose Society, Consulting Rosarian and Horticulture Judge, will share his expertise covering the horticultural aspects of growing floribundas, ranging ‘Brass Band’ Floribunda from site selection to planting methods, variety selection, pruning, feeding, etc. – general topics of interest to all growers of floribundas. It also covers aspects of exhibiting flori- PNWD Photo Contest, 2012 bundas, including variety selection, pruning for exhibition, and judging, with considera- Photo by Dorothy Butler tion for Challenge classes – general topics of interest to your inner exhibitor. The work- shop is open to everyone; you don’t have to be a CR or a judge to attend, though if you are either one, you may get audit credits.

The workshop will be at the PUD Building in Vancouver, just off I-5. Take the Mill Plain exit and go east to Fort Vancouver Way and turn right. Take the first driveway on your right. The address is: 1200 Fort Vancouver Way. It’s a large room, with plenty of seating, so attendance is not limited (though table space is limited). You may want to get together a group from your local soci- ety and carpool to the event.

Fort Vancouver Rose Society members will host with coffee, snacks, and lunch. The workshop is scheduled to begin at 9:00 a.m. and go to 3 or 4 p.m. (depending on how long folks stick around and discuss the topic). Registration for the all-day workshop is a total of $35, of which $5 goes to- ward the cost of lunch.

To register, send a check for $35 (payable to Pacific NW District – ARS) Sign Up Today!! Marika Reiner 6712 SW Sussex St., Beaverton, OR 97008

Don’t take the chance that the class is cancelled before you

get a chance to send in your

registration.

Name______Phone Number______

E-Mail______

Your Local Rose Society______

CR Credit: Yes ____ No ____ Judging Credit: Yes ____ No ____

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PNWD Fall Conference Plans, October 25-27, 2013

The Pacific Northwest District Fall Conference is one the most well kept secrets in the area!!! It is time the word gets out! It is a must-attend conference for anyone who is interested in ROSES!!!

Why?  It is a great opportunity to meet other people who love roses; to make new friendships and rekindle old ones.  There are opportunities to learn more about the growing and the showing of “The Rose”.  Roses and rose-related items (you cannot live without) are available at the auction or for purchase.  Everyone is very friendly and a lot of fun!

Begin planning to attend the PNWD Conference, Oct. 25-27th, at The Heathman Lodge, in Vancouver, Washington. This year’s conference is shaping up to be full of all the same great events of previous years’ conferences, the district photo contest, the silent auction, theme baskets donated by many of the societies, The Rose Arrangement Workshop, District awards, and Consulting Rosarian and Horticulture judging audits.

Look for the finalized plans for the Conference and registration form in the Summer Issue of the NW Rosarian, due out in Au- gust, 2013. The Fall Pacific Northwest District Conference will be an exciting, information-packed event. We have several excellent speakers lined up:  Richard Anthony, from Tennessee, will speak about Miniature and MiniFlora Roses. Richard is a successful national exhibitor with many Queens of show to his credit. While working as a CPA, he is also working with Whit Wells, of Mid-South Roses. For Love of Roses, LLC was formed by Richard Anthony in 2013 for the purpose of acquiring the assets of Wells’ Mid-South Roses. (www.forloveofroses.com) Both Whit Wells and Richard Anthony are continuing to expand the business, and will be including roses of well-known hybridizers such as David Clemons, Robbie Tucker, Chris Greenwood, and many others.

 Suzanne Horn of California, will present a program on Exhibiting Made Easy. Suzanne is an accomplished National and District Exhibitor, Consulting Rosarian, and Horticulture Judge. She grows about 450 roses, all types, in contain- ers. Suzanne is currently the President of the Pacific Rose Society, and is an accomplished speaker and author of all kinds of rose topics. Wonderful Baskets to Win!  Dr. Gary Ritchie will present a program, " Got Hormones?"  John Moe will present a photo essay of the World Rose Federa- Local societies support the tion Convention in South Africa last fall. PNWD by providing gift baskets to be raffled off at the Conference.  Rich Baer will present his beautiful photos of new roses. His amazing photos always delight the crowd, in anticipation of the Thank you to all societies for final silent auction of these potted beauties. providing items for this fundraiser!

PNW District – Fall Conference——Oct. 25-27, 2013 Heathman Lodge, Vancouver, WA Tentative Schedule

Friday: Oct. 25th 1:15 – 4:15 PM Presentations 6:00 – 7:00 PM Check-In Begins 4:15 – 4:30 PM Silent Auction Concludes 7:00 – 9:00 PM Rose Arrangement Seminar 9:00 - 11:00 PM Reception hosted by Gretchen Humphrey, Dinner: On your own District Director 8:00 – 11:00 PM Reception hosted by Saturday: Oct 26 Gretchen Humphrey, District Director

7:30 – 8:30 AM Prizes & Awards Committee Meeting Sunday: Oct. 27

8:00 – 9:00 AM Check-In Begins 8:00 – Noon Consulting Rosarian Audit and/or School pre- 9:00 – 9:30 AM Introductions presented by sented by John Moe and Elena Williams Gretchen Humphrey, District Director 9:30 – 10:45 AM Presentation 8:00 – Noon Horticulture Judging Audit presented by 10:45 – Noon District business meeting Bruce Lind and Jim Linman

12:00 – 1:15 PM LUNCH Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 11 Pimpinellifoliae Roses—Open Garden, Stanwood, WA Saturday, July 27, 2013——10 AM to 3:30 PM

The TriValley Rose Society will be hosting an open garden at the home of Len and Marilyn Heller on Saturday, the 27th of July from 10:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. There are well over 1000 roses in the garden including an extensive collection of over 220 differ- ent Pimpinellifoliae roses. The highlight of the garden is the collection of over 40 Canadian Pimpinellifoliae roses, most of which are not in commerce. It also includes most currently available Hulthemias. Admission is free and light refreshments will be served. The garden is located east of Stanwood WA.

Directions to the garden follow: ‘Allard’ is one of the smaller Hybrid 1) Take I-5 to Exit 212 Stanwood-Camano. Xanthinas 2) Go west to 28th Avenue NW, then turn right. but its color is excellent. 3) Go north to 280th Street NW, then turn left. 4) Go to the first house on the north side of the street: 2909 280th Street NW, Stanwood, WA 98292

‘Prairie Peace’ is one of the best of the Canadian Pimpinellifoliae. It is fully remontant in my garden.

‘Tigris’ is a very attractive Hybrid Per- sic. Unfortunately, it is very difficult to grow in our Len Heller, [email protected], climate. collector of Pimpinellifoliae Roses

(to see a list of the roses we currently have, go to) ‘El Ariana ‘ is a Hy- http://www.helpmefind.com/gardening/l.php? brid Harisonii found l=99.285257&tab=10&lstLstgID=22169 in Norway. Its form and click on My Plants tab is one of the best in my garden. I also collect and deal in license plates from the US, Canada, Australia and the world. Over 3600 plates are available to collectors at my webpage http://lerosier.auctivacommerce.com/

Want to Become a Rose Show Horticulture Judge?

Contact Bruce Lind, [email protected] to find out the requirements you need to meet and let him know that you are interested in attending a 2-day school. As soon as there are a number of people wanting to attend such a school, one can be organized. ‘Lloyd Center Supreme’ Let Bruce Lind know by Photo by Judy Burge April 30, 2013, if you are interested. 2012 PNW District Photo Contest

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Peter Beales, July 22, 1936—January 26, 2013 6:14PM GMT 01 Feb 2013 - printed from the Telegraph, UK

Peter Beales, who has died at aged 76, was one of Britain’s foremost growers of classic roses, exporting his blooms around the world and amassing more than 1,000 different varieties at his nursery in .

Specializing in old-fashioned, rare, and historical roses in soft shades of pink, white and red, Beales studied, bred, propagated and collected many va- rieties which might otherwise have died out. Although he started his own nurs- ery in 1968, his love of the flower had begun when he was still in his push- chair and he caught sight of a pink rose (probably ‘Dorothy Perkins’, he re- called) in his grandmother’s garden.

At the age of four, when his grandfather showed him “Maiden’s Blush”, Peter was “overwhelmed by its beauty and perfume”. He later learned that it had originated in France, where it was known as “Cuisse de Nymphe Emue” (Thigh of the Passionate Nymph). To Beales, scent was a key attribute in any rose, and he always inserted his nose among the petals of any rose he encoun- tered in order to sniff it.

He came to know every variety of rose. Once, while visiting Jersey to give a lecture, Beales was passing a garden when he spied a peach-coloured “Gardenia”, an old climbing variety bred in America in 1899 which had been thought lost. He knocked at the door and, getting no reply, turned back. But one of the rare rose’s shoots had caught on his trousers, and when he got home he suc- cessfully propagated it — one of many varieties he managed to save from extinction.

Beales was much in demand in Japan, where he returned each June to lecture, and where he forged especially strong ties with the English garden at Barakura owned by the Yamada family. In 1998 Japanese ladies, seeing the spectacular centrepiece rose display designed by Beales at Tokyo’s annual rose show, wept tears of joy.

In Britain, he had several royal connections, never missing the annual summer flower show at Sandringham, and in 2009, nam- ing a new variety of climber ‘Highgrove’ and another ‘Clarence House’. This echoed an association with Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, that had begun in 1985 when the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Grafton commissioned Beales to redesign the rose garden at Royal Lodge, Windsor, as an 85th birthday present to her.

On completion, he stocked the borders with Victorian rose varieties, including the purple ‘Reine des Violettes’ and pink ‘Comte de Chambord’ as well as modern varieties such as the delicate pink ‘Anna Pavlova’ and the pure white ‘Sir Frederick Ashton’, named after the dancer and choreographer at the Queen Mother’s own suggestion.

Last year, Beales introduced the Queen’s Jubilee Rose, (diamond coloured — white with a hint of pink and yellow), the first in a range of what he called ‘Modern Classics’, repeat flowering shrub roses with the growth habit of a floribunda or hybrid tea.

Beales was usually to be found beneath a straw hat in the summer months, and regarded old roses in particular with a loving, countryman’s eye. At his nurseries, first at Swardeston and later at Attleborough, he grew them “hard” against the chilly easterly winds. He crossed roses that he thought “would make good parents”, and liked to grow them surrounded by other plants that com- plemented them, avoiding the stiff, serried ranks of roses that were popular in the 1950s. A disciple of the Edwardian garden de- signer Gertrude Jekyll, he saw the potential of roses in architectural roles, not only on buildings but also on garden structures like arches and obelisks.

Recognized by the Royal Horticultural Society as owning the most comprehensive collection of wild “species” roses in Britain — more than 100 different types, seldom used in modern gardens — Beales was particularly proud in the early 1990s to be named Holder of the National Collection of Rosa Species.

Peter Leslie Beales was born on July 22 1936, the son of Evelyn Beales, who had returned home to Norfolk after becoming pregnant while working in service in London. He was brought up by his grandparents at their smallholding near North Walsham until his mother married a local man 26 years her senior and took Peter to live with them; the arrangement lasted only a few weeks before his grandfather collected him and took him home on the crossbar of his bike.

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As a youngster during the war, Peter learned to recognize dog roses growing wild in neglected hedgerows and sold rose hips he collected at half-a-crown a load for the war effort. As he approached his ninth birthday, he returned to live with his mother and stepfather, and after six years at Aldborough School, where he became head boy, he was apprenticed as a trainee nurseryman at the LeGrice Nurseries in North Walsham. In February 1953 he helped restore local sea defenses after the disastrous North Sea floods, and later took a horticulture course at Norwich City Technical College.

After National Service with the Royal Artillery, Beales worked as foreman and later as manager in the rose department at Hillings Nurseries in Chobham, , then home to the most comprehensive collections of old in the country, some dating back to before the Norman Conquest.

He returned to Norfolk in 1967 and the next year set up his own business at Swardeston, raising bedding plants before starting his rose breeding programme. Within three years he had won a silver medal at the Royal National Rose Society’s autumn show at Westminster. He won the society’s gold medal two years later.

In the late 1970s, having outgrown the premises at Swardeston, the nursery moved 20 miles to the market town of Attlebor- ough. Starting with a single rose field alongside the main A11 Norwich to London road, Beales and his staff gradually expanded the business, building on their reputation for growing high quality roses which they marketed all over the world through full-colour catalogues featuring the photographs of Beales’s friend and fellow enthusiast Keith Money. A natural innovator, he later became an early proponent of the internet as a business platform.

Such was the brand’s growing fame that Beales was astonished to receive one letter from Australia addressed simply to “The Old Rose Grower, England”.

In 1985, the 70th anniversary of the execution of the First World War Norfolk nurse Edith Cavell by a German firing squad, he traced one of the last examples of an old rose named after her, in 1919, by a local grower. A single cluster of red flowers was grow- ing on an impoverished bush in a garden on the Broads, but Beales was able to take a few budding eyes for propagation.

Beales lectured around the world, travelling to America, France, Bermuda and Germany as well as to Japan. He served as president of the Royal National Rose Society between 2003 and 2005, and as president and then chairman of the Norfolk and Nor- wich Horticultural Society (1997-2001).

His books included — Classic Roses (1985), Twentieth- Century Roses (1988), Roses (1992), Visions of Roses (1996), New It is with extreme sadness that the world has Classic Roses (1997) and A Passion for Roses (2004). His autobi- learned of the passing of one of the most famous ography, Rose Petals and Muddy Footprints, appeared in 2008. rosarians of all time, Peter Beales. Peter was a Beales held 19 gold awards from the good friend of the VRS, having made several trips and was awarded more than 100 more at other horticultural shows, out to speak at our meetings as well as being fea- as well as the Lawrence Medal for the best exhibit at any Royal tured as a speaker at our World Rose Convention Horticultural Society show. He received a lifetime achievement in 2009. His kind, friendly manner and his knowl- award from the Garden Media Guild, and was appointed MBE in 2005. edge of the Rose will be greatly missed.

Peter Beales was married, in 1961, to Joan Allington, who Brenda Viney, Vancouver Rose Society, BC died last year. Their son and daughter, both of whom work for the company, survive him.

Vintage Gardens Closing!

Vintage Gardens, the home of Antique and Extraordinary Roses, is closing at the end of June, 2013. Their time table is focused on selling off the large number of roses propagated in 2012, on shipping spring orders, and on propagating the remaining custom orders to ship in the fall of the year.

This may be your last chance to obtain some rare roses for your garden! http://www.vintagegardens.com/contact.html

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Resplendent Rugosa Roses

By: Nanette Londeree, [email protected]

Photos courtesy of Nanette Londeree Reprinted from the American Rose Society Web-site

Resplendent - shining brilliantly: characterized by a glowing splendor. What a definition! And you can bet that any rose that has that description is one you want to consider for your garden. Welcome to the world of hybrid Rugosa roses.

Hybrid rugosa roses are the progeny of crossing different Rosa rugosa species roses. Rugosa species are native to northern China, Korea, Japan and the far north Pacific Rim re- gions. A few had been hybridized in the 1820's, however, hybridizers became interested in ‘Hansa’ working with the species in the late nineteenth century due to the roses' special characteristics. Photo by Sue Tiffany

One of these is their very textured leaves – their name is derived from the Latin word for 2012 PNW District Photo Contest

“wrinkled.” The foliage is very dense, to a point in some varieties that you can barely see the (This picture clearly shows the canes. They produce blooms from white through pink to red and purple, and even a few yel- ‘wrinkled’ leaves characteristic of lows. Flowers in the species are often singles with few petals, while most of the hybrids have Rugosas. fully double, medium-sized, fragrant blossoms with informally-formed petals. They produce brilliant orange-red hips in the fall that are filled with vitamin C, and as many varieties are repeat bloomers, you can have a plant with flowers and hips at the same time. They range in size from compact shrubs to vigorous climbers, and there are new dwarf culti- vars as well.

One of the major attributes of this group of roses is their general health and vigor. As a group, these roses are tough – they are very disease resistant, heat tolerant, cold hardy, can survive in poor, dry soils and even seem to flourish near the ocean's salty air. As a result, they make terrific low-maintenance landscape roses. Planted in mass they are truly resplendent, both in their burst of bloom in the spring and their fall color – leaves and hips! Once established, they require minimal care. To prune these roses, remove the oldest canes at ground level during late winter or early spring before growth begins.

Most varieties don't like to be sprayed with anything (except water). Otherwise, phytotoxicity is quick to follow and the shrub will rapidly defoliate. While the species are also noted for their suckering (production of stems from the roots), hybrids are less likely to sucker.

Some varieties you may want to look for include:

Blanc Double de Coubert, (ARS rating 8.3) - this hybrid has semi-double to double white, very fragrant flowers (even at night) with yellow stamens. The foliage is very rugose, and it is a very vigorous plant.

F. J. Grootendorst, (ARS rating 7.7) – bright red double blooms have serrated edges in clusters of up to 20 flowers. Foliage is small, dark and leathery. It has a vigorous, bushy form and is a repeat bloomer.

Frau Dagmar Hartopp, (ARS rating 8.5) – also known as Frau Dagmar Hastrup, this variety pro- duces fragrant light pink flowers with yellow stamens. It has large red hips that appear shortly after the first flush of flowers so both flowers and hips are present throughout the season. The plant grows 2 to 4 feet tall and has yellow to orange fall color. ‘Blanc Double de Coubert’

Photo by Sue Tiffany Hansa, (ARS rating 8.4) - a 1905 introduction which produces

2011 PNW District large, brilliant red-purple blooms with extremely fragrant blooms. Photo Contest Vigorous, recurrent bloomer with big red hips.

‘Frau Dagmar Hartopp’

Photo by Rich Baer

Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 15 Disbudding

By: Gail Trimble, [email protected] Photo of Fair Bianca by Judy Pineda; All other photos by Gail Trimble

Disbudding is the practice of removing undesirable buds. It is achieved by placing the bud be- tween thumb and index fingers and rocking it back and forth until the bud breaks off at the base. The earlier in the bud's life this is done, the easier it snaps off and the less scar that remains on the stem.

Disbudding for One-Bloom-Per Stem For entries of one-bloom-per-stem hybrid teas and minia- tures, it is essential to remove the side buds, or the entry will be disqualified. The 2 photos of a minia- Disbudding for One-Bloom-Per Stem ture show two side buds and a third side bud lower down the cane and then the same miniature after disbudding all 3 side buds. The remaining bud at the top of the stem will grow larger and give a better bloom without the competition of the sidebuds.

The next pair of photos on the left shows a hybrid tea with two side buds and then the remaining center bud after removing the two side buds.

Disbudding for Sprays Disbudding for a spray is done in the opposite manner. In this case, one removes the center bud because the center bud ‘Hybrid tea with 2 side buds develops more quickly and will be in the process of dying when the side buds open. If done early, the side buds will fill in the hole left by the removal of the center bud. In this photo of a miniature before and after disbudding for a spray, the center bud and a lower bud were removed and three side buds remain.

Disbudding for a spray In the 2 photos of a floribunda to the left, the cen- ter bud was again removed leaving three side buds. Note again that a side bud further down the cane was also removed. This bud would have devel- oped into a flower that is much lower than the rest of the spray.

In the 2 photos on the right, there are multiple buds originating from more than one leaf axil. In this case, if you remove Disbudding a floribunda for a spray only the center bud, you will have a spray of 3 florets. However, if you remove the center bud AND the three center buds in the side sprays, you will end up with a spray of 6 florets. This is the desirable way to disbud a shrub such as Sally Holmes which has multiple sprays originating from multiple axils. Multiple buds originating from more than one leaf axil It is not necessary to disbud many shrubs and old garden roses if the side buds enhance the exhibit. (If the side buds are taller than the bloom, detract from it, or push into and distort the shape of the bloom, then a penalty is imposed when judged and so, should be removed.) In the photo of ’Fair Bianca’ the side buds frame the bloom nicely and would not need to be disbudded.

Even if one does not exhibit, removing the side buds on hybrid teas and miniatures, and the center buds on floribundas, shrubs, and climbers will make for much more attractive blooms for both garden and vase life.

Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 16 2013 Newly Appointed Prizes & Awards PNW District Membership Chair Lynn Schafer, P&A Committee Chair

Katherine Johnson, Membership Chair IT’S TIME FOR GRATITUDE Let me introduce myself. My name is Katherine Johnson, The Prizes and Awards Committee members have been and I am the 2013 newly appointed PNW District Membership alerted to nominate people for the Silver Honor Medal, for Out- Chair. I would like to share a little about myself and what my standing Consulting Rosarian, Outstanding Judge, and for the responsibilities are within the district. Lifetime Achievement Award. This is our way of thanking peo- ple for their years of service, and you can find the requirements th I was born on September 18 in the great state of Nebraska, for each of these awards on the website: www.pnwdistrict.org. and am the mother of three and grandmother of five. While my children were in school full time, I pursued an Accounting De- If you know of someone worthy of any of these awards, gree from Minot State University in North Dakota and graduated please contact your committee representative and let them know. in 1985. Your ideas may have slipped by the mind of the chair, and we all know there are many worthy people. The P&A Committee chairs Because my father and former husband served in the United are listed below: States Air Force, I have lived in many places throughout this beautiful country. Society P&A Member While stationed in North Dakota, and graduating college, I Albany RS Ken Rowe obtained a civil service position in the MWR (Moral, Welfare & Recreation) Accounting Office. Six years later, while stationed Corvallis RS No representative in Omaha, Nebraska, I obtained a position at Commercial Federal Fort Vancouver RS Lou Little Savings & Loan working for several years in the Mortgage Col- lections, Foreclosures, serviced by others departments. The Fraser Pacific RS No representative

When I moved to Oregon in 1995, because of my mother’s Kitsap County RS No representative failing health, I met my current husband, Dale Johnson, Because Missoula RS Jim Sadler of his generosity of time shared, I have been able to pursue and enjoy the hobby of gardening that I have loved since I was a Northwest Heritage RS No representative teenager. Olympia RS Jack Kiley I am proud to have been a member of the Portland Rose Portland RS Eilene Curtiss Society for 10 years, and an Oregon Master Gardener for over 14 years. Ok....well I am not as large a rose grower as some people. Puyallup RS Mike Peterson I have 47 roses: a mix of HT, Grandifloras, Mini's ...just a few Rainy RS Lou Zenger Floribundas. Rogue Valley RS The Harveys My first experience with roses was when I was 15 years old. in Albany Oregon, my high school girl friend told me that I Salem RS No representative could break off a piece of this rose (don’t know which one...it Seattle RS John Fredette was so long ago...lol) stick it in the ground and it would grow. I didn’t believe her but I did what she said....and lo and behold it Southwest Oregon RS Corinne Clifton did start growing after weeks of checking on it every day after Spokane RS Carol Newcomb school. I was hooked from then on. Tacoma RS Jo Martin As VP of the Portland Rose Society this year, I have sev- eral jobs to complete for the Rose Society...The Yard Garden and Tri-City RS Norma Boswell Patio show and the Coordinator for the Spring Show at the Lloyd Tri-Valley RS No representative Center Mall, June 6 & 7th. Tualatin Valley RS Mark Balcom As your District Membership Representative my responsi- bilities are to increase membership in the ARS, work towards Valley Rose Club No representative retaining existing members in ARS, and regain expired members. Vancouver RS No representative

This will be an exciting and challenging position and I look Walla Walla RS No representative forward to the job. Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 17 Great Power Point Programs For Your Use Trial Need a program for your Society’s meeting? There is a wealth of infor- Memberships mation in each of the Power Point Programs that John Moe has placed on the Pacific Northwest District Website. (www.pnwdist.org) The American Rose Society is now Presently On the Web Site: 1. Budding Roses offering a four-month trial membership for 2. Propagating Hardwood Cuttings only $10 to anyone who is interested in 3. Soil & Water becoming members of our organization. 4. Chemical Safety Most ARS members are home gardeners

5. Fertilizer who enjoy growing roses and want to ex- 6. Propagating Softwood Cuttings pand their knowledge of rose culture. 7. Hybridizing Roses Four-Month Trial Members receive: 8. Insects in Our Garden 9. Diseases of Roses  Free advice from Consulting Rosarians. The ARS Consulting Rosarians pro-

In addition, the website has 8 rose articles on the website. Editors may wish to gram connects members with expert use some of these articles in their newsletters. rosarians that provide free assistance with your rose questions.

 Free or reduced garden admissions, a $25 value after just 3 uses. With the

Editor’s Notes ARS Reciprocal Garden Admission program, members enjoy free or re- Judy Heath, Editor, Northwest Rosarian duced admission to and discounts at hundreds of gardens, conservatories, and arboreta nationwide.  Free online access to four quarterly A great change has happened in my life since the last newsletter. I am a first-time bulletins, a $45 value. Previously avail- grandmother to a perfect, beautiful girl, Kelsey Savannah Heath. She was born on Feb- able by subscription only, the Mini/ ruary 27, 2013. Because of health problems, she went in for surgery on the 28th of Mini-Flora Bulletin, Old Garden Rose February. Thanks to the prayers of so many friends, she is home now and has healed & Shrub Gazette, Rose Arrangers’ Bul- up well and is doing great. letin, and Rose Exhibitors’ Forum are all now available online for free to all I am really torn now with wanting to spend every possible minute with Kelsey and ARS members. wanting to work in my rose gardens. With the rain we have had, the weeds are knee  2 issues of American Rose magazine, high now. Pretty soon, the rose bushes will be lost in the beds. Of course, I am sure $16 value. The only magazine devoted that no one else is having any such problems. (i.e. Weeds never grow in your beds! exclusively to roses and rose culture, You have been very industrious and have your beds totally cleaned up and looking these bi-monthly, 84-page issues fea- beautiful!) Another problem is that I only got part of my beds cut back this Spring and ture informative articles and beautiful many of my roses are growing like crazy. If I ever find a free minute, I will try to just color photography for beginners and clean up those bushes a little. I hope they don’t grow so much that I won’t be able to experienced rose growers alike. View a reach the roses this summer. free issue online at www.ars.org.  Discounts of up to 30% at merchant Happy gardening to you all! partners. The ARS Member Benefit Partner program offers discounts at various merchants with new partners being added continuously. Update Your Personal Information  A four-month trial membership is val- ued at $86 for only $10! Update your personal information on the ARS website as well.

Go to www.ars.org , click on: Update Local Society Members Only and then on: Information

Update Membership Information. Update your society information on the If you are able to switch from the snail mail newsletter to the email version, please let ARS website. me know. Every e-mailed version allows the PNW to use that money somewhere else. Go to www.ars.org, click on: Local Societies and then on: Update Local Society Information.

Spring, 2013 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 18 PNW DISTRICT CHAIRS

District Director: Horticulture Judging Consulting Rosarian District Entry Tags: Gretchen Humphrey Co-Chairs: Bruce Lind Coordinators: John Moe Charold Baer 12385 SW 121 Ave 2132 Bridgeport Way 830 S 373 Street 8039 SW 62nd Place Tigard, OR 97223-3126 University Place, WA Federal Way, WA Portland, OR (503) 539-6853 98466-4824 98003-7400 97219-3120 [email protected] (253) 565-0246 (253) 815-1072 (503) 246-3087 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Secretary: Barbara Lind Jim Linman Elena Williams 2132 Bridgeport Way Webmaster: Lynn Schafer 8015 SW 62nd Place 9110 Roy Rd. University Place, WA 41108 S Bourne Road Portland, OR 97219-3120 Bremerton, WA 98311-9313 98466-4824 Latah, WA 99018-9508 (503) 452-8925 (360) 620-2642 (253) 565-0246 (509) 286-3655 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Rose Arrangements Roses in Review Coor- Treasurer: Marika Reiner Chairs: JoAnn Brehm dinator: Jason Fredette Membership Chair: 6712 SW Sussex St. 1113 Saddle Way Beaverton, OR 97008-5244 5614 Prentice St. Katherine Johnson Richland, WA 99352-9640 (503) 641-6691 Seattle, WA 98178-2245 4832 N. Girard St. (509) 627-0577 Portland, OR 97203 [email protected] (206) 851-7889 [email protected] (503) 289-4894 [email protected] [email protected] Prizes & Awards Chair: Linda Kerkof Northwest Rosarian Lynn Schafer 5306 Cleveland Lane Editor: Judy Heath 41108 S Bourne Road Pasco, WA 99301-8434 5418 NW Franklin Street Latah, WA 99018-9508 (509) 547-1860 Vancouver, WA 98663 Please notify me of any changes or (509) 286-3655 [email protected] (360) 281-7270 updates - Judy Heath [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

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OREGON WASHINGTON Seattle RS, Seattle, WA Alaska RS Faith Gant, President Anchorage, AK Albany RS, Albany, OR Fort Vancouver RS (425) 888-5245 Contact Annette Perry, Preside Vancouver, WA Debbie Hinchey (541) 926-1773 Co-Presidents Spokane RS, Spokane, WA (907) 278-2814 Michael & Robin Guinevere Mee Corvallis RS , Corvallis, OR Caballero,(360) 608-9601 President MONTANA Ali Sarlak, President (509) 466-4205 (541) 758-9190 Heritage Roses NW Missoula RS Federal Way, WA Portland RS, Portland, OR Tacoma RS, Tacoma, WA Missoula, MT Co-Presidents Molly Bauck , President Bruce Bleckert, President Kathleen Mullen Clark Faith Gant (425) 888-5245 (503) 722-9354 (253) 759-1619 (406) 777-0336 Judie Phillips Rogue Valley RS (425) 788-3068 Tri-City RS Richland-Pasco BRITISH COLUMBIA Grants Pass, OR Kitsap County RS Kennewick, WA Fraser Pacific RS Mike Zerwer, President Silverdale, WA Don & Joann Sayler, Coquitlam, BC, Canada (541) 955-5076 Ray Etheredge, Co-President Beverly Welsh, Salem RS, Salem, OR President (509) 547-1860 President Maryann Beirne, President (360) 830-0669 Tri-Valley RS (604) 464-2754 (503) 537-8494 Olympia RS, Olympia, WA Marysville, WA Vancouver RS Southwestern Oregon RS Robyn Swesey Vancouver, BC, Canada Regina Johnson, Myrtle Point, OR President Bill McCarthy, Ed Kreutzer, President President (360) 943-1120 (360) 293-4923

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(604) 522-4656 Walla Walla RS Tualatin Valley RS Puyallup RS, Puyallup, WA Bill Wilson, President Walla Walla, WA Valley Rose Club Beaverton, OR Dick Phillips, Maple Ridge, BC, Cathy Weber, President (253) 840-3169 President Canada (503) 357-9166 Rainy RS, Kent, WA (509) 525-8129 Ted Brown, President Margaret Harris, (604) 462-7249 President (253) 891-8304

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