District Doings LeAnn Rimes Photo by Caroline Fredette Caroline Fredette, PNW District Director 2018 PNW Disctrict Photo Contest You can email me at: [email protected] AMATEUR DIVISION, BEST OF SHOW or call me at (206)723-7141 Greetings and Happy New Year! I am very excited to write my first article as your new PNW District Director. First, I would like to thank Gretchen Humphrey for her outstanding six years as our outgoing Director. I realize I have very large shoes to fill. However, with time and your help, I will learn the ropes. For those of you who do not know me well, I grew up growing rose and have lived in Seattle all of my life. I’ve been mar- ried for 42 years and have three adult children who grow roses, a wonderful daughter-in-law and a son-in-law, and five adorable grandchildren. The three oldest grandchildren grow roses too! Our newest grandchild arrived just before Christmas on December 20th. Everything in our life came to a stop as we were thrust into a new normal. He was born three months early at just 26 weeks ges- tation weighing in at 2 lbs. 1.5 oz. However, Benjamin Christian Barnes is doing just wonderful as I write this. He’s a little fighter and is amazing the staff at Swedish Hospital’s NICU. We had a wonderful Fall Conference, held at the Red Lion on the River, Jantzen Beach, OR. A big thank you goes to Gretchen Humphrey for her dedicated work in making this Conference such a success. Our newly installed ARS President, Robert Martin, was the keynote speaker. He presented a superb PowerPoint presentation on Showing Shrubs. Other presentations were pre- sented by: Steve McCulloch of Mountain Shadow Nursery and Barbara Jensen Founder/President of the Oregon Spirit of ’45 Project which commemorates the WWII generation with the new rose ‘Rosie the Riveter’. Also, Dr. Gary Ritchie spoke about ‘Xylem’, and Gretchen Humphrey presented the ARS “Great Garden Restoration Project” of the ARS Rose Garden in Shreveport, LA. Rich Baer, showed gorgeous roses and John and myself presented a PowerPoint program on our trip to Copenhagen for the 18th World Rose Federation Convention. I would like to thank Dr. Charold Baer and Barbara Lind for spearheading the silent auction which continues to be a huge success. Thank you to everyone who brought an auction item, the societies who contributed a basket, and to those who (Continued on page 2) Winter 2019 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 1 (Continued from page 1) made purchases. If you have never attended the Fall Conference “A Weekend of Roses” I strongly suggest you Save the Date for our 2019 weekend of October 25th – 27th, 2019. We will be returning to the ever so popular Heathman Lodge in Vancouver, WA. More information regarding speakers will be found in future issues of Northwest Rosarian. Remember to tell your rose friends about our Fall Conference as you do not need to be an ARS Member to attend. Later this winter your PNW Board of Directors will be making plans for upcoming District events and activities. I strongly encourage you to send me your ideas. My dedicated email for District mail is: [email protected]. I encourage you to email me with suggestions you have for summer activities or speakers for the Fall Conference. What would you like to attend? Who would you like to hear speak? What subject topics would you like presented? This is YOUR District and I would like more people to attend events. Also, I would like to receive contact info from each society in our District especially contact info for your newsletter editor. If you do not use email, you may drop me a note to: 3924 47th Ave S., Seattle, WA 98118-1216. Communication is always appreciated. I look forward to an exciting 2019 full of beautiful blooming roses and meeting more people who have a passion for grow- ing and enjoying roses. There’s a place for everyone in the PNW District and I encourage you to inspire non ARS members to join us. Folklore Eye Paint & Bull’s Eye Photo by Alexa Peterson Photo by Harlow Young PNW District PNW District Photo Contest Photo Contest 2018 2018 First Place, First Place, Master Division, Amateur Division Class 6 Class 7 In This Issue Creating an Arrangers’ Tool Box——– 21-22 Editor’s Notes—–—————————– 23 Message From the Director—————–— 1-2 ARS Trial Memberships/Benefits—–——— 24 District Horticulture Judging News——–—– 3 Hard Copy Subscription Due——–—–——24 District CR Report—–——–—––—–—–—– 4 Update Local Info. To ARS————–——24 Rose Arrangement News———–—––—–5-7 NW District Website And Speakers’ Bureau —————–—–———– 25 Varietal Differences in Susceptibility of Roses to Powdery Mildew———–—–8-11 Local Info. to the District————–—–—25 Phosphites————————————12-13 ARS Member Benefits——————–——26 ARS Calendars feature Modern Roses Database Has Moved——– 26 NW Photographers——————————14 Donating to ARS-—–——————–—— 26 NW Rose Shows & Coming Events——— 15 Green Rose Perpetual Bloomers Club————–——–— 26 Photo by Beage Kiley Rose Show Winners Part II District Board Contacts ————–——–—27 PNW District Photo Contest 2018 Miniatures and Minifloras—————16-18 Local Society Contacts———–————– 27 Arranging Roses: To Wire or Not to Wire-—————–19-20 Winter 2019 Pacific Northwest Rosarian Page 2 PNW Horticulture Judging News Bruce Lind, Jim Linman & Gretchen Humphrey PNW District Horticulture Judging Co-Chairs Thanks and congratulations to all the exhibitors and judges who travel far from home to share their beautiful roses with all of us and also with those guests who view our rose shows. Likewise, thanks are surely due to all those who work so hard behind the scenes to make the “rose show day” fun for all the participants. We are looking forward to another year of excellent and well-judged rose shows in the PNW District. Horticulture judging audits were held in support of the PNW District Judging Program in 2018. The main audit was, as usual, held at the PNW District Fall Conference in Portland, OR. We hope more people will become interested in joining the ranks of the PNW District judging realms. The requirements for “judging candidates” focuses on experience in rose growing, rose knowledge, and successful rose exhibiting over a period of several years. It is also necessary for candidates to be well-versed in the way in which rose shows are conducted (it varies). More specifically, three of the key requirements (from Chapter 21 of Guidelines) are: Have exhibited in the horticulture sections of at least five ARS accredited rose shows over a period of at least three years. The applicant should have won at least five horticultural blue ribbons and at least two ARS horticultural certificates or equivalent awards. Have worked in at least three rose shows, either as a clerk or in some other capacity, such as show chairperson or clerks’ chairperson that would familiarize the applicant with proper show procedures. Have been a member of the American Rose Society for at least twenty-four months, including the twelve months immedi- ately preceding becoming an apprentice judge. The ARS publishes a manual on judging horticultural exhibits in rose shows: Guidelines for Judging Roses, and a thorough knowledge of this publication is essential if one is to be successful in a judging school. Guidelines is frequently updated and it is wise to start with the most recent version if one is going to begin preparing for a judging school. (The ARS makes Guidelines avail- able to all members as a free download from the “Members Only” portion of their website). Chapter 21 of Guidelines spells out the full list of requirements for apprentice judges. If you have questions about specific details, please just let us (Bruce Lind, Gretchen Humphrey or Jim Linman) know what they are. Our contact information is always included in the Northwest Rosarian. Each year we urge everyone (including ourselves) to dust off their copy of Guidelines to re-study the contents. This will be best if you have the current edition. The date of your edition should now be 2018. As mentioned above, the ARS makes Guidelines available to all members as a free download from the “Members Only” portion of their website. All recent and anticipated changes will be discussed at the audits held in 2019. We had numerous comments on disqualifications as well as many other topics pertaining to the guidelines at our Fall Conference audit. We will have some judges in our district needing an audit in 2019. We have much appreciated the “audit early and audit often” attitude of so many of our PNW judges. It is so much better when there are no crises that need to be handled. We have sent out notices to those due for an audit in 2019 and 2020, so you’ll have some time to plan. Of course, we will arrange for the tradi- tional four-hour audit at the PNW District Fall Conference for full audit credit. There will be other regional audits held if needed. If you have a willingness to serve as a host for an additional audit with roses available, please let us know soon, as we need to clear things with the National ARS Horticulture Judging Chair. Those judges due for an audit in 2019 will have until the end of the year to complete that audit. Just one last reminder to current judges and those who want to become judges: be sure to maintain your status as a mem- ber of the ARS, so keep an eye out for renewal membership notices. If you are not sure of your status, please contact the ARS and ask.