August 2006 - Mesa-East Valley – Rose Society

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Rose
Lore
Mesa-East Valley Rose Society
Affiliated with the American Rose Society
Dona L. Martin, Editor
www.roses4az-mevrs.org
more petals. Quite nice.
‘Falling In Love’ - Pink
hybrid tea with superb form.
Notes from
It has already received two
Chris Greenwood
trophies, in Santa Clarita's
show last fall and was in
Roses so new, they are not to the second place Nickelson
be found on the internet! This entry in Seattle, misnamed.
writer has the following infor- Resembles a more colorful
mation, however, from Chris ‘Moonstone.’
Greenwood of Armstrong
Nurseries in California. These Watercolors - Shrub - This
gorgeous rose was absolutely
great varieties from Tom
stunning at Carlsbad last
Carruth of Weeks Roses will
spring. It presents lovely
be available exclusively at
single petalled flowers that
their nurseries beginning in
remind one of Mutablis.
January. Don’t forget to put
a trip to Armstrong on your
agenda if traveling that way! ‘Carol Burnett’ - Nice warm
apricot floribunda with good
hybrid tea form.
‘Hinkydinky’ - Scarlett
polyantha. A superb rose, it
was the highest scoring rose ‘The Imposter’ - Shrub This five petalled rose is pink
in the AARS trials. It wasn't
awarded, however, because it with deep pink flecks and
had blackspot report...not a
quite lovely. When I saw it in
Wasco, they were in a middle
problem in our weather!
of a 100 degree heat wave
‘Candy Land’ - Nice pink
and the plant was no the
worse for wear. Low and
striped climber. This one is
similiar to Berries 'n Cream
semi-spreading, it’s a real
cutie. It was one of the hot
(one of this writer’s favorites!), but the flowers have
roses at Pacific Rose Society
New Armstrong
Roses For 2007
Thursday
August 8th, 7:00 p.m.
Monthly meeting,
MCC Elsner Library
Community Room
A Summer
Double Dip!
“New Roses For
2007”
By LeRoy Brady
&
“Reviving Your
Summer Roses
For Fall”
By Larry Bell
Your friends and family are
always welcome.
Refreshments
will be served.
Bring your rose questions
and concerns.
What’s inside this issue...
New Roses - Notes from Chris Greenwood
1
President’s Message - Dona Martin
2
Rose Care For August
3
Parlez Vous Roses? - Paddy Ruzella
4-5
In The Garden With...Barb & Charlie Schoenberg - Linda Ahlborn
6-7
Pruners 101 - Mike Denson
8
Rose of the Month: ‘Mozart’ - Dona Martin
9
New Booklet / AZ State Fair - Get ready!
10
Membership/Officers/Consulting Rosarians
11
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MEMBERSHIP
DISCOUNTS
The following nurseries will
give MEVRS members a 10%
discount (unless otherwise
indicated) on any rose-related
purchase when you show your
membership card. In some stores
you must pay by cash or check
only to receive the discount.
Be sure to get your annual
Membership Card from the
Membership Chairman.
A & P Nurseries
All three East Valley locations
(15% off all products, except
Advertised Specials.)
Pine needle mulch came in
7/15
and is now bagged!
Baker’s Nursery
3414 N. 40th St., Phx
Berridge Nursery
4647 E. Camelback Rd., Phx
Potted roses always in stock!
Gardener’s World
3401 E. Baseline Rd., Phx
Harper’s Nursery
Three locations:
Mesa, Scottsdale and Phx
480-964-4909 (Mesa)
Summer Winds Nursery
3160 S. Country Club Dr., Mesa
480-892-1469
Treeland Nursery
2900 S. Country Club Dr., Mesa
480-497-2525
When you patronize
these businesses, please
remember to thank the
manager for supporting
the MEVRS!
August 2006
President’s Message
By Dona Martin
We have all had a busy month, and a hot, windy one as well. One of
the highlights of the month was the “Composition In Photography” program presented by photographer, Nancy Sams, at our July
meeting. Pleased with the response, she offered to do a free beginning Photoshop workshop of us. It is being held right after my MCC
Community Education class, which happens to be tomorrow. We
are looking forward to having about 24 members attend this time
and already have a list started for a later class this fall. Photography
is such a great hobby and meshes well with growing roses. More
members have digital cameras and are online than ever before.
When I started the website in 1998, there were only about six of
us with email!
We also now have 24 members signed up to receive the “paperless”
newsletter, by email only. Anyone who would like to be added to that
list need only email me about it. That many alone will save about
$120 a year, plus labor (usually mine…) I hope you are taking time to
review it when it is emailed to you, as I am adding more color pictures for your enjoyment and education.
American Rose Society Awards of Merit for Articles and for
Special Publications have been announced for 2005. I am proud
to announce that four MEVRS members received awards for their
articles. Marylou Coffman (“Elements and Principles of Design”),
LeRoy Brady (“Veteran’s Garden Update”) and I (“What To Know
Before You Buy Roses”) have received one Award of Merit each for
articles written. Bob Martin received five awards! (“The Point of
Prickles Portland”, “Earth Worms and Roses: If You Feeded Them,
They Will Come”, “Spidermites”, “Those Semi-Circular Slices”, “The
Show and the Single Rose”). Congratulations to these members!
Special Awards of Merit are awarded for booklets, pamphlets and
other more substantive, individual documents that are submitted for
review to the ARS Publications Committee. Nine of these awards were
given in the nation, five of which were for publications originating in
the Pacific Southwest District! Of these five, two were awarded to
Dona Martin. The first edition of our booklet, Growing Roses In
The Desert Southwest and the first MEVRS Auction Catalog,
both from 2005, received Special Awards of Merit. The Mesa-East
Valley Rose Society is now the only society in the country represented
with winning entries in all four categories: Local Newsletter, Website,
individual Awards of Merit and Special Publication Awards of Merit.
Finally, we are already working on preparations for our Annual
Rose and Arrangement Show, always held on the third Saturday
of November in the Kirk Student Center. LeRoy Brady is the Show
Chairman. We want to encourage your participation on some level, as
the experiences gained will only add to your understanding of and
enjoyment of the rose! Watch for more information on the show.
Have a great month and start the countdown to fall!
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Rose Care for August 2006
by Dona Martin, ARS Consulting Rosarian
Amazingly enough, we have made it to the home
stretch after another record breaking hot summer!
After the hottest June ever, we now have only August, September and yes, October’s pretty hot, too.
But the good news is, it is already starting to cool
off at night little by little. The rains have helped us
and our gardens a lot. So for now, do much the
same as what you did in July (which is why these
instructions sound almost the same!) If we are
lucky enough to have some more monsoon storms,
so much the better!
IRRIGATION - If you flood irrigate, water deeply
three times a week. If you drip irrigate, water four
times per week (we water five times a week), a
minimum of 3 to 4 gallons each time. Water needs
to be able to soak down 18” below the surface of
the bed. Notice how long it takes for the wells
around the roses to drain. If water sits for too long,
you may need to add a soil sulfur product such as
Dispersul, which helps open up the soil structure by
reducing the alkalinity. Deep watering all areas at
least once every two weeks will help push salts out
of the root zones. Another way to do this is by
watering a second time in the same day once a
month. This allows the water to move lower and
wider, washing the salts in the soil further away
from the root system. This helps prevent salt burn
on the plant. If you grow roses in pots, water seven
times per week because of more rapid transpiration
and lower capacity. . It is also good to hose off
your roses at least once week, more if you can.
Continue to use a water wand, with an adjustable
jet nozzle on the end. Spray the top and undersides
of the leaves. This will increase the humidity around
the bushes, clean off the dusty leaves and knock off
any lingering spider mites you might have. (If spider mites continue to be destructive, there are a
number of good miticides on the market. These include Avid, Hexygon, and Floramite, the best but
priciest.)
food like Bandini or Organo brands. Do not forget
to water deeply both before and after fertilizing,
very important steps to prevent fertilizer burn damage. Roses and other plants still need to be fed
during the summer so that they will be healthy
enough to start growing again when the weather
becomes more hospitable. Roses have a reduced
need for fertilizer when temperatures are so high,
but do not like being starved.
DEADHEADING – Continue to remove spent
blooms regularly. We have found that cutting right
below the spent bloom and leaving as many leaves
as possible results in healthier plants for two reasons. First, more leaves are present to provide
more protection of the canes from the sun. Second,
there are more leaves providing nutrition to the
plant. This is especially important if spider mites hit,
causing the loss of leaves on the lower half of the
bush.
GET READY - Starting to clean up your garden a
little at a time will make our Fall Pruning job easier
as we hit the end of September. Hang in there and
call a CR if you need advice. Our gardens this fall
are going to be terrific!
MCC Deadheaders!
Get out your calendars and save September
16th, 23rd and 30th, tentatively, for Fall
Pruning and cleanup at the MCC Rose Garden.
All hands are needed “on deck,” so we hope
you can volunteer at some point during that
time. Come have a great time!
FERTILIZING – You should have fertilized at half
rate in early June and mid-July. If so, the next application would be the end of August. If not, fertilize now and again in four weeks. Use a good ORGANIC fertilizer like Groganic, available from Mike
Jepsen, along with alfalfa meal, applying 1/2 c. of
each. Top dress fertilizer and water in. Alternatively, you can use a 1/4 c. of a time release rose
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I Wonder...
Parlez-vous Rose ?
BY PADDY RUZELLA
Reprinted from the May/June 2006 issue of
The Ventura Rose
Are you ever confused by some of the words you
hear or read about when it comes to roses? I know
I am. Sometimes when I’m reading a book, I’ll
come across a word and I find myself asking, I
wonder what that means? If I can’t get the gist of it
by reading the next sentence or two, then I have to
look up the word. Words have always fascinated
me and I love a book where I find myself writing
down words to look up in the dictionary later. But
with the rose books, the dictionary is generally a
glossary in the back of the book…if I’m lucky.
Let’s try and sort out some of the more confusing
terminology. If we manage to get one or two of
them into our language use when speaking or reading about roses, then we shall have moved a little
further towards the lovely title of “rosarian.” According to Webster, a rosarian is a cultivator of
roses. So, if you are reading this article, then you
most likely grow roses and, wonder of wonders,
that makes you a rosarian!
Let’s talk a little bit about the rose flower. I admit
to having a difficult time keeping the names attached to the various parts that make up the blossom straight. So, humor me will you, and let me try
and describe a rose blossom. The first part is easy petals – are a never ending source of delight if you
study them. The manner in which petals open from
their buds, the number to each rose – from the basic five to over fifty, the way they curl or cup, their
thickness, their smooth or wavy edges – would
make an article by itself! Next, in the center of the
rose is its reproductive tract. What we generally see
are the stamens, small hair-like upright stalks with
a bump at the top. Each stamen is made up of a
filament (the stalk), and an anther (the bump),
on which the pollen forms.
When it comes to exhibiting roses, we know by
now, that the judges want these stamens to be
fresh! The other parts of the flower are the five
green, small, leaflike covers of the bud, the sepals.
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As the bud swells and gets ready to open, the sepals go from being upward growing to downward
growing. I read somewhere that if you pick a rose
bud and want it to open into a flower, the sepals
need to be at least halfway through that downward
movement, horizontal to the bud. Incidentally, before the sepals make themselves known, and while
they are still a tight covering over the emerging
bud, they are known as the calyx.
Further down the rose stem you have the bud
eyes. These are small bumps or nodes, red or
green, from which all new growth on the plant will
emerge. These are not to be confused with the bud
union, which is the knob near the base of the rose
where it was grafted to its rootstock. You probably already know that there are two types of roses,
those grown on their own roots (propagated from
a cutting, which first forms roots and then grows
leaves and flowers) and those budded to a
stronger, already developed rootstock from an entirely different rose. At the bottom of the plant, look
out for suckers. These are new shoots coming
from the bottom of the plant below the bud union.
If you have a grafted plant, you want only new
growth from or just above the bud union to maintain the integrity of your plant. In the case of a
plant on its own root system, of course this new
growth will be the same as your plant. It’s up to
you to decide how much you want to keep.
Often you will keep the new growth and cut out
some of the older canes. You will also come across
the terms basal break or basal shoots, this
means the strong new growth coming directly from
or just above the bud union. Die back refers to an
area at the top of a rose stem or cane that begins
to die off from its top turning brown and then
black. It may go all the way back to a stronger cane
or stem of the rose or it may just go for a few
inches and then stop at a node and eventually start
producing new growth. This phenomenon is sometimes caused by improper pruning, but other times
happens just because the rose takes a fancy to doing its own pruning. Either way, it is recommended
that we cut off the die back.
How about the word remontant? If a rose is described as remontant, the rose has the ability to
flower more than once in a season. Jim Delahanty
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tells me that the word originally meant
the rose had a heavy bloom in the
spring with a lesser bloom in the fall, as
happens in with the Hybrid Perpetual
roses, but now means any rose with
more than one flush of bloom. Repeat
blooming also means the rose blooms
more than once in a season. But continuous blooming means the rose
continues to bloom throughout the season, generally until the first frost if there
is one. Then there is the flush of roses.
Flush simply means the flowering period
for a rose. Its first flush of the season is the time when it is putting forth
its first full bloom of the season. Jim
also explained to me that the normal
span between flushes is about 42 or
more days. With the shortest span being
36 days for the ever effervescent “Betty
Boop.”
To finish up we might just start at the
beginning. What is meant by the word,
species? A species rose is a wild rose.
Wild roses have existed for millions of
years as evidenced by fossil finds. Only
relatively recently man started to “mess”
with roses, cross pollinating them and
thereby hybridizing and genetically engineering them to produce the huge variety of roses that exist today. However,
whenever you see a rose listed as “r.
(rose name)” such as, “r. rugosa,” you
know it is a species rose, one that is
pretty much unaltered from its natural
form. Incidentally, the “r” stands for
“rosa,” the Latin word for rose. It is the
species roses that started it all and thus
must bear the responsibility of making
each of us a rosarian!
THE VENTURA ROSE, edited by Jim Delahanty, is
published by the Ventura County Rose Society.
MEVRS Publicity Team
By Steve Sheard
The Publicity Team needs you—or your thoughts at
least. We have proven to ourselves time and time again
that when we get good publicity, we get the response
from the public we are looking for. The Publicity Team
needs your help. This area has grown so quickly that we
know there are lots of new sources of publicity for the
Team to contact.
Please do not go on to the next article until you have
picked up a pencil and answered the following simple
questions.
Please do not assume that someone else will answer
these so you need not bother. We have over 200 members – We would like to see over 200 responses, we will
sort out the duplicates.
•
What newspaper do you read?
•
Does your neighborhood have a local newspaper
(e.g., Warner Wrangler)?
•
Do you get any local magazines?
•
What Radio Station do you listen to?
•
Do you watch any gardening shows on TV?
•
What movie theatre do you prefer?
•
Do you know of any other garden related club or society?
•
Do you know of any local garden related web sites?
•
Do you know of any local tourist related web sites?
•
Do you know of any tourist related publications?
•
Anything else you want to share?
We will NOT ask you to contact anyone – unless you volunteer.
We will ONLY use this information to help publicize our
activities.
Please send your answers to Steve Sheard at
steveazroses@yahoo.com 480 831 2609, or to
Larry Bell at lmpabell@yahoo.com 480 706 9667.
PLEASE put in the email subject line “MEVRS – Publicity”.
THANK YOU!!
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In the garden with…
Barbara and Charlie
Schoenberg
By Linda Ahlborn
How would you describe your rose
garden? Could you detail, for instance,
quantity, types, whether they are in
the ground or in containers?
We have approximately 500 rose bushes- we
have lost count. They are all in the ground. We
grow a little of each kind; however I have come
to appreciate the English roses and the Polyanthas the most. I grew to like the Polyanthas after I met Bob Martin and saw his great collection.
Did you grow up with roses? Were members of your
family involved in gardening?
I grew up on a 100 Acre farm in Alabama and there were roses in
our little town. We had a beautiful prolific Pink Rambler which had
very large sprays of flowers in the spring. I have never been able to
find that rose again. It is not Seven Sisters as I have tried that one
and it isn't the one. I especially like the Cherokee Rose, which
grows wild in Alabama but does not do well in my garden here. My
Grandmother was an avid gardener and I imagine that my love of
gardening came from her. I like to grow things here that are not
normally grown here. The Cahaba Lily is one that I have enjoyed
bringing from my cousin's yard in Alabama and sharing with my
gardening friends. It has been declared an endangered species
plant and now only grows along the Shoals in the Cahaba River in
Alabama and in a few places in Georgia. Several years ago, I paid
for a trophy in my Grandmother Jessie Belle Carlee's name.
Cahaba Lily
Can you share one secret to growing great roses?
We flood irrigate very deeply every thirteen days in addition
to our regular drip system of three times a week.
Cherokee Rose, left, backyard playground, above
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Have you ever exhibited?
I did exhibit once and won the Beginners
[Novice] Trophy for Lavaglut, but have not
done so since. So many exhibitors spend a
lot of extra time preparing their roses. Our
garden is large and we grow many other
plants and trees, so we just do what we can
and hope they all survive! I love to see the
beautiful specimens that our exhibitors bring,
especially those who win the Horticulture awards. Those are so outstanding and
lovely.
Who were your Rosarian mentors?
I introduced Dona Martin to roses and she
has become such an avid rosarian, that she
has become my mentor. I enjoy starting
roses from cuttings and appreciate the ones I have received from Carol Poe and Dona and Bob Martin.
What was the best advice anyone has ever given
you about roses?
The best advice that anyone has ever given me came from
Mary Lou Coffman: “Join a local Rose Society.”
Do you have any advice to someone just starting
out?
“Join a local Rose Society - and hire Mike Jepsen
to fertilize your roses!!”
Have you held offices relating to rose-growing
in the Valley?
I held the office of Secretary in the Mesa-East Valley
Rose Society soon after I joined. Then I became more
active in the East Valley Men's Garden Club and held
the offices of Secretary, Newsletter Editor, Publicity
Director and President. The first order of business
when I was elected President was to get the name
changed. It was voted on and decided to be called the
East Valley Gardeners Club.
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Pruners 101: Sharpening
Your Pruning Tools
Remove the plate behind the nut. The
bolt that holds the pruners together
By Michael Denson
will slide out and the blade should
Get your pruners ready for
separate easily from the handles.
fall pruning!
Sometimes this may be difficult beLet's take a few minutes to take a
cause of a little rust or grimy buildup.
close look at your pruning tools. When Spray some Liquid Wrench® on the
was the last time they were sharptrouble spot and wait a few hours‹let
ened? What shape are they in? Are
the solvent do the work.
the blades sharp? Is there any visible
rust? Is the blade nicked up? Do they Drench the parts with WD40.
close smoothly or do they sound gritty
when you open and close them?
Cleaning the Parts
If you think your pruners need sharpening or cleaning, they probably do!
It's easy to talk yourself out of taking
care of your pruners: "I don't know
how," "They're okay till next year,"
"I'll just buy a new pair!"
Stop right there! I want to tell you
about the easiest, fastest way to
maintain and care for your pruning
equipment!
What You Need
• WD 40® or other silicone-based
lubricant
• A sheet of sandpaper (400 grit)
or/and an SOS pad
• A screwdriver
• A clean rag
• A wrench
• A sharpening stone or GATCO®
Sharpening System
Look at the blade. Serious nicks will
be impossible to "sharpen out", so it
may be best to replace the blade.
Felco pruner blades and other parts
are available at good garden centers
at reasonable cost.
If the blade is dull, lay it flat on your
worktable. Clean with an SOS pad,
first folding the rag and placing it
against the sharp side to keep from
cutting yourself. Scrub the blade
clean. You may need to use sandpaper to polish. Turn the blade over and
clean the other side. Next, clean the
anvil. The blade has to slide directly
against the anvil, so you must remove
hardened sap, dirt, etc. Look at each
piece, clean it thoroughly, and buff
with a rag till it shines.
Sharpening the Blade
Sharpening blades is not difficult. I
use a foolproof GATCO Sharpener
Disassemble the Pruners
Edgemate System F-J-61-0561, availDon't be intimidated! Think of pruners able from Cabela's, One Cabela Drive,
as a jigsaw puzzle with 8-10 pieces
Sidney, NE 69160, (1-800-237-444)
(or maybe only 4 pieces)!
which makes sharpening very easy.
Three models are available ($26.99,
If you've been taking good care of
$36.99, and $59.99).
your pruners and lubricating them
properly, they should be easy to take This system has a rod-hone handle
apart. If you haven't, you may need a and features a permanently affixed
little elbow grease. If the "catch" that rod so the sharpening angle remains
locks the pruners into a closed posiconstant. A series of sharpening
tion moves easily, I would not remove stones ranging from coarse to ultra
it--just spray it with a lubricant.
fine are provided. The stones fit into a
groove that holds the blade at the
Next, remove the screw that holds the precise angle needed for superior
small odd shaped piece, which holds
sharpness and durability.
the "toothed nut" in position. You may
need to use a small wrench to remove To sharpen, start with the coarse
the nut if it is tight and cannot be re- stone. Run the blade through in a cir
moved by hand.
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cular motion several times until it feels
smooth when gently touched, If the
nicks are gone, repeat the process on
the next finest stone. Continue until
the blade is sharp, sharp. That's all! It
took me 60 minutes to disassemble
and sharpen 5 pairs of Felco bypass
pruners!
If you are using a hand-held stone
instead of the GATCO System, run the
stone along the blade from the handle
to the point at a 10-20 degree angle.
Try to maintain a constant angle! Very
sharp angles produce razor sharp
blades. More parallel angles (25-30
degrees) give long lasting but less
sharp edges.
Reassembly
Spray each piece with lubricant. Place
the blade onto the handle, put the
bolt in from underneath, put the other
handle flat through the bolt, then the
backing plate, and then the toothed
nut. Hand tighten the nut until the
blades are almost difficult to open,
then back it off a little. Match the
funny shaped sprocket onto the nut
and tighten the screw.
The pruners should open and close
like sharp scissors at this point. Back
the screw out two turns and squirt
lubricant in. Tighten up with the
screwdriver and replace the spring.
You should now be ready for serious
pruning!
Caring for your Pruners
Clean your pruners after each use. If
you don't have time to scrub them
and clean off the dirt and sap, at least
wash them with water and spray with
a shot of WD40 or other silicone
based spray. These products repel
water and retard rust and oxidation.
Pruners need special care, especially if
you disinfect the blades with Clorox®.
Sharpen once a month for superior
cutting. This should be a breeze -- ten
minutes tops! Your roses will love you
for it!
Reprinted from Hiptalk, January 2003
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Rose of the Month:
‘Mozart’
Hybrid Musk by
Peter Lambert, Germany
By Dona Martin
‘Mozart’
landscaping. They
make good specimen
plants, grown free
standing or as a
‘Mozart’ blooms with brilliant gold stamens in
hedge, and can also
a white eye. Hybrid Musks all set hips well.
be grown against a
wall or on a support, like an obelisk,
Among the earliest of the Classic
for vertical accents. Like its cousin,
Shrub roses, the Hybrid Musk roses
the more famous ‘Ballerina,’ ‘Mozart’
where first developed in 1904. Peter
will grow 3’ to 4’ high and 5’ to 6’
Lambert of Germany named the first
wide. Only very light pruning is necvariety ‘Trier’, after his hometown. It
essary to shape them up or keep
was from ‘Trier’ that the most famous them within a designated space. To
Hybrid Musks were developed, in the
encourage later flowering, the spent
period from 1913 to 1926. These
trusses should be cut back to the seccame from the work of a retired cler- ond set of leaflets after the first flush
gyman, Reverend Joseph Pemberton
of bloom. If the plants become leggy
in England.
over the course of time, one or more
Lambert continued as well with his
of their main shoots may be cut back
breeding programs and in 1937, he
fairly hard to induce fresh growth
introduced the Hybrid Musk, ‘Mozart.’ from the base.
He bred this variety from Pemberton’s
1927 medium red Musk, ‘Robin Hood,’
and Rote Pharisaer, a large flowered
hybrid tea with medium red blooms,
bred in Germany by Hinner.
This floriferous shrub has enormous
flushes of bright cerise-pink 1” blooms
with white centers, borne in long
trusses on gracefully arching canes.
The blooms have from 4 to 8 petals
and while only a light fragrance, it will
repeat bloom throughout the season.
It is shade tolerant, a good choice for
an area with dappled sunlight, and,
like most Hybrid Musks, is extremely
disease resistant.
Hybrid Musk, ‘Erfurt’, smaller shrub
These qualities make Hybrid Musks
than the others, delicate in color and
among the best shrub choices for
moderate in size.
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Bishop Darlington, pale apricot, with
darker apricot reverse on the center
“petaloids”, small curled petals
surrounding the stamens.
Hybrid Musks grow very well in
Arizona in full sun, but will better
retain their color in partial or late
afternoon shade. In addition to
‘Ballerina’, I have grown stunning
‘Buff Beauty’ on an obelisk with
great success, and a smaller shrub
with a larger 3” flower, ‘Erfurt’, in a
moderately shady area. Another
unusual Hybrid Musk, which grows
more upright, is ‘Bishop Darlington.’
**See these beautiful
blooms in color in the pdf
copy of the newsletter.
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All About
Growing Great Roses
In The Desert Southwest
2nd Edition
We know have a new printing of our excellent
booklet on all aspects of rose care, selection,
planting, maintenance and much more! Newly
updated.
Still $10 for the Award Winning 56 page book!
Available at most rose society events,
by mail or email.
HOW TO RECEIVE
OUR EMAILS!
To receive the MEVRS emails
regarding activities,
the newsletter and other
communications, please be sure that
Madge Thomas’s e-mail address is in
your address book!
madgethomas@cox.net
ARS National Convention Schedule
Join the American Rose Society and join
us at these great events! Meet rosarians from
around the country, see area gardens and
attend educational seminars, so it’s
tax deductible!
October 13-16, 2006
ARS Fall National Convention
InterContinental Dallas Hotel, Dallas TX
Contact: Claude & Pam Graves
972-234-5184 / 972-907-8198 (fax)
Meet Me At The Fair!
People love to see a beautiful rose. People love to receive a beautiful rose. There are many people who are
skeptical that beautiful roses can be grown in Arizona. Here is an opportunity to share your beautiful roses
with many more people and help recruit new members for our Rose Society as well.
The Arizona State Fair, October 13TH – November 5th, will be visited by well over 1,000,000 persons,
with one of the major attractions being the Floriculture Hall. More than half of the exhibit space in the Floriculture Hall is set aside for ROSES. We have this PRIME space to interact with the public and share with
them our roses – yet we had fewer than five rose growers in the entire state share their roses in 2005!
An added Bonus for sharing your roses – the show is divided into five “mini” rose shows where the roses
are judged and ribbons and PRIZE MONEY awarded. With our current LOW number of exhibitors, EVERYONE is guaranteed to come home with more money than what they paid to enter. Just one blue ribbon will
net $3.00. An entry fee of $3.00 covers the complete show – plus you can get free parking and entry tickets
to the rest of the fair. If nothing else, share your roses to raise a few dollars to pay for the next bag of fertilizer.
Please consider exhibiting at this year’s Arizona State fair and
share your Roses to build our Societies.
Visit www.azstatefair.com
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Mesa– East Valley Rose Society
You or your recipient will receive our monthly 8-12 page newsletter, local nursery discounts and more. Membership is $20, due June 1 of each year. This is for a single or family unit living at the same address. New members joining after September pay $5 per quarter, from quarter joining through the following May, payable in full at
month of joining. Please bring your completed application and payment (please make check payable to MEVRS) to
a meeting or mail to:
MEVRS/Membership, P.O. Box 40394, Mesa, AZ 85274-0394
Date__________ New________ *Gift*________ Renewal________ Amount Paid ____________
Cash_____________ Check#_______________________
Names:__________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
Address
_______________________________________________
City
State
Zip
______________
Phone (
)
_____ E-mail address__________________________________________
_________Yes! I would also like to join the national organization with which we are
affiliated, the American Rose Society, for which I will receive the monthly American Rose
magazine, the December American Rose Annual, the “Handbook For Selecting Roses” and
more! I am including in my check an additional amount of $37.00 for a one year membership.
**Please note! By joining the ARS through the local society, $5.00 of the cost will come
directly back to us. Thank you for your support!
Consulting Rosarians
Standing Committees
Auction Chairman………...Cheryl Doan.................. 480-838-4062
Audit………………………... tbd
Historian……………………...Stephanie Pietz............. 480-969-3398
…………........................ Evelyn Gannon ............. 480-857-3090
Hospitality .................... Terri Sovereign ............. 480-892-0972
Librarian....................... Alice Flick..................... 480-839-4563
................................... Cathy Obermiller, Asst. .. 480-786-9186
Membership.................. Donna Dibble ............... 480-380-4592
New Member Orientation Dave Dibble, Asst.......... 480-380-4592
Newsletter, Editor.......... Dona Martin ................. 480-807-3475
Member Emails.............. Madge Thomas ............. 480-834-1130
MCC Test Garden........... LeRoy Brady................. 480-962-9603
................................... Marylou Coffman........... 480-926-3064
................................... Dave Presley ................ 480-699-6562
Publicity Team .............. Member volunteers
Rose Garden Volunteers . Carol Poe ..................... 480-895-7793
................................... Sam Presley ................. 480-699-6562
Rose Show Chairman ..... LeRoy Brady................. 480-962-9603
Ways & Means .............. Mike Jepsen ................. 602-312-1813
Bruce Gannon............... 480-857-3090
Web site....................... Dona Martin ................. 480-807-3475
Larry Bell* (Ahwatukee Foothills)…………………..480-706-9667
Helen Baird*(NPhx, Sctsdle)…………………………..602-953-0279
LeRoy Brady* (Mesa) …………………………………..480-962-9603
Jeannie Cochell (NE Valley)jcochell@cox.net .....602-493-0238
Marylou Coffman* (Gilbert) ...........................480-926-3064
Jo Ann Erickson (Mesa)..................................480-890-1480
Phyllis Henslin (Mesa, Apache Jct.) ..................480-807-3592
Millie Hisey* (Apache Jct-winter).....................480-288-0472
Carole Holkenbrink (Chandler) ........................480-962-8227
Michael & Cindy Jepsen (Tempe) ...................602-312-1813
Ken & Peggy Jones (West Phoenix) ................623-931-5004
Arveda Larson* (Scottsdale)..........................602-953-3832
Terry* & Heidi* Leavitt (Phoenix)....................602-971-0179
Dave* & Gerry* Mahoney (Glndl/Peoria) ..........623-581-3756
Bob*# & Dona Martin (Mesa/Gilbert) ...............480-807-3475
Nelson Mitchell* (Peoria) ..............................623-412-1586
Steve Sheard (Tempe, Chandler).....................480-831-2609
John F. Green (Tucson) .................................520-795-2964
Margaret “Peggy” A. Hughes (Prescott)…………...928-541-0265
Cathy Rose (Tucson)………………………………….520-722-0010
Terry Schick (Flagstaff)………………………………….928-853-0653
Liz Strong (Tucson)Lizzie441@comcast.net……. 520-797-7890
Terry Swartz*(Tucson)……………………………….520-623-8285
*ARS Judge
#PSW District Director
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Meetings are held at 7:00 pm on the 2nd Thursday of each month at
Mesa Community College:
Paul Elsner Library Community Room
1833 W. Southern Ave., Mesa, AZ
New Member Orientation at 6:30 pm
Calendar of Events
Third Saturdays - 8 am Volunteer Care at MCC Rose Garden.
August 5th - 9 a.m. to noon, “Growing Rose in the Desert Southwest”,
MCC Community Education class, taught by Dona Martin. Register at MCC
website or by phone with MCC.
August 10th - 7 p.m. Monthly meeting - A Summer Double Dip! LeRoy
Brady on “New Roses For 2007” and Larry Bell on “Reviving Your Summer
Roses For Fall”
Check out our ARS Award Winning website:
The Rose:
www.roses4az-mevrs.org
Our National
Dues were due June 1st!
Please help us finish up this year’s
membership drive!
Floral Emblem
All articles for the newsletter must be submitted to the Editor by the 20th of each month.
Mesa-East Valley Rose Society
Executive Officers
President
1st Vice President
2nd Vice-President
Recording Secretary
Corresponding Secretary
Treasurer
Past-President
Dona Martin
LeRoy Brady
Donna Dibble
Stephanie Pietz
Pam Thuillez
Alta Russell
Steve Sheard
Rose Lore
Dona L. Martin, Editor
Mesa-East Valley Rose Society Inc.
PO Box 40394
Mesa, AZ 85274-0394
ADDRESS SERVICE
REQUESTED
Board of Directors
Cheryl Doan
Bruce Gannon
Evelyn Gannon
Sam Presley
Madge Thomas
Visit us at:
www.roses4az-mevrs.org
Developers of
The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College,
the largest public rose garden in
the Desert Southwest!
August 2006
Dues were due June 1st!
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