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'Randy Scott'

Contrarians Roses In Review Gold Honor Medal

Challenging your traditional See the latest survey results Luis Desamero recognized for
thinking and questioning from our rose rating program his lifetime of passion for min-
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 from the President of the American Rose Society
A New Year, A New Season
by Jolene Adams W elcome
a new year
and a new season of
to
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sharing roses. The
Hayward, CA 94544 American Rose Society
invites you to “dive in”
jolene_adams@ to the activities of your
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grow with us!
I had such a
wonderful time with all the rose friends I met last year
as I traveled across this country and into other lands
as well. I want to thank each local society, garden club
and ARS District for their kind invitations to speak to
them. I wish I could have been available for all the
engagements, but alas — there’s only so much time
in each year. And — when you are enjoying roses it
passes quickly.
ARS had two very successful Board Meetings
during the year and an excellent Planning Meeting this
past March. Although no National Conventions were
held in 2013, a very nice and well-attended National
Miniature and Miniflora Conference and Rose Show
was held in Winston-Salem, NC, in September. It was
at this Conference that many of the National Prizes
and Awards were handed out. You can find the Rose
Show awards listed in the Miniature and Miniflora
Rose Bulletin on the ARS website under Members/
Quarterly Bulletins or on the ARS site under Resources/
Interesting Links/Rose Show results.
Phillip Schorr of St. Louis, MO, was honored with
the Klima Medal for outstanding work for ARS in
education. His summary lecture was extremely inspiring
and he dedicated it to his late wife Jeannette. The path
he followed as he started out in roses is so similar to
that of each of us. He started with a few and that grew
to many, lawn started disappearing, new beds took
over in the garden, he re-planted a larger garden as
the family moved to another town. Then he became
interested in helping ARS with the yearly review of
roses for our Handbook. That led him further into
chairing the Roses in Review effort, then developing
| First Word
the Quinquennial Review (every five years) and working
with the technical staff finding and adding new roses to
the Modern Rose database. (See page12.)
Luis Desamero of Studio City, CA, was honored
with the ARS Gold Medal. The article about this most
prestigious presentation is on page 8.
The Gamble Fragrance Award was presented to Tom
Carruth for 'Wild Blue Yonder', and the Fuerstenberg
Award for an American-bred, outstanding introduction
of the last 10 years was presented to Ernest Earman of
Alexandria, VA, for 'Let Freedom Ring'. These gentlemen
were not able to be present but sent letters of thanks
which were read to the audience. (See page 16.)
Appreciation goes to Cindy Dale, the National
Consulting Rosarian Chair for focusing her committee
on tidying up loose ends and formatting the revised
CR Manual (revisions mostly completed during Mary
Peterson’s term as CR Chair) for distribution on the
website. All CRs can download it free or order it from
the ARS Store by visiting ars.org.
Also a thank you to Pat Shanley for taking the ARS
Proclamations of Goodwill to China and presenting
them especially at the World Federation presentation
of the Garden of Excellence plaque to the Gardens in
Changzhou on September 28th.
A heartfelt thank you to the many donors who help
ARS in our educational outreach and for those who
write grants to obtain needed funding for research and
for improvements at the American Rose Center. And
most of all — thank you to all of our members who
send in $5, $10, whatever they budget for and mark
their note to us to “use this wherever it is needed”.
Unrestricted funds like these help us with the little
things — the unglamorous needs — the purchase
of laundry and cleaning products, for printer paper,
for scissors and thumb tacks and glue. No one gets
a brass plate nailed up to the paper towel dispenser
saying it was donated by Mrs. XYZ — but these are the
needs that often go overlooked. So, from me to you,
the special people who care and can reach out to help
— Thank You.
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American Rose Contents Volume XXXXII No. 7 January/February 2014

FEATURES
8 Gold Honor Medal
Luis Desamero recieves award
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12 Klima Medal Prolific Polyanthas
Phil Schorr's acceptance speech

18 Members’ Choice
Goes to 'Randy Scott'

Theme Articles
This issue’s theme is “Contrarians.”
Two of the feature articles are
included in the theme, as well as
five of the Clippings in that regular
column.

48 History of Modern
Roses
The "Four Stud Roses"

56 Polyanthas
In Depth

70 ARS Nursery Guide

76 San Diego Schedule
2014 Spring Convention

80 Inez Grant Parker

Garden
A stop on the San Diego schedule

82 GROW West
Danielle Hahn to be honored

'Lady Ann Kidwell'

Photo by Jerri Jennings

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Departments
24

30
3 The First Word
A word from our President,
38 Roses Far
and Near
4 American Rose
Policies
Jolene Adams
Ludwig’s Roses

7 The Notebook 16 For Your

Information
From the Executive 42 Clippings
A Sampling From Local
Director
and District Newsletters
and Bulletins
36 Recent Rose
Research
20 Beginners’
Column
Full articles of the “theme”
clippings can be found on our
A New Beginner Season website in Articles on Roses
under the Resources tab
90 Membership
Musings
24 Rose Tips
Garden Art
98 The Last Word
Resolutions made With
92 Planned Giving
ARS Estate Planning

28 Inside Roses Commitment

Dormancy in Roses: Part 4
93 Contributions
30 Good Earth
R.O.S.E.
Website: glitter (case sensitive). 95 Events
Effective Jan. 15, 2014.

96 Gardener’s
A Note from Peggy Martin
On Our Cover: 'Randy Marketplace
34 On the Contrary
Show Business Scott', 2014 ARS Members Choice, Your ROSE Resource!
photo by Pamela Powers.

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 from the Executive Director of ARS | THE NOTEBOOK  

40th Anniversary
2014 is an exciting the country, have made
by Jeffrey A. Ware time to be a member of it possible for ARS to
the American Rose Soci- thrive at our head-
Executive Director
ety. quarters. It is also im-
execdirector@ars-hq.org I wonder if our found- portant to note that
ers, way back in the ARS has given back
1890s, thought we would to the community by
be around this long and providing not only a
see so many dramatic tourist attraction and
changes to the rose world? I think they understood a research destina-
what an important organization ARS would become as tion, but also jobs and a lo-
an advocate for roses. Today, ARS stands as this coun- cal economic impact of nearly
try’s chief promoter of roses through education and $60,000,000 over the past 40 years.
research. We are celebrating throughout the year to mark
This new year marks an important milestone for this important anniversary, with a final big party to take
our national headquarters in Shreveport, LA. We cel- place on Sunday, October 19, following the ARS Fall
ebrate our 40th Anniversary! National Convention in Tyler, TX. We will be bringing
ARS started out in Washington, D.C. We moved buses to Shreveport for the event.
to Harrisburg, PA. Then we relocated to Columbus, Watch the pages of upcoming American Rose
OH. In 1974, we made our last magazines for interesting
move to Shreveport, where photos and stories about the
generous donors provided American Rose Center over
118-acres to build the first the past 40 years.
ARS-owned headquarters and Happy 2014! Happy 40th
rose garden. Anniversary!
Now, the American Rose
Center boasts one of the na- The ARS Board of Direc-
tion’s largest collections of ros- tors, at their fall meeting
es. We have 64 individual rose in Winston-Salem, ap-
gardens, two major buildings, proved a Standing Rule
a large botanical collection in to address the issue of
addition to roses, impressive member privacy. The
garden features, a beautiful board is committed to
wedding chapel, maintenance insuring that your mem-
shop and support buildings. bership information is se-
Maybe most important for to- cure.
day, all of this is debt free due
to the generosity of our mem- Above: ARC 40th Anni-
bers and friends. versary logo Left: 40th
Many donors, both in the
Anniversary poster, both
created by Amanda Figlio
Shreveport area and around

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 Gold Honor Medal
by Jolene Adams
T he American Rose Society honors our members
who donate their time and talents to better
the membership experience in ARS, to benefit the
organization, to reach the public and teach again and
again the wonders of growing beautiful roses.
In the fall of 2013, at the Awards Dinner of the All
Miniature & Miniflora Roses Conference in Winston-
Salem, the Gold Honor Medal was bestowed on
Luis Desamero of Studio City, CA, “in recognition
of his lifetime of passion for Miniature Roses and his
sustained outstanding volunteer service to the goals of
the American Rose Society.”
Luis Desamero is truly deserving of this highest honor
the ARS can bestow upon a member. His lifetime
of service has focused on the educational aspects
of growing miniature roses and the joy they bring
to countless people in every walk of life. Luis has
performed his extensive volunteer service to ARS
for the past 35 years without fanfare and with a high
degree of personal modesty.
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He has been a pillar of outstanding volunteer support
at all three levels: local, district and national. In spite
of having received a number of awards, Luis generally
avoids the spotlight, instead preferring to remain a
tireless, behind-the-scenes worker. Known by his rose
friends as a quiet and unassuming man, Luis continues
to provide high quality and significant service to ARS
into the 21st century.
Lifetime Service to Local Societies
The backbone of any local society is the person who
promotes the rose. We do this through exhibiting,
judging, taking on many different jobs and serving
on many different committees. We keep the society’s
members fully informed of the latest developments
in rose culture via society newsletters, lecturing,
presenting seminars on rose culture. Luis Desamero is
one such champion having devoted the last 35 plus
years to using his skills and expertise at judging and
showing miniature roses. Additionally, he successfully
taught this skill to many other members over the years.
Furthermore, he served as editor of his local society
 newsletters – The Rose Parade from 1983-1995 and
The Rose Reporter from 1995-2008.
Lifetime Service to the District
At the District level, Luis served as editor of the award
winning Pacific Southwest District Bulletin, Thorn
Scratchings (1983-1990). He brought recognition
and distinction to the district through his expertise
at desktop publishing combined with quality articles
pertinent to both judging and showing. He also
served as the District Roses in Review Coordinator
(1985-1991), producing awarding winning reports and
gaining national recognition. He received the ARS
Silver Honor Medal in 1996, Outstanding CR in 2000
and Outstanding Judge in 2009.
Lifetime Service at the National Level
Luis edited the ARS Miniature Bulletin, in those days
named Florettes (1985-1993) during which time he
Opposite Page: The rose
named in honor of Luis
by the late Dee Bennett.
This Page clockwise:
'Dansheill Codd', 'Lunar
Eclipse' and 'Special Ef-
fects'.
all photos courtesy Tommy Cairns
also managed to co-edit two American Rose Annuals
(1988 and 1989). Luis is perhaps best known nationally
for his skillful guidance of the ARS Award of Excellence
Program for more than 16 years (1985-1991 and 1994-
2004).
Additionally, Luis was the AOE Chairman responsible
for introducing two important ARS National innovations
in 2000, which promoted the joy of growing, showing
and judging miniature roses among our members; the
ARS National Miniature Rose Show (now in its 14th
year) and the ARS Miniature and Miniflora Rose Hall
of Fame. Both these wonderful programs are a direct
result of his skilled leadership at the national level. In
addition, Luis has given hundreds of presentations to
many rose societies and garden club groups in order
to further foster the hobby among the general public.
He was also a driving force for the introduction of the
new miniflora classification within the AOE Committee.
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'Marita Lindner' and Luis proudly displaying his winning ARS National Trophy entry, the Harm Saville Challenge
Bowl of 18 miniatures at the Dallas National in 2006.
Luis has received three ARS Presidential Citations for
exceptional service. His first was from President Ballin
in 1988, the second from President Jeremias in 1991
and the most recent from President Hering in 1999.
Additionally, he received the World Federation of Rose
Societies World Rose Award in 2006 and the ARS Klima
Medal in 2008.
Luis as Rose Breeder
In his 35 plus year rose journey, Luis could not help
but experiment with creating his very own seedlings.
This passion for hybridized was sparked when he
discovered a sport of 'Popcorn', which was much
more vigorous and floriferous. With his subtle sense
of humor Luis called it 'Gourmet Popcorn'. This semi-
double white miniature graced the cover of Modern
Roses 10 and was twice voted top of the list in garden
display in Roses in Review (1991 with a score of 8.2 and
again in 1992 with a score of 8.4). Luis is proud of his
later introductions: 'Lunar Eclipse', a mauve miniflora
that won the National Hybridizer’s Trophy, Marita
Lindner' a medium-pink miniature named for a past
president of the Uruguayan Rose Society and 'Special
Effects' an orange striped floribunda. Most recently
Luis introduced a charming soft-pink microminiature
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all photos courtesy Tommy Cairns
'Dansheill Codd' named in memory of the grandson
of Don and Diane Rose, members of Beverly Hills Rose
Society, who unfortunately passed away at the tender
age of five from cancer.
Judging & Exhibiting
For more than 30 years, Luis has helped to shape
the judging criteria currently used today. He has
participated in many judging schools as instructor,
both within his district and in other ARS districts. Luis
is one of the few people who have expanded their
judging experiences to national and international
events. He has been a strong leader in guiding ARS
apprentices to understanding the judging of miniature
roses. As an exhibitor Luis is perhaps best described as
“par excellence”, always managing to win a National
Trophy whenever he exhibits at a convention and
always drawing attention to the excellence of miniature
roses. His skills at judging and exhibiting are even
known in England where he annually exhibited at the
National Miniature Rose Show at St. Albans, bringing
the latest in miniature roses to promote them to the
British public. He has been instrumentally influential in
promoting and judging miniature roses within societies
within the USA and around the world.
Luis had the good
fortune to be a peer
and personal friend of
the late Dee Bennett
who named her favorite
creation in honor of
him. The miniature
rose 'Luis Desamero'
is a consistent winner
on the show table
reflecting the fine
character of this
outstanding rosarian!

His latest recognition,

via the American
Rose Society Gold
Honor Medal award,
shows the world that
ARS feels his work is
the embodiment of
a quintessential ARS
volunteer member;
always there improving
the reputation of our
judging program and
our standing in the
world. When you look
around for the group
of the hardest working
volunteer members,
Luis is always there but
usually in the back row
letting others take the
spotlight. Now that’s
outstanding volunteer
service at its best!

ARS President Jolene

Adams presents the
Gold Honor Medal
to Luis Desamero
and Luis with Mrs.
Jillian McGredy at
an international rose
conference in New
Zealand.

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O nce the reality of receiving this award began
to sink in, I began thinking back through my
life to recall all the things that led me to this point.
Seldom does one decide they would like to make rose
education a large part of their life. Rather, it’s the sort
of thing that just sneaks up on you over the years.
That is certainly true in my case. Maybe by sharing my
journey, others will be inspired to get more involved.
My mother was raised on a farm in Iowa. It wasn’t a
large, modern farm with all the latest equipment. It
was just a simple, relatively small truck farm. I well
remember our visits to the farm each summer. One of
our favorite things was picking strawberries in the big
strawberry field. I think we ate as many strawberries
as we put in the box for Grandpa to sell, but we had
a wonderful time. There was a small flower garden to
the side of the house, but the plant I remember the
most was a large bush in the back yard that sometimes
had a number of small yellow flowers. It was a very
dense and “stickery” plant, so we didn’t get too close
to it, but it clearly made an impression on me because
I remember it to this day. I didn’t realize it then but
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Phil Schorr giving his
acceptance speech.
photo courtesy Jim Hering
that plant of 'Harison’s Yellow' was my introduction to
roses.
I can also remember my mother always had a small
flower garden, often with one or two modest roses
tucked in it. She grew up on a farm and growing things
was part of her life, so she always had to have a garden.
Again, those gardens didn’t have much chance of
getting my attention, what with baseball, football and
basketball games to be played in the neighborhood.
However, I’m sure that the love of growing things
somehow worked its way into my subconscious and
I’ve had it all my life.
After getting married and starting our family, Jeannette
and I bought our first house. We planted a tree in the
front yard and bushes along the foundation, but I kept
thinking we should be growing some flowers. With our
first baby to raise, Jeannette wasn’t too excited about
the idea, so I didn’t push it.
Then one fateful day a rose catalogue from Jackson
& Perkins arrived, with those beautiful pictures and

Phil Schorr Receives
Klima
Medal for Rose Education
The prestigious Joseph and Marion Klima Medal
for Excellence in Rose education is given in
fulfillment of the wishes of the late Joseph and
Marion Klima of Kentfield, CA. This award was
established in the field of horticultural education
concerning "The Rose."
by Phil Schorr
wonderful fragrance. I decided I would like to grow
a few roses. I kept assuring Jeannette I just wanted
to raise a few and promised I wouldn’t let it get out
of control. I ordered seven roses from the Jackson &
Perkins catalogue and managed to get them planted
and growing. I learned some valuable lessons from that
small beginning. I learned growing roses so they will
bloom isn’t that hard, and I learned that you can’t always
believe the glowing words and gorgeous photos in the
catalogues. Most of my first seven grew and bloomed
well, but there were also a couple of real dogs.
As it turned out, our neighbors across the street grew
roses and brought us over to see them. They said the
local rose society was having a rose show that weekend
at the Missouri Botanical Garden and invited us to go
with them to see it. To our eyes it was an amazing
show with so many wonderful roses. While we were
looking at all the roses one of the members of the rose
society came over, introduced himself as Paul Morgan,
and started talking with us. It turned out he only lived
three blocks from us, so he invited us to come over to
see his roses and to attend the next meeting of the
rose society. I went with him to the next meeting and
joined the local society. Forever after that day Paul
Morgan was a great friend. I would often come home
from work, glance out the back windows and see Paul
in our yard looking at my roses. I have to say his own
garden was a mess, with lots of weeds and with roses
stuck in here and there. Still, I learned from Paul to see
the good in whatever roses you had and to always be
interested in looking at roses and enjoying them. My
rose education was now well underway.
During one of the meetings of the local rose society
part of the program was dedicated to Proof of the
Pudding. The speaker covered the results of Proof of
the Pudding (what is now known as Roses in Review)
for some of the more popular roses. This really caught
my attention. Here was a chance to learn about the
new roses in order to have a better chance of growing
ones that would do well and avoiding the others. I read
the results of previous POP surveys in American Rose
Annuals and really was hooked. I reasoned that if I was
somehow involved in the process, I could learn even
more. I even enjoyed all the numbers and statistics
involved, which might make more sense if you knew I
was a math major in college and worked with statistics
as an insurance actuary. ARS, through Proof of the
Pudding, was now adding to my rose education.
By this time things were expanding on the home front.
We now had two children and Jeannette decided
she would like to grow some peonies and irises. In
exchange for my digging her gardens and helping
her get the flowers planted, she agreed I could start
another bed of roses. What had begun as seven roses
was now 16. I had also discovered miniature roses and
had a small bed of them on the side of the house.
Another step in my rose education was to learn there
were many types of roses and not all of them looked
like florist roses.
I was now attending the local rose society meetings
on a regular basis, driving with Paul Morgan. He
would never let me forget a meeting. I also joined the
American Rose Society and enjoyed the magazines
as well as the Annual. After hearing the Proof of the
Pudding report another time or two, I contacted the
Central District Director and volunteered to be the
POP Coordinator for the district. The fact that the offer
was accepted so readily maybe should have worried
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me, but I was having fun. As I got into it I decided
I should put together a report on the results for just
our district and, in a move to get more people to
participate, mailed the report only to those who sent
in a report on their roses. At that time there seemed to
be a feeling, at least in our district, that no one should
have to do this job for more than three years. I suppose
it was the District Director taking pity on the person
doing the job, so someone else took over after my first
three years, but I wasn’t ready to quit. Thus after three
years of not doing it, I was back in the saddle again for
the next term and ended up doing it for the district for
a total of 12 years. I was now not only learning about
the new roses, but I was beginning to share that rose
education with others.
On the home front, Jeannette’s iris had died from
borers or whatever it is that kills irises, and the peonies
were slowly going downhill. I found more miniatures
than I had space for in my mini bed, so Jeannette said
I could plant a few in among the peonies to replace
the irises. One thing led to another and she eventually
gave up on the peonies and told me I could take them
out and plant roses in both peony beds. She didn’t
have to offer twice.
The next big move in rose education came in 1997, at
the ARS convention. I happened to run into Jim Hering,
the incoming ARS President, and told him I would like
to volunteer to be the national chair of Roses in Review.
For just an instant I saw in Jim’s eyes a little worry that
he might be talking to a crazy person. Who in their
right mind would volunteer for that job? Nevertheless,
I stuck with my offer and he accepted. That was the
beginning of my 15 years as national chair of RIR. It
was a great opportunity to share the knowledge of
new roses with many more people, so I jumped in with
both feet, got more people involved and soon we had
quadrupled the number of participants sending in
reports on their roses. We also speeded up the process
so the national results were reported in January rather
than waiting all the way to the end of the next year.
That way people got the reports on the new roses in
time to choose the ones they wanted and learn about
those to avoid, a year sooner.
Three or four years later, Tommy Cairns was ARS
President. He contacted me one day and said he
would like me to consider taking over as Editor of the
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Handbook for Selecting Roses. It would take a load off
the Staff, and since it was linked so closely to Roses
in Review it wouldn’t be that much extra work for me.
He presented it so logically there really wasn’t any
way I could turn it down, especially since I realized the
ARS staff was truly overloaded with duties. It turned
out to be a fun job and really didn’t require that much
more work than I was already doing for RIR. Now I
was sharing rose education with people outside ARS
through the Handbook. What’s more, I was learning
more about roses at the same time.
You can begin to see how these things just slowly
began to creep up on me.
By this time Jeannette and I had moved to a new home.
There simply wasn’t enough sun getting through to
the yard to be able to grow as many roses as I had
been, and the subdivision had rules against cutting
down old growth trees (something we didn’t learn until
after we moved in), so the number of roses dropped
considerably. I also discovered the neighborhood
had a great many deer living in the woods. I began
to notice buds and flowers mysteriously disappearing
overnight. Then one spring the deer invaded in force
and ate all the new growth off most of the roses, waited
until they started growing again and ate all the new
growth again, killing or severely damaging all of them.
After that I had to dig the plants out and start over.
However, it was also the beginning of my education
on how to combat deer while growing roses. After
many false starts (Irish Spring soap hanging from pegs
in the garden, anyone?), I finally settled on electrified
wire running around the rose garden. It seems to have
worked for the most part, but it’s a constant battle and
a constant education.
Next Marilyn Wellan pointed out that Marily Williams
was about to begin work for Modern Roses 12 and could
use some help with the Rose Registration Committee,
so I agreed to be co-chair of that committee. However,
it soon became clear what an enormous job Modern
Roses was going to be, far too much for one person, so
I agreed to get on board there as well. Modern Roses
was an enormous job, with a great deal of research
required and thousands of hours spent by each of us,
but I enjoyed it greatly. I learned about many roses I
didn’t know existed, about many old garden roses I
had never seen and about roses originating in other
countries around the world. I learned about hybridizers
old and new. I met many new friends around the world
by e-mail as I tried to learn more about the roses in
their countries. By working in areas involved in rose
education, I was being educated.
photo courtesy Beth Smiley
ARS President Jolene Adams with Phil Schorr after the Awards Banquet
I have greatly enjoyed the entire trip and would do it
again if we could go back in time and start over. Each
of the assignments I’ve taken on has been related to
educating people about roses, but each time I found I
learned as much or more than those who received the
final product. I know I’m mostly preaching to the choir,
but I would encourage all of you to get more involved
in some aspect of rose education. Whether it is writing
articles for American Rose or your local newsletter,
presenting programs on roses to local garden clubs,
exhibiting roses at rose shows and talking with the
visitors about them (I wouldn’t be here today if Paul
Morgan hadn’t taken the time to talk with me at my
first rose show), visiting someone’s garden and giving
them simple advice on ways to grow better roses or
whatever you choose, please do get more involved in
educating others about roses. By working in an area of
rose education you will be educated, and the American
Rose Society and the rose itself will benefit.
Thank you very much for this wonderful award. If you
don’t mind, I have to take a moment to share it with my
wife, Jeannette, who was so patient through it all. I just
wish she could have been here to be part of it.
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across the fence | The Latest ARS Member News

member The Modern Roses database (http://www.arsmodernroses.org/) is now open to all ARS
Benefit members. It is password-protected, so you will need to check on page six of your maga-
zine to be sure you know what the current password is as it changes frequently. The
Registration Code for all members is: 12345678. The Password is: <in the magazine>.

There are many people who are not members who have purchased annual use of the
database-most often for research. These users should always log in with their personal
Registration Code and Password and renew their User Permit annually (go to the ARS
Store under “Shop” on the top menu bar and search for
“Modern Roses”).

Gamble Award The James Alexander Gamble Fragrance Medal is awarded to outstanding
new, very fragrant roses. The selection is made by the ARS Prizes and
Awards Committee for the rose considered the most fragrant in municipal
and private gardens throughout the United States over a five-year period.
The rose must be registered and must be rated at least 7.5. It is not
mandatory that a rose be selected yearly for this medal. Awards are
only to be made when an outstanding new fragrant variety is avail-
able. The medal is to be awarded to the hybridizer of the named
rose at the Fall Annual Meeting of the American Rose Society. The
Gamble Fragrance Award has only been awarded 20 times in the
past 52 years. Congratulations to this year’s winner of the James
Alexander Gamble Fragrance Award: Tom Carruth, Curator of the
Rose Gardens at Huntington Library for 'Wild Blue Yonder', a rose he
hybridized while at Weeks Roses in 2006.
'Let Freedom Ring'
The Fuerstenberg prize is funded
'Wild Blue by an endowment created by the will
Yonder' of Mr. David Fuerstenberg, a rose
lover from Philadelphia, PA, who dictated that the
income of the fund shall be awarded from time
Fuerstenberg to time at the discretion of the American Rose
Prize Society for a new rose best suited to American
conditions. It can be awarded annually or peri-
odically upon the recommendation of the ARS
Prizes & Awards Committee to the originator
of any new rose of American origin suitable to
the American climate. To be considered “new”, the
rose must have received its registration within ten
years prior to the award. A cash award of $100 plus
a certificate is presented at the spring or fall Con-
ventions. The 2014 award was presented to Ernest Earman of Alexandria, VA, for 'Let
Freedom Ring' bred in 2004 and introduced by Weeks Roses in 2006.

Whitaker Nominations sought for the Glenda Whitaker Award: Established in honor
Award of Glenda Whitaker; an ARS member and leader whose excellent example and efforts on
behalf of the society and its members have been an inspiration to all who have worked
on behalf of the Society in the area of membership. Created to recognize those who have
made outstanding achievement by an individual, team, society, district or business which

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 has been a helpful partner with the ARS. Nominees must be ARS members. Members
of the ARS Membership Committee are not eligible. Acts worthy of recognition include:
• A program, event or publication by an individual, team, society, district or busi-
ness which encouraged or prompted an increase in membership, or improved
the status or satisfaction of members.
• Sustained dedication and leadership over a period of time by an individual,
team, society, district or business in the area of membership development, re-
cruitment, and/or attention to the needs and satisfaction of members.
• Dedication to the Society’s goals in membership in the form of a one-time do-
nation or sustained support.
To nominate an individual or team for this award, primary sponsors should com-
plete a nomination form, attaching the required supporting documentation (including
two Award Reference Forms). These forms are available online or from Carol Spiers at
ARS Headquarters, 318-938-5402 ext. 223 or e-mail carol@ars-hq.org. Whitaker award
entries should be sent to the Executive Director (execdirector@ars-hq.org) and Diane
Sommers, Chair, Membership Committee, N51W16978 Fair Oak Parkway, Menomonee
Falls, WI 53051-6669, Phone: (262) 781-7989; e-mail: dmsommers21@gmail.com. The
nomination deadline is December 31st. Prior nominees must submit new applications;
re-submissions of previous applications will not be accepted.

Handbook In the 2014 Handbook For Selecting Roses 'Mary Alice' was classified as
Correction miniature. The correct classification is miniflora.

Rose Registration Richard Anthony has approved the change: Welmil0300 ('Mill’s Magic') to
Correction 'Mills Magic'.

Errata The following errors appeared in the Annual issue. We regret these
errors: On page 5 our Vice President’s name is Patricia Shanley not Stanley; on page
72 Pat Shanley was New York District Director when the article was written but has since
been elected Vice President.

Frank Benardella’s name was misspelled on page

21 and in the index as Frank Bernadella.

The Following appeared in the

Sept/Oct issue of American Rose:
The picture appearing on page 63
does not give the best view of ‘Tammy
Clemons’. The photo at right is a better
representation of the rose.

'Tammy Clemons'

JANUARY/FEBRUARY | 2014 17
 2014
Members'
Choice
T he American Rose Society Members’ Choice
Award honors a rose receiving one of the
highest national garden ratings in the annual Roses
in Review survey, one that is widely grown, and one
that does well in most parts of the country.
'Randy Scott' hybrid tea, white, 2007, Smith,
John T.; flowers have a slight yellow cast at center photo courtesy Pamela Powers
in autumn, 4½- to 5½-inches, full, high-centered,
borne mostly solitary, no fragrance; foliage medium, The 2013 Roses in Review gives it a garden rating
medium-green, matte; prickles long, straight, white, of 7.9 and a show rating of 8.4. Comments from Roses
moderate; growth upright, slightly spreading, tall in Review include: prolific, lovely white with exhibi-
(4½- to 5-feet); hedging, exhibition; ['Crystalline' × tion form, slow to establish, some blackspot, medium
'Moonstone']; Introductions: 2008. green foliage.

Previous Winners
2004 2006 2011 '12
'04 'Knockout' 'Bees Knees' 'Cinco de Mayo'
S, red blend, Min, yellow blend, full, F, russet,
single, 1999 1998 double, 2007

2005 2007 2012

'Gemini' 'Hot Cocoa' 'Joy'
HT, pink blend, F, russet, full, 2002 Min, pink blend,
25-30 petals, 1999 double, 2007
2008
Not Awarded 2013
‘Easy Does It’
'05 '09 2009 F, orange-pink,
'Julia Child' full, 2008
F, medium yellow,
full, 2005

2010
'Home Run' '11
S, medium red,
single, 2004
'13
'07
'10

'06

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The Rookie Rose Gardener | Our Beginner's Column
New Beginnings
W elcome to 2014, the 122nd
year of the American Rose
Society. This is not an auspicious
anniversary but really recognition
of the presence of, and a testa-
ment to, the love we have of roses
in our gardens and in our lives. We
all can be confident that roses were
in American’s garden long before
ARS was founded. And it is proba-
bly true that you, like us, had roses
in your gardens before becoming
a member of this organization. For
us, personally, roses bring us mem-
ories of people, times and places;
memories that are as strong as the
perfume of 'Double Delight' or as
cherished as 'Dainty Bess' glowing
in the morning sunlight.
How did we get here, on these
pages, writing a column for Ameri-
can Rose? It was our love of roses!
We bought our home in Port Wash-
ington, WI, (Zone 5b) in 1985. The
property and the house needed
a great deal of work, so as the
trades-people were working on
the structure, we began bringing
the gardens back to life. Included
were a dozen roses that had mostly
gone to rootstock. Now, 29 years
later, the rose gardens have grown
to include approximately 275 ros-
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es and we are still working on the
house! But really our rose story be-
gan years before.
FAMILY
Our parents had a love of gardens,
so it was somewhat natural to in-
clude that hobby in our lifestyle.
Bruce’s parents were rose grow-
ers and names of varieties are still
fresh in the mind: 'New Dawn',
'Lowell Thomas', 'Helen Traubel'
and 'Sutter’s Gold' to name a few.
Maggie’s mom favored 'Tiffany' in
her garden.
In preparation for this year’s articles
we contacted a few of our favorite
rose people for their rose stories.
Like each of us, Jolene Adams,
ARS President, was introduced to
roses as a child. Her aunt had tree
roses “marching up one side of
the path” to her doorway. As soon
as Jolene’s parents bought their
home, they started adding roses
along their fence line.
CO-WORKERS
Sometimes, even our greatest rose
growers come to the hobby later
in life. For ARS past-president, Jim
Hering, roses entered his life when
he was a medical resident at the
Ohio State University. Dr. Robert
by Bruce
&
Maggie Barr
809 North Winsconsin St.
Port Washington,
WI 53074
begin2014@att.net
Zollinger, Chairman of the Depart-
ment of Surgery was also President
of ARS. In the growing season, Dr.
Zollinger would bring bouquets of
roses to “special” patients. And
the love of roses was instilled in Dr.
Hering as well.
Diane Sommers, former North
Central District Director and cur-
rent Membership Director, was in-
troduced to roses while working in
a hospital laboratory. The patholo-
gist on staff, Dr. Clara Hussey, was
an avid rose grower who gave mini
rosebushes to staff at Christmas.
They would all grow their roses on
the sills of the big, tall windows of
the lab until the weather was suit-
able for transplanting them out-
doors.
In our case, a great rose-growing
friend with whom we taught guid-
ed us through our first real selec-
tions, planting and general care.
What is common among these ex-
amples is the fact that we all began
growing roses before we joined ARS

and learned of its value as a great
rose-growing resource. In fact, in
our case, we gave Maggie’s parents
a collection from Nor’East Miniature
Rose Nursery that included a mem-
bership in ARS. So, even they were
members of ARS before us.
MENTORS
There are folks in the rose world
that cannot trace their love of roses
back to a certain individual as men-
tioned above. Rather, their love
of roses has been strengthened
by one or more people who have
come alongside them acting as a
guide to growing better roses. In
other words, a rose mentor.
A little aside here on the history of
the word: Mentor was a character
in Greek mythology, a friend of
Odysseus, who, during the Trojan
war and in the absence of Odys-
seus, was in charge of not only Od-
ysseus’ castle but his son, Telema-
chus. Mentor was to guide, teach
and direct Telemachus; acting as a
surrogate father.
Has someone come along side you
to guide you in the ways of rose
growing? For Diane Sommers,
mentors have come from her local
society. One in particular has been
Andy Plasz, an ARS Gold Honor
Medal award winner. Early on in
her rose growing, Andy helped Di-
ane in working through a problem
with her soil pH, with fungal dis-
ease problems as well as exhibit-
ing her roses. His simple, clear and
straightforward manner and teach-
ing has helped Diane become a
great rose grower.
For Dr. Hering, early assistance
again came from the medical com-
munity in which he worked. Dr. Jack
Our Beginner's Column | The Rookie Rose Gardener
Smith not only
directed Jim
to Dr. Zollinger
but helped
Jim and his
wife, Ann, in
the purchase
of their first
bushes and
entering their
first rose show
where they
won the nov-
ice award. Like
Diane, Jim was
taught about photo courtesy Bruce and Maggie Barr
the control of
fungal diseas-
es and proper growing techniques
from his mentor.
Our local rose society has recently
started a program we call “Rose
Buds” or rose buddies, if you will.
New members to our society are
paired with willing volunteers often
based upon a similar area of the
city. A relationship is built through
e-mails, phone calls, conversations
at the monthly meetings and even
home garden visits. The idea is to
develop more great rose growers
by sharing techniques as well as in-
teresting varieties to be grown.
The majority of the Rose Bud vol-
unteers are American Rose Society
Consulting Rosarians (CRs). This
program was started in 1926 to
provide educational materials and
training for rosarians who could
then reach out to their own com-
munities. CRs undergo training
and testing to earn accreditation
and contribute their time and tal-
ents educating the public on rose
culture. If you have any questions
about your roses, these are the
people to contact. They know rose
'Double Delight'
growing in your specific area. This
would include the roses most likely
to succeed in your area; the best
methods for planting your new
bushes; when to prune for greater
bloom; preventative care to lessen
the diseases that might affect your
roses; and the most successful
means of “winter protection” that
may be needed for your specific
growing zone.
How do you find these people? Go
to your local rose society meetings.
Meet the people, ask questions
and make your contacts. What if
you are not sure a local society ex-
ists in your area? Get yourself to
a computer to find out. The best
resource for all things “rosy” is the
ARS website. Are you interested
in learning more about growing
roses in your area? http://www.ars.
org/resources/local-socieites/ is a
listing of all affiliated local societ-
ies organized by state and district.
Links are provided for those that
have their own website. http://
www.ars.org/rose-growing-ques-
tions/need-advice/ is a listing of
accredited Cyber CRs that are will-
JANUARY/FEBRUARY | 2014 21
The Rookie Rose Gardener | Our Beginner's Column
ing to take your on-line questions
regarding rose growing. Again, this
listing is organized by state.
WHAT IS YOUR STORY?
How did you become interested in
growing roses? Who was instrumen-
tal in helping you along the way?
Perhaps it is time to let them know
how much that help has meant to
you. Drop them a note, give them a
call or even take them a bouquet of
your roses as a thank you.
Perhaps it is time for you to pass
on your love of roses to someone
else. Take your roses to the people
with whom you work. Or, perhaps
to the post office or library you fre-
quent. Your roses will be met with a
smile, a kind “thank you and more
than likely a nose-burying sniff.
Your kindness will be appreciated
Spring Prep
Look to your
tools...
Look to your-
self...
Look to your
garden...
and remembered. If you are a local
society member, create a note ac-
companying your bouquet that lets
people know about the upcoming
activities of your group.
One way of preparing yourself to
help others is to attend an accred-
ited CR school held somewhere
near you. These schools are peri-
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odically held for a number of pur-
poses. First, to maintain the ac-
creditation of current CRs so they
are up-to-date with the current
trends, techniques and products.
They are also held so that people
who are interested in becoming an
accredited CR can learn and take
the required test. Finally, they are
a great place to just gather the lat-
est information about rose grow-
ing. Many people attend without
the intent of taking the test and
becoming a CR. You can con-
sult American Rose for upcoming
events or scroll through the ARS
website calendar by month http://
www.ars.org/about-ars/about/ars-
event-calendar/ to see if a school is
being held near you.
Learning about rose growing nev-
er really ends. Reading all of the
articles in American Rose will in-
troduce you to discrete areas of
rose culture, scientific information,
interesting rosarians, “new” plac-
es and people of the rose world.
You’ll also learn about new rose re-
sources; about roses in artistic de-
signs; about capturing your roses
with photography. Not only is rose
growing great for getting out into
nature, it is a great way to meet
and to greet people.
SPRING PREP
1. Look to your tools. Right now
you are probably not using your
tools on a regular basis. It’s a great
time to check them out.
• How do you organize your
tools?
• Are things clean of dirt?
• Are things sharp?
• Have you seen something that
you want to add to your tool
“box”?
We will be writing about our
favorite tools and how best to
take care of what you have in
the next issue.
2. Look to yourself. Right now you
are probably not using your gar-
dening muscles on a regular basis.
We tend to become more “home
bodies” during our non-gardening
season. We lose the muscle tone
developed over the months of gar-
dening and the first few days of
gardening leave us achy and tired.
Gardening doesn’t need to be this
way. Start an exercise program
that will get you in shape for how
you garden. A few minutes every
other day can keep you fit enough
to transition into your garden with
fewer problems.
• If you are a gardener who does
most of the work kneeling make
sure you keep those motions in
practice. Do a series of exercises
where you get down on the floor
as you would the garden. Then
stretch your “working” arm for-
ward and to each side as if you
were weeding. Then get back
up again. Repeat this a number
of times.
• Bending over to pick up winter
windfall on the lawn always gets
us. Develop an exercise like this.
Bending at the waist and stretch-
ing out the muscles on the back
of your legs then stretching your
arms forward and to the sides
can replicate this motion.
• Do you lift potted roses or
filled buckets? Bring in a five-
gallon bucket you have and
place some weight in the bot-
tom — canned goods, unused
books, old newspapers will work
just fine. Think how you typically
lift. Do you use your legs with
knees bent to do the work? This
saves your back muscles!
• Small muscles are just as im-
portant. Keep a pair of your
 'Dainty Bess'
pruners handy. Regular rep-
etitions of the pruning motion
will keep you finger, hand and
forearm muscles in shape. Do
this motion with your pruner in
various positions: totally verti-
cal, parallel to the floor and at
a 45° angle. You could even do
this while watching television.
Remember what your mother
told you, “Be careful where you
point that thing!”
• Use your computer to find
YouTube videos with gardening
exercises. Find additional ones
that would work for you. We
assure you that not all of them
make a great deal of sense but
you are sure to find good, indi-
vidual exercises.
3. Look to your garden. Begin re-
cord keeping to keep track of your
roses. This could be done in a spi-
ral notebook or a gardening jour-
nal. You could set up a database
on your computer. The informa-
tion you track can keep you more
knowledgeable about your roses
and how they perform. Things to
track for this could be:
• The rose name and class.
• Where it was purchased.
• When it was purchased.
• The first bloom of season.
• The average number of
blooms in any cycle.
• When it was removed from the
garden along with the reason
why.
Another idea would be to use the
photo courtesy Bruce and Maggie Barr
information categories that form
the basis for the annual Roses in
Review. Determine three dates in
your growing season to collect and
record the following information:
• Height: tall; medium; short.
• Evidence of blackspot, mildew
and rust: none; slight; moder-
ate; severe.
• Fragrance: none; light; moder-
ate; heavy.
This information will allow you to
speak to people with stronger, ev-
idence-based recommendations. It
will also make your annual Roses
in Review reporting much easier.
We’ll write more about garden
journaling in a future column.
JANUARY/FEBRUARY | 2014 23
 the Art
by Bobbie Reed
of the
3388 Lennox Court
Lawrenceville, GA
30044-5616
berdks@mindspring.com
In the depths of winter, we long for our roses and our
rose gardens. What makes that rose garden so spe-
cial? It’s the roses, of course, in all their varied beauty,
from miniature to hybrid tea to climber, from species
to old garden roses to the most modern hybrids. It’s
the layout of the garden, whether formal or informal,
or just a bush here and there. Maybe it’s the mixture
of roses with perennials and annuals. Maybe it’s the
structures of the garden, a trellis or arbor or gazebo
that lifts some of the roses to the sky. Maybe it’s a wa-
ter feature or a bird feeder that attracts wildlife and
brings the songs of birds. Perhaps it is a bench to sit
on while you admire the roses and enjoy the serenity
of the garden.
All of those are great facets of our gardens. They add
beauty and pleasure to our lives. But there’s something
else we find in our gardens that expresses our person-
ality, our history, our likes and dislikes. Yes, I’m talking
about garden art.
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Garden
photo courtesy Anna Davis
Lois Ann Helgeson of New Brighton, MN, Zone
4B, is trained in landscape design, so she thinks of gar-
den art more systematically than I do:
From a designer’s point of view, garden art can
add interest in an area, provide a focal point
at the end of a path or be an element that
helps to support an overall theme. On a more
personal level a piece of art in the garden can
evoke memories of travel, hobbies or other
interests of the garden’s owner. Sometimes
this art is whimsical – other times it may even
be classical or related to heritage or culture.
The selection always has some meaning to the
person making the selection – even if not ev-
eryone who views the object appreciates the
value.
Most of us enjoy being able to visit private
and public gardens locally and as we travel.
The plants – and the garden art – make up the
 So It Grows | ROSE TIPS

package that we experience. We may choose
a garden because of the type of plants grown
– like roses. Garden art is that unexpected bo-
nus element. It may simply provide a visual sur-
prise when discovered nestled between plants
– or the placement might draw your eye from
a distance encouraging you to move through
a space. When you return home to your own
garden these decisions are yours. Allow your
creative side the freedom to experiment – you
can always change your mind.
She has shared some of her own garden art with us.
den, and each area has its own distinct collection of
art. The entry is formal, and the art is classical – Greek
statues, a lion fountain. That end of the garden runs to
formal art as well – a statue of a boy with pan pipes, a
head of Adonis, an intriguing sundial. The other end
of the garden is informal, with folk art decorations – a
bird house designed after Marietta’s Big Chicken, an
angel, a pig. The area around an arbor over a bench in-
cludes statues of a rabbit and a cat, recalling memories
of her mother. The main water feature includes urns
and a frog. Some items are large, some small, many
are woven into the background so that they are not
immediately visible.

Our own collection of garden art is rather limited.

Its most prominent feature is this carving of Punx-
sutawney Phil, groundhog of note. My husband’s
family came from Punxsutawney, so groundhogs
are fun to us. Apparently a local chipmunk has
deemed this a good place to ponder life in the
garden.

I recently visited the garden of Anna Davis in

Atlanta, GA, Zone 8A, whose garden has been
featured in local and national gardening maga-
zines. In Anna’s garden the roses and other plant
material are lush and colorful, but its intermixture
with structure and art make the garden re-
ally special. There are “rooms” in her gar-

photos courtesy Lois Ann Helgeson

Opposite Page: Entry into Anna's

garden. Above: 'Love Song' with
lantern. Left: 'Europeana' with a
sundial.

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ROSE TIPS | So It Grows

photo courtesy Lois Ann Helgeson

Finally, over the last 10 years or so Don and I have trav-

eled to many gardens, usually in conjunction with an ARS
event. While not all the gardens are identified, I’ve tried
to include a few of
the most memo-
rable elements of
garden art.

Whether it’s formal

or whimsical or
even tacky, feature
some art in your photo courtesy Anna Davis
garden this year
— a bottle tree,
an elephant or a
beautiful urn can
all be part of the
art of the garden!

Top to bottom: 'Champagne Wishes'

with a water feature, frogs in the Bir-
mingham Hodge garden, Phil with the
neighborhood chipmunk and Big Chick-
en birdhouse.

photo courtesy Bobbie Reed

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INSIDE ROSES | Exploring the World of Roses from the Inside
Inside Roses
A personal investigation into the
anatomy and physiology of the rose
Dormancy in Roses
Part IV: Why Modern Roses have no
Dormancy Cycle
S o now we finally come to the question: why do
modern roses alone not exhibit a dormancy
cycle as do most all other woody perennial plants on
the planet? I have read several versions of this story
and am not certain of all the details. What follows is
my own interpretation — it may or may not complete-
ly agree with what others have written.
During the fourth and fifth centuries AD, Chinese
botanists discovered a few wild roses that bloomed
continuously throughout the year. Recognizing the im-
portance and uniqueness of this trait, called remon-
tancy, they collected, domesticated and bred these
roses over centuries to produce strains of ever-bloom-
ing roses called “China roses”. It is believed that two
varieties in particular, Rosa chinensis var. spontanea
and R. odorata var. gigantea, formed the basis of this
collection.
When European botanists visited China many cen-
turies later they discovered this well-developed rose
floriculture, including the rare and priceless remontant
rose varieties. During the late 1700s and early 1800s,
four of these China rose cultivars were imported into
Europe where they were subsequently crossed and
back crossed to produce the forerunners of the rich
panoply of modern ever-blooming roses we enjoy to-
day. It is interesting to note that virtually all of the ever-
blooming roses now under cultivation world-wide de-
rive from these wild roses discovered by the Chinese
more than 15 hundred years ago.
This property of remontancy was investigated by
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by Dr.Gary A.
Ritchie
8026 61st Avenue NE
Olympia, WA 98516
rosedoctor@comcast.net
many notable plant scientists including Graham Stew-
art Thomas and Dr. C.C. Hurst. Their studies demon-
strated clearly that,
The recurrent blooming characteristic [in roses]
is determined by a recessive gene that arose
as a mutant in Rosa chinensis. This gene was
selected in China and used in rose breeding
as early as the Song Dynasty (AD 960-1297).1/
I would suggest that this gene mutation works by
disabling the chilling requirement. Plants that do not
have a chilling requirement would bloom continuously
without undergoing a winter experience. Therefore,
by definition, they would be remontant. I propose this
as a testable hypothesis and, while I have no data to
support it, the hypothesis does have a seductive logic
to it.
A couple of interesting questions emerge from
this construct. Gene mutations often occur in plants
and animals forming the basis of evolution — they
are the raw material on which natural selection acts.
But nearly all gene mutations are deleterious or even
lethal. This is because the genetic makeup of an or-
ganism has evolved across thousands of generations,
so organisms are genetically fine-tuned to survive in
the environment in which they evolved. If one of the
genes should change (i.e., mutate) the chance that
this mutation will be beneficial is very low.
Consider this analogy. Suppose you have a pocket
watch that your grandfather gave you. Let’s say that
you opened it up and randomly changed (mutated)

one of the gears to a gear
of a different type. What
are the chances that the
watch would work better
with the new gear? Not
very good, right? In a
real sense, an organism is
analogous to the watch. It
has undergone millennia
of development and fine
tuning, so making some
sort of random change in
its genes at some point
in time would have little
chance of making the or-
ganism more fit to survive
in its environment.
In the present case,
this gene mutation was
not deleterious — the
species in which it oc-
curred have survived.
Since remontant plants
do not become dormant
in winter, this suggests
that these roses evolved
in regions where winters
are not cold enough to
kill plants. Indeed, por-
Exploring the World of Roses From the Inside | INSIDE ROSES
photo courtesy Dr. Gary Ritchie
they are called “poly-
genic” effects. But, ap-
parently dormancy (or
remontancy) is controlled
by only one gene. Most
interesting. If this gene
could be identified and
inserted into the genome
of other perennial flower-
ing plants what wonders
would follow?
Remontancy, as ex-
traordinary as it is, is a
double edged sword. Yes
— because of remontan-
cy we enjoy repeat bloom
in these most beautiful
of flowers. But it comes
at a price. Remontant
plants, by their very na-
ture, fail to go dormant
in winter. So, they have
a much-reduced ability
to cold harden. I’ve not
seen data on specific
cold hardiness of mod-
ern roses but experience
Figure 1: Rosa chinensis is one of the China roses indicates that it is mod-
known to carry the gene mutation for remontancy. est at best. So, while we
3/

tions of sub-tropical enjoy continuous bloom

southern China would fall into this category. It seems
likely that these species evolved in these regions.
However, according to Gregg Lowery of Vintage
Gardens, Sebastopol, CA, no one has found a natural
population of remontant roses growing in these areas
of China. This surprises me. I would expect to find
2/
some growing somewhere — even if only a few. Per-
haps they did occur in the wild at some ancient time
but were subsequently wiped out by a prolonged low
temperature event such as the Little Ice Age, which
occurred from about 1650 to 1850. In this scenario,
the ancient Chinese would have discovered them and
brought them into cultivation before the cold event oc-
curred. Their care would have preserved these roses
while their wild relatives were being frozen out of exis-
tence — literally.
Another point that intrigues me is that multifac-
eted plant properties as complex as dormancy or
remontancy are usually controlled by many genes —
throughout summer, we face the annual chore of win-
ter protecting our roses. Here in the moderate coastal
Northwest, this requires no more than mounding up
our plants in fall. But in more extreme climates winter
protection can be much more difficult and problematic
— sometimes even requiring burying the plants under-
ground to assure their over-winter survival.
In conclusion, the next time you read something
about dormancy in roses, you will know that what you
are reading is only lore — not science.
__________________
1/ Roberts, et.al. (1999) Jour. Plant Growth Regula-
tion 18:113-119.
2/ Gregg Lowery was kind enough to review an
early draft of this article.
3/ What I mean by this is that plant cold hardiness
research normally yields specific “killing temperatures”
for specific plants. I have not seen such data for roses.

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A GREENER THUMB | Good Earth R.O.S.E.
Responsible, Organic,
Simple &
Earth-Friendly
Growing roses
as easy as Perennials
by Peggy Martin
Y es, that’s right! In fact all of my roses are in land-
scaping around my home, along with many peren-
nials. I love the English cottage garden style! Although,
the front of my home is a bit more formal.
It’s so easy to garden this way, I could not have had 450
antique roses along with a thousand other plants back
in my Plaquemines Parish, LA, garden before hurricane
Katrina if not. That garden evolved over 35 years, and
I aged along with it.
Now, in my new home near Baton Rouge, LA, I have
over 300 roses with many perennials again; most of
the roses were gifts to me after losing all of my roses,
except 'Peggy Martin', in Katrina.
The basics of my gardening practices are sus-
tainable and organic — letting nature prevail.
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by Pamela
Greenewald
P.O. Box 1106
Alachua, Florida 32616
gardenangel22@gmail.
com
'Munstead Wood'
photo courtesy Rich Baer
Choosing the correct roses for your area is most impor-
tant. I have quite a mixture just as I had before — old
or antique roses, old hybrid teas from the 40s and 50s,
Griffith Buck roses and David Austins along with some
of the new shrub roses being developed. All of them
on their own roots, if possible.
I read the rose descriptions carefully before buying
any roses — such as David Austins. The descriptions
tell me which rose do well in my very hot climate and
they have. 'Huntington Rose', 'Darcey Bussell', 'Mun-
stead Wood', 'Jude the Obscure', 'Graham Thomas'
and 'Tess of the d’Urbervilles' are a few.
Soil is next on the list, but it is actually the most criti-
cally important factor in any garden. Soil is a living en-
tity itself; give it organic matter and it will thrive. Soil is
teeming with microbes, good bacteria and lots of the
good guys such as earthworms.
 Good Earth R.O.S.E | A GREENER THUMB

If you do not have room for a com-

post pile, compost in place as I Organic Nutrient List
do — constantly adding dry grass
clippings (pure nitrogen), chopped Nutrient Symptoms of Deficiency Sources of Nutrient
leaves, pine straw, small wood
chips and even dried weeds! It Nitrogen Leaves are yellow and plant Alfalfa Meal
mimics a forest floor environment is light green in color. Bat Guano
where leaves and debris fall and Plant often stunted. Blood meal
compost under the trees, keep- Compost
ing out competition of weeds and Cottonseed meal
small trees. Leaves have germina- Earthworm Castings
tion deterrent in them. I use red Feathermeal
wood mulch on my more formal Fish Emulsion
front beds and the others on my Fish Meal
side and back beds. Manure: horse, cow, rabbit, turkey, chicken
Milorganite
Diversity in plants contributes to Soybean meal
healthy gardens as it confuses the
insects while also providing breed- Phosphorus Leaves appear red, purple Bone Meal
ing grounds for the good bugs that or very dark green and growth Fish Meal
take care of any unwanted harmful may be stunted. Weak flower Rock Phosphate
insects naturally. or fruit production. Colloidal Phosphate

Attract birds to your garden with Potassium Leaf tips and edges are yellow Greensand
a water supply — bird-bath, foun- often turning brown. Weak stems. Granite Dust
tain, mister, pond, water garden Kelp Meal
— they don’t have to be big. You Sul-po-mag
don’t have to feed birds, as they Wood Ashes
eat thousands of insects. Have you
ever watched a mother bird bring- Magnesium Older or lower leaves are yellow Epsom Salts
ing her finds to the nest for her but veins are still green. Stunted. Fish Emulsion
young? Yes, they nest all through
the garden. Cardinals especially Zinc Leaves are yellow and thickened, Kelp meal
love rose shrubs as nesting sites but veins are still green. Zinc Sulfate
with their thorny protection for her
babies. Calcium Poor bud. Buds and young Gypsum
leaves die back at tips. Rock phosphate
Most of the old garden roses self Wood ashes
clean, along with a lot of the new Egg shells
shrubs, dropping the dried spent
blooms with the peduncle. In fact, Iron Young leaves are yellow but veins Compost
you get a faster rebloom this way are still green. Growth stunted. Chicken Manure
instead of cutting back to a five Important for nitrogen fixation Chelated Iron
leaflet growth. You will see the and photosynthesis. Greensand
regrowth coming from the bract Kelp meal
quite quickly. Remember also, the Wood ashes
more leaves left on the bush the Molasses
more blooms you will have. Only Milorganite
prune back to a five leaflet if you

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A GREENER THUMB | Good Earth R.O.S.E.

want to control the size of the rose

shrub. The only time I deadhead is be- Boron Growing tips and new buds die Boric acid
fore garden tours. and lower branches send out Compost
new shoots. Granite dust
Once roses are established (one year) Kelp meal
they are very drought tolerant. I had a Rock phosphate
large experimental bed of old roses in
Plaquemines Parish that I did not water Sulfur Promotes seed production. Young, Molasses
or fertilize (only mulched) from 2001 to light green or yellow overall. Garden sulfur
2005 when I lost them all to Katrina. Growth is usually stunted. Gypsum

Rain water during heavy electrical activ- Copper Young leaves pale with Copper sulfate
ity (lightning) causes the nitrogen gas brown tips, often wilted. Kelp meal
in the air to change to a liquid, thereby
giving a wonderful feeding to all plants. Manganese Dead spots, white tissue between Epsom salts
If the storm is very heavy with lots of veins on young leaves. Kelp meal
rain it will feed as much nitrogen as you Sul-Po-Mag
fertilized all year.
Molybdenum Young or upper leaves are yellow Kelp extract
Before I knew of this phenomenon, I but veins are still green, growth Kelp meal
thought the trees and plants were so often stunted.
green from a good washing, not so.
*Taken from the book Dead Daisies Make Me Crazy by Loren
I firmly believe in green sand, a dark- Nancarrow and Janet Hogan Taylor
green, very fine sand that is rich in many
nutrients, trace minerals, iron and po-
tassium. You only have to use it every “If we go to Nature and inquire into her processes
five years so it is also economical. I put
we discern more than one glimmer of light. The
a cup in every open space before plant-
ing a rose in it.
truth is that life is not material and that the life-
stream is not a substance. Life is a force — electri-
I also use a cup of alfalfa meal and one cal, magnetic, a quality not a quantity.”
of fish meal (if you can’t get this use
blood meal or another source of nirto- Luther Burbank
gen) once a year in very early spring —
or twice if I get to it in fall — around the
roses only as the overflow reaches the
'Jude the Obscure'
perennials.

I have been gardening this way for more

than 40 years, never using any harmful
chemicals of any kind, not pesticides
nor fungicides.

What could be easier — enjoying a

beautiful healthy garden chock full
of roses, along with many perennials,
tropicals, azaleas and camellias!

photo courtesy Helen Pizzi

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JANUARY/FEBRUARY | 2014 33
SHOW BUSINESS | On With The Shows
On the
Contrary
A note from Don: I suppose no one is surprised that
I named my first hybridized rose after my dear
wife, but some have wondered why I called it 'Contrary
Mary'. Perhaps this exchange may provide a clue.
Don: Well, it’s January and it’s getting cold and dreary
here in North Carolina. It is harder to get out in the
garden. At least we can be by the fire to warm us. I like
sitting here and reading my rose catalogs. It is also fun
to reminisce about last year’s rose season and plan for
the spring. What am I going to do to the garden? What
new roses will I get? When is the first rose show?
Mary: I love when the weather is cold and dreary! Au-
tumn and winter are my favorite seasons. When the
daylight grows shorter I feel energized and alive. I can
finally shake my summer doldrums and really enjoy the
brisk, refreshing weather. On many chilly mornings I
like to bundle up and go out to the screened porch to
read the newspaper and drink my morning tea.
Don: If you like it that much, why don’t you come out
in the garden and help me get it ready for spring? Five
hundred roses is a bunch to take care of, and I never
seem to have the time to get it all done.
Mary: I detest gardening! That’s your part of this hob-
by! Are you familiar with the term “downsizing”? I still
love you, so I’ll always have a hot drink, a warm blanket
and a pile of rose catalogs ready for you when you
come in from the cold. Is it better to be a rose widow
34   AMERICAN ROSE | ARS.ORG
by Don & Mary
Myers
8621 Barrett Ridge Road
Wake Forest, NC 27587
auntiemoses@gmail.com
than a football widow?
Don: At least you’ll never be a football widow…They
say it might get cold enough to snow. I hate snow, but
it does help to insulate the roses. I didn’t get a chance
to protect all the tender roses. I hope the winter is rea-
sonably mild.
Mary: Not to be contrary (who, ME?), but I’m hoping
for a long, snowy winter – I live for snow! I miss our
winters in New York when we had a pristine blanket
of white from December to March. I know you’re the
one who had to shovel the stuff, but you have to admit
that once it was done, it was lovely to be surrounded
by a postcard view and the muffled, peaceful silence
provided by the snow cover.
Don: I would prefer to buy a postcard showing some-
one else’s snow covered landscape. Getting back to
roses… Do you know that we either judged or entered
10 shows in 2013? And if you count the state fair, it
would be 13. That’s pretty impressive.
Mary: I hadn’t realized we did that many shows! The
dark circles under my eyes (from those 3 AM drives)
should have been an indication, but I was too busy
trying to stay awake during the long drives to think
about it.
Don: Those long drives don’t thrill me either, since I
end up doing all of the driving. I’ve never understood

why shows need to start so early. The prep area usually
opens at 6 AM or so. In the past, if you didn’t get there
on time you would miss out on some of the properties
like bowls, frames and boxes. Now with shows getting
smaller it’s not so much of a problem, but it’s hard to
break the habit of getting there early.
“I would offer more classes for “civilian” gardeners. The top gun exhibitors can be intimi-
dating to someone whose best bloom is a big 'Knock Out' spray. I would also spread a
lot more publicity to the general population. We are far too elitist!”
Mary: I’m willing to try breaking that early morning
habit! The diminishing interest in rose shows tells me
that something needs to change. Overhauling some of
the old, dusty rose show traditions might be a good
place to start! I know there are those who will disagree,
but I feel very strongly that if nothing changes tradi-
tional rose shows will become a thing of the past.
Don: Sometimes I wonder if you really enjoy the show
cycle. What did you most enjoy about doing the rose
shows?
Mary: As much as I complain about the lack of sleep
and the long trips, I figure that once I’ve gone to all that
trouble, I might as well make the most of it. Seriously
though, I really do love to exhibit roses! However, my
most favorite rose show activity is judging. I truly feel
I’ve found my niche in the rose world. Of course, I never
let any of that prevent me from doing what I do best –
being contrary me.
Don: What was the highlight of 2013 — as far as rose
shows go?
Mary: It was definitely the Mini-National at Winston-
Salem. It’s the first convention I’ve ever attended (in 25
years) where I knew at least 90 percent of the attend-
ees. It was like a big, happy family reunion, only with
enough bathrooms for everyone.
Don: I really enjoyed the opportunity to talk “roses”
with our rose friends. It was great seeing some of our
more distant friends at the convention. Of course win-
ning mini-King was nice, too. Another highlight was in-
On With The Shows | Show Business
troducing my first rose, 'Contrary Mary', although some
don’t understand the name.
Mary: The hotel was fairly roomy for all of us, but I think
that even more “schmoozing” areas would have been
nice. The conventions are getting fewer and farther be-
tween, so we’re all a bit desperate for any opportunity
to spend quality time with our old pals. By the way, as
far as 'Contrary Mary' is concerned, I don’t know why
the name should surprise anyone who’s known me for
a while. If we agreed about everything our life would
be very boring indeed! I’m honest enough to say that I
have a big mouth and I’m not afraid to use it!
Don: That’s true. OK, if you could improve one thing
about rose shows or showing roses, what would it be? I
guess I’m asking how to make them more fun.
Mary: I would offer more classes for “civilian” gar-
deners. The top gun exhibitors can be intimidating to
someone whose best bloom is a big 'Knock Out' spray.
I would also spread a lot more publicity to the gen-
eral population. We are far too elitist! Who knows? We
might actually attract some new members who just like
pretty roses – any roses. You want fun? A good conven-
tion is always fun!
Don: There is a lot to think about. We also need to
update the classes at our current rose shows…a good
focus for some of our future Show Business columns.
Maintaining roses for exhibition in the humid east is
tough. It’s hard to get away from using many pesticides
to keep the blooms in suitable condition to enter. Some
have suggested having some classes for non-chemical-
ly treated roses…It’s something to think about. Hey, the
sun is out! Maybe I can get a few hours of time in the
garden...
Mary: Put on your woolies, my dear. The weatherman
is predicting snow tonight!
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ROSE Research | Better Roses Through Research
Recent Rose
Research
This compendium summarizes papers published in research
journals throughout the world. If you wish to consult the full
paper and cannot find a copy at your local university, write
to Professor Richardson enclosing $1 per page to cover the
cost of photocopying and postage.
Achmon, Y., Zelas, Z.B., and Fishman, A. (2013) Clon-
ing Rosa hybrida phenylacetaldehyde synthase for
the production of 2-phenylethanol in whole cell
Escherichia coli system. Applied Microbiology and
Biotechnology DOI s00253-013-5269. 10pp.
More than ten thousand tons of phenylethanol with its
rose-like fragrance are used annually in the perfum-
ery and food industry being made using benzene,
styrene oxide and high temperatures. This study
showed that it can also be made by transferring
the gene for phyenylacetate synthase from roses
to bacteria which then produce the phenylethanol.
When further developed and commercialized, the
system could replace the toxic chemicals currently
used in the synthesis of this compound.
Djennane. S., Oyant, L.H., Kawamura, K., Lalllanne,
D., Foucher, F. and Leduc, N. (2013) Impacts of
light and temperature on shoot branching gradi-
ent and expression of strigolactone synthesis and
signalling genes in rose. Plant Cell and Environ-
ment DOI 10.1111.pce.12191. 16 pp.
The impact of light and temperature on a hybrid tea
rose 'Radrazz' and a wichurana rambler was com-
pared. In the first lateral flowering shoots are pro-
duced once the terminal shoot has flowered, while
in the second flowers develop from side buds in
the spring but only if the plant has been exposed
to cold. The interacting effects of light and tem-
perature was examined in relation to the produc-
tion of strigolactones, a recently discovered sig-
nally molecule. In roses, the bud itself perceives
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by Professor
David
H.S. Richardson
Dean Emeritus,
Saint Mary’s University,
Halifax, NS,
B3H 3C3, Canada
light and local changes in strigolactone signalling
may initiate new branching patterns.
Ilbay, Z., Sahin, S. & Kirbaslar, S.I. (2013) Optimisation
of ultrasound-assisted extraction of rosehip (Rosa
canina L.) with response surface methodology.
Journal of Science, Food and Agriculture 93:2804-
2809.
Rosa canina hips contain vitamin C and a wide range of
phenolic compounds that are valued for traditional
medicines and in foods. Ultrasound extraction of
rosehip powder using 40 percent alcohol, 50°C
and 80 minutes, proved to be the combination
that produced the best extraction of the phenolic
compounds.
Jesse. L., Collyer, M., Moloney, K. & Obrycki, J.J.
(2013) Distribution of Megastigmus aculeatus (Hy-
menoptera: Torymidae) and the levels of seed pre-
dation of Rosa multiflora (Rosaceae). Weed Biol-
ogy and Management 13:79-88.
Rosa mulitflora is an invasive alien plant that infests 45
million acres in eastern USA. Megastigmus aculea-
tus is a seed wasp that lays its eggs in the develop-
ing seed that is consumed by the larvae. The insect
has been proposed for biological control but this
study showed that it had limited ability to reduce
the spread of the rose as it does not lay eggs in a
high enough percentage of the seeds.
Le Bras, C., Le Besnerais, P., Hamama, L. & Grapin, A.
(2013) Cryopresevation of ex-vitro grown Rosa chi-
 Better Roses Through Research | ROSE Research
nensis ‘old blush’ buds using droplet-vitrification
and encapsulation-dehydration. Plant Cell, Tissue
and Organ Culture DOI s11240-013-0400-5. 8pp.
Rose cultivars are currently conserved in living collec-
tions at rose gardens, but this is risky as weather,
disease, war or human error can lead to losses. An
alternative is cryopreservation and this initial study
showed that roses can be preserved this way. Rose
shoot tips were sprayed with 70 percent alcohol to
surface sterilize them and then the buds dissected
and the apices placed in solutions that aid survival,
before being plunged into liquid nitrogen. Upon
retrieval about 80 percent of the apices survived
and could be induced to grow demonstrating that
the system has potential for conserving new, old or
rare cultivars or rose species.
Manners, A.G., Dembowski, B.R. & Healy M.A.
(2013) Biological control of western flower
thrips, Frankliniella occidentalis (Pergande)
(Thysanoptera:Thripidae) in gerberas, chrysanthe-
mums and roses. Australian Journal of Entomology
52:246-258.
The western flower thrip is a major, world-wide pest
but there are predatory mites and nematodes that
can act as biological controls. This study from Aus-
tralia concluded that soil based biological controls
do not help in the case of roses as the incidence
of pupation in the soil is low. Removal of the old
flowers and the use of the predatory mite Transei-
us montdorensis was the most effective for roses.
Moghaddam, H. H., Dewitte, A., Van Bockstaele, E.,
Van Huylenbroeck, J. & Leus, L. (2013) Roses ex-
hibit pathotype-specific resistance responses to
powdery mildew. Journal of Phytopathology DOI
jph 12159. 9pp.
Powdery mildew is the commonest disease of green-
house roses and there are a variety of resistance re-
sponses in roses, as well as many strains of the fun-
gus. In this study 'Yesterday' and Rosa wichurana
were exposed to two strains of powdery mildew.
Seedlings from the hybrid between these two were
also tested. R. wichurana had partial resistance to
both strains while 'Yesterday' was immune to one
but susceptible to the other. The hybrid seedlings
exhibited a wide range of resistance with most be-
ing more susceptible than the parents.
Rusanov, K., Kovacheva, N., Rusanova, M. & Atanass-
ov, I. (2013) Flower phenotype variation, essential
oil variation and genetic diversity among Rosa al-
bida L. accessions used for rose oil production in
Bulgaria. Scientia Horticulturae 161:76-80.
Bulgaria and Turkey provide 80 percent of the worlds
rose oil and most is extracted from Rosa dama-
scena. However, Rosa alba is grown in one area
of Bulgaria and used for the same purpose. Inves-
tigations show that some plants have small white
flowers and more petals, while other plants have
larger flowers and more anthers but fewer petals.
The former which resemble R. alba maxima have
a higher oil content and should be selected for
new plantations. The latter appear to be R. alba
semiplena.
Tarrahi, R. & Rezanejad, F. (2013) Callogenesis and
production of anthcyanin and chlorophyll in callus
cultures of vegetative and floral explants in Rosa
gallica and Rosa hybrida (Rosaceae) Turkish Jour-
nal of Botany 37:1145-1154.
Explants from the leaves, stems, petioles, petal, an-
thers and stigmas of two roses were cultivated in
vitro in order to produce callus that might form an-
thocyanins, a valued pigment in the food industry.
The roses were Rosa gallica and 'Dolcvita'. Using
suitable media, callus formed within a week which
was reddish in the case of the former and green-
ish in the latter. With the passage of time the red
pigment content increased with the highest levels
developing in the callus derived from vegetative
explants of R. gallica.
Yang, F., Li, Y. & Yang, B. (2013) The inhibitory effects
of rose powdery mildew infection on the ovipo-
sition behaviour and performance of beet army-
worms. Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata
148:39-47.
Beet armyworms and powdery mildew frequently at-
tack Rosa chinensis 'Movie Star' that is grown for
cut rose flowers in China. When given the choice,
these small moths laid more eggs on non-infected
leaves and larvae raised on infected leaves were
smaller and less viable. This study showed that
changes occur in the volatiles released by rose
leaves when infected by the fungus and the moths
detect this and avoid the leaves. It may be possi-
ble to protect healthy rose plants from army worms
by spraying them with volatiles that simulate those
released after mildew infection.
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 Roses Far & Near
by Jeff Wyckoff the Far Side of the World
Ludwig’s Roses
19641 5th Avenue South
Des Moines, WA 98148

kjwyckoff@comcast.net

I n keeping with the theme of this column, it seemed

appropriate to visit a nursery as far from the United
States as possible. Ludwig’s Roses in Pretoria, South
Ludwig Taschner immigrated to South Africa from
Germany in 1962. After some years working for another
nursery, he started Ludwig’s Roses in 1971. Since then
Africa, may not be the farthest away, but it is close. The he has branched out to other locations in South Africa,
aggregate distances from New York and Los Angeles becoming by far the largest producer of garden roses,
to Pretoria is 18,526 miles; by comparison those to pot roses and cut roses
Aukland, New Zealand, and Sydney, Australia, total in that country. He has
15,331 and 17,432 miles respectively. been heavily involved
in all aspects of rose Left Side, top to bot-
A visit to Ludwig’s Roses, which was included in the and flower production tom: 'Myra Stegmann'
World Federation of Rose Societies Triennial Conference and organizations in
sport of 'Duet',
in South Africa in October of 2012, is to experience a South Africa, and he
cornucopia of color, with one of the widest selections served as secretary 'Artista' by Delbard,
of modern roses in the world. Ludwig’s boasts of and treasurer of the 'Avant-Garde' by Del-
carrying varieties from more than 25 different firms and World Federation of bard, 'King David' aka
hybridizers worldwide. The great majority of these roses Rose Societies. 'Ashram' by Tantau
has never been seen by American growers and likely
Right Side. top to bot-
never will be. Breeders such as Dorieux, Orard and It is common practice
Delbard from France, Interplant from Holland, Poulsens for rose firms to tom: 'Garden Pavilion
of Denmark, Dot from Spain, Barni from Italy, Tantau change the name of Roos' (JACoro), 'Pat’s
and, of course, Kordes from Germany are just a few an imported variety Choice' by Kordes
of the hybridizers represented in Ludwig’s voluminous to one they think will
Roses, 'Colchester
catalog. The temptation to cut some budwood and resonate (and sell) to
smuggle it home was great, but alas, Ludwig’s people gardeners in their own
Beauty' by Cants of
wouldn’t loan us their pruning shears. country. Some of this Colchester, 'Vrouefed-
erasie Roos' by
Ludwig Taschner

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is easily understandable e.g. 'Fourth of July' is 'Crazy
for You' in the UK, where American Independence
Day likely has few fans. Nearly all foreign roses in the
Ludwig’s catalog are renamed, many for South African
personages and places, with a fair number in Africaans,
a Dutch-related language that is one of the 11 official
languages of South Africa. Thus, Kordes’ 'Valencia'
became 'Granje Meisieskool', Kordes’ 'Kleopatra'
became 'Peace of Vereeniging' to commemorate
the location of the end of the Boer War, 'Melodie
Parfumee' is 'Zulu Royal', 'Linda Campbell' is 'Scarlet
Panarosa', 'Gemini' is 'St. John’s College' ad infinitum.
To Ludwig’s credit, he lists the code names of all the
roses he carries so that the hybridizer and original
name can be readily obtained.
Ludwig’s Roses not only sells varieties from a wide
range of foreign breeders, they also sell Ludwig’s
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own creations. Modern Roses credits him with about
four dozen varieties of all types and families. His first
introduction was the miniature 'Joy Button' in 1993. The
next seven years brought a handful of others, with the
majority of his output coming in this century. Few, if any,
of his roses are carried outside of his own nursery.
Visits to a large nursery like Ludwig’s are like visiting
an overseas rose garden. We see wonderful new and
old varieties, roses that we can probably never obtain
(even if we had room for them) but can still appreciate.
They give us an insight into the wide, wonderful world
of roses beyond the United States, where rose selection
is becoming increasingly insular. They inspire us to go
beyond the offerings from the local nursery and peruse
the websites of mail order outlets to see if maybe —
just maybe — 'Perfect Pink Performer' has somehow
sneaked into the U.S. They enrich our rose souls.
photo courtesy John Moe
Above: Jeff Wyckoff
with Ludwig Taschner.
Left: 'Durbanville
Flame' hybridized by
Ludwig Taschner
photo courtesy David Elliott
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CLIPPINGS Linda Kimmel

Editorial Advisory Committee
Chair
From local society newsletters lovroses@comcast.net
with
and district bulletins Sue Tiffany
Local Society Relations
Committee Chair
CLIPPINGS is a compilation from local newsletters and bulle-
sunshine-n-roses@q.com
tins, as well as the suggestions of the committee members on and
the Newsletter and Publications Committee, the Local Society
Patsy Cunningham
Relations Committee and the Editorial Advisory Committee. If Publications Committee Chair
you have suggestions for future compilations, please send them patham@cox.net
to lovroses@comcast.net, preferably with the author’s name, the
title of the piece and the source of publication.

Contrarians….. “why” when listening to the advice of experienced

Looking back at the American Rose Annuals from 1916
and 1917, I am amazed at the similarity of the rose ad-
vice of yesteryear to today’s practices. Has rose cul-
ture changed so little in nearly a hundred years? The
biggest differences, of course, are the chemicals we
use. Is the rose advice that we accept as truth, really
evidence based (supported by scientific research), or
simply traditional (advice passed down from one gen-
eration to the next)? The clippings below are intended
to challenge your traditional thinking, and to make you
question — just a little — practices that have always
been accepted and performed in the rose garden as
absolute truths.
rosarians. I believe that there should be some ratio-
nale for the things that we are told to do. Dogma gets
passed on from person to person, often being embel-
lished along the way, without anyone ever knowing
where or why some practices originated or are con-
tinued. Thirty years ago as a novice rose grower I was
eager and willing to accept everything I heard from the
established experts as being unquestionable. Some-
where along the way it seems I had become willing to
respect authority and their answers. Since I have been
editor of the Chatter (now 23 years), however, I have
begun to revert to my childish ways. There are a num-
ber of practices, used by many rose growers, I never
stress as being necessary.

One such practice is sealing newly cut rose canes with

Or is it Bigfeets?...
From my earliest days, “why” has been one of my fa-
vorite words. My third grade teacher’s evaluation of me
said that I did not respect authority. Translated, that
meant that I did not accept “because I said so, and
I’m the teacher” as being an acceptable answer to any
question. I have often used the same approach with
Elmer’s Glue, Vaseline, Shellac, thumbtacks or with
whatever fad may be popular. Oh yes, for a number of
years I did spend a great deal of time painting, dab-
bing, smearing, etc., things onto the ends of my rose
canes to protect them from the dreaded cane borer.
It seems Bigfoot and UFO sightings are made by those
who believe in them. The true believer’s photography
equipment always fails at the crucial moment, or the

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resultant pictures are so fuzzy that nothing concrete
can be identified, so that we non-believers never get
enough evidence to be converted. I have yet to see any
photographic evidence of the kind of drastic damage
that I have heard about. With all of the rose growers
out there, let us get some real photographic evidence
of cane borer damage, that is — if it exists. I personally
doubt it does. Now, if I can just convince myself that I
do not believe in mildew!
Rich Baer (rosesXrich@aol.com), ‘Rose Rhetoric Two:
Cane Borers, UFOs and Bigfoots — or is it Bigfeets?’,
March, 2013, Portland Rose Chatter, Rich Baer, ed.
Portland Rose Society.
After Years of Spraying...
The home gardener can easily follow a chemical-free
gardening regime with excellent results. When we
commit to pesticide free gardening, we can begin to
reduce the pesticide residues in our garden and to
create a healthy environment for our family and pets.
There are many beneficial insects in nature. Some of
them are commercially produced so that their naturally
occurring numbers can be artificially increased in the
early spring when pest infestations are just beginning.
We, as gardeners, must become somewhat educated
as to which pest insects we have in our gardens and
monitor our gardens to know when the infestations
begin. It is important to release the predator and par-
asitoid insects at the right time. We should not wait
until the pest population is too high. Beneficial insects
are functioning as they should when we are not even
aware of their good work. They create a natural bal-
ance, keeping the pest insect numbers low enough to
prevent unacceptable aesthetic damage or endanger-
ment to the health of the plant.
We do not want to kill all the pest insects, for the ben-
eficial insects need a steady supply of food for their
survival. We can encourage beneficial insects to stay
and reproduce in our gardens if we provide the right
habitat. Beneficial insects need pollen, nectar and a
steady supply of prey. They need a water source (tray
of water and gravel or water garden). They need shel-
ter from wind, rain and extremes of temperature.
Patsy Williams (ptzwm@att.net), ‘Beneficials, Another
Choice,’ July, 2013. Houston Rose-Ette, Maria Trevino
(maria@burger.com), ed. Houston Rose Society.
Bloom Booster, to use or not to use, that is the ques-
tion...
It is natural for rosarians to do everything they can to
keep their plants producing healthy blooms as often
as possible. If we thought fairy dust would do this, we
would apply it with enthusiasm. We are certain fairy
dust will not do this, but we have been told that fertil-
izer will give us the flowers we love. With our rosarian
optimism, we conclude if one or two fertilizer appli-
cations are good, then surely three or four would be
better and give us more flowers. Likewise, if phospho-
rus (the P in NPK) gives the plant energy to produce
blooms, then fertilizer with a lot of phosphorus is what
we need for our rose plants. Right?
Wrong. Our passion to give our roses everything we
think they need has led garden product marketing
departments to create more things we think our roses
need. Or maybe it is American enthusiasm for the big-
gest, latest and greatest products that is to blame. The
fact is, high phosphorus levels in fertilizer do not pro-
mote more bloom. It is very possible these fertilizers
will be doing more harm than good.
It is time to throw out the bloom boosting fertilizers
with their high phosphorus levels. Any synthetic fertil-
izer with a high middle number (P) is going to overload
your soil with phosphorus. As summer progresses and
the leaves of your rosebushes turn yellow, you may be
tempted to add something to the soil, such as iron or
magnesium (Su-Po-Mag). By doing this, without test-
ing your soil, you may end up worsening the problem.
The bottom line? What you put in the ground is not
necessarily what the rose will take up – availability of
nutrients are affected by pH and other soil factors. If
you think you have problems with nutrient deficiencies,
get your soil tested. Finally, do not use anything that
has a phosphorus number higher than nitrogen or po-
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tassium. Your blooms do not benefit and your soil will
be overloaded.
Carolyn Elgar (jwmson1@cox.net), ‘Phosphorus Falla-
cies — too much of a good thing,’ June, 2013.
Rose Gazette, Carolyn Elgar, ed. Orange
County Rose Society.
What the heck is Mycorrhizae?...
The addition of mycorrhizae to the soil is a controver-
sial topic for gardeners. This group of fungi develops a
symbiotic relationship with plant roots. The rose roots
provide the mycorrhizae with food while the mycorrhi-
zae fungi extend the reach of the rose roots for wa-
ter and nutrients by attaching to the rose roots and
extending long strands of mycelium throughout the
soil. Initially rose lovers were enthusiastic about my-
corrhizae, but further research has dimmed that en-
thusiasm. Inoculation of mycorrhizae can be expensive
and the exact kind of mycorrhizae that work best with
roses is uncertain. Perhaps most illuminating is the re-
search that indicates that the major nutrient a plant
gains through mycorrhizae increased root capacity is
phosphorus. If a plant has enough phosphorus it does
not send out the signals that encourage symbiotic my-
corrhizal growth. Adding phosphorus in fertilizer may
negate the benefits of any inoculation. Is there a rose
lover anywhere who can swear he will never use phos-
phorus again in fertilizing roses? The money for my-
corrhizae would be better invested in a garden wide
application of humic acid.
Carolyn Elgar (jwms1@cox.net), ‘Your Roses’ Roots,’
April, 2013. Rose Gazette, Carolyn Elgar, ed. Orange
County Rose Society.
Are Roses Really Divas?...
Gardening is still the number one pastime in America,
but too many Americans are reluctant to add roses to
their landscapes. The stereotype of roses as finicky,
high-maintenance plants is too widespread to ignore.
Nearly every gardener in America has tried roses but
too many have the same complaint — the healthy
looking plant that they purchased declined and died
in spite of lavish care. Our mission is to help people
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choose roses for success. The key to success is match-
ing local conditions with the right varieties and care to
achieve local success.
Your garden space is the most valuable real estate you
own. Your plants and their blooms express the special
and personal ties with the place you have chosen to
live. Match your choices of variety with your location,
environment, weather and personal priorities. Good
matches will bring the beauty and reward of successful
rose gardening to your life and family. There are rose
varieties that can bring the glory of the rose to every
garden. Seek the wisdom of successful local gardeners
if you want America’s National Floral Emblem to thrive
in your space.
Wayne Myers (rosefan66@gmail.com), ‘Making Local
Rose Choices,’ April, 2013. Buds & Blooms, Lindy My-
ers (rosefan66@gmail.com) and Shirley Teerlink (rose-
fan@bellsouth.net), eds. Jacksonville Rose Society.
Does IPM Really Work?...
The next thing to do to encourage beneficial insects
is to plant flowers that will attract the adult syrphid
flies and parasitic wasps, along with other beneficial
insects like minute pirate bugs (which feed on mites
and thrip but not anything as big as an aphid). Good
food sources include our roses of course, but some
nice companion plants include alyssum, thyme, yar-
row, dill, chamomile, mint, statice, blackberry, zinnia,
cosmos, cilantro, lavender and parsley. Finally — and
this can be the most difficult — beneficial insects need
something to eat, every day. That means you have to
have some bugs around for them to eat, every day. Do
not plan to have an aphid-free garden. No aphids at all
means there is no reason for the beneficial insects to
hang around, and they will leave looking for the next
meal. Leave a few bugs in the garden to keep the ben-
eficial insects fed and you should not have problems
with large damaging populations as the beneficial in-
sects will be on site to keep things under control.
Regina Johnson (prez@olyrose.org), ‘Aphids and the
things that eat them,’ May, 2013. The Clippings, Re-
gina Johnson, ed. Olympia Rose Society.
Prune the Roots?...
How many gardeners prune their bare-root plants be-
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fore potting or planting? “Huh!” – Some say. I prune the
tops and roots to balance the act. I became a believer
when the late and great J. Ben Williams ran this by me
one day, stating, “Bill, you want to gain three years on
attaining a nearly mature rose plant?” Of course, he
got my attention. I was at his place in Silver Spring,
MD, and he was extending a crate of test plants to me
to share with ARF/PRS members. He stated, “Cut back
the tops to about 6-to-10 inches, three or four canes
are plenty. Remove twiggy, broken stuff and all the in-
betweens. Then tip or prune all roots back to balance
the act. Remove broken roots, check for crown galls
and suckers. I became a follower and believer. I had
several Queens on first year bare-root plants. Ben also
stated, “You may never get to hold that plant in your
hand and inspect it at such close range again.” When
Bobby Cole at Sam’s Farm used to pot up a portion of
his roses, it was my job to prepare the plant for the pot.
Yeah! Akin to plucking a chicken prior to its final home
– only a different pot.
Bill Blevins, ‘Rose Note Book,’ May, 2013. The Capital
Rose, Joe Covey (coveyj@earthlink.net), ed. Arlington
Rose Foundation and Potomac Rose Society.
Save the Roses…
As more and more nurseries have been lost, the num-
bers of roses lost to commerce continue to increase. If
older and newer roses are to survive for the next cycle
of garden fashion we must make it happen. If you do
not have at least one or two varieties in your garden,
buy some now while you still can. Then, learn to propa-
gate. Do a few each year. Share the plants with others.
It is as pass-along plants that they will survive, if they
survive at all.
Jeri Jennings (heritageroses@gmail), ‘Editor’s Com-
ment on the Closing of Vintage Gardens,’ April, 2013.
Gold Coast Heritage News, Jeri Jennings, ed. Gold
Coast Heritage Rose Group.
Prune Low Sweet Chariot…
Pruning season now approaches and with it comes the
Society’s annual pruning demonstrations at the Wood-
land Park and the Highline Botanical Rose Gardens.
Since the Woodland Park Garden is oriented more to-
wards mass display, as opposed to large blooms for
cutting or exhibition, their roses tend to be pruned
quite high. Society members were re-pruning the
bushes lower, in an effort to demonstrate the type of
pruning that would be more typical of our members’
gardens. I know that in my case I was still holding back
a bit, leaving the bushes substantially higher than I
would in my own yard.
Still, even when I begin with light to moderate cuts
to shape the bush a bit before really getting down to
business, there were audible gasps as I made even
those modest first trims. Whenever I cut back a cane
of substantial size I feared I would have to call 911 to
revive shocked observers.
I have tried out various explanations to reassure ob-
servers that my pruning is not damaging the bush. One
approach has been to observe that all modern roses
are man-made creations that have long since lost the
capacity to thrive on the benign neglect that works so
well for many wild and species roses. They need to be
pruned and pruned seemingly severely to renew their
healthy hybrid hearts from year to year. This explana-
tion seems to yield mixed results — some accept it, and
others seem more of the “Mother Nature always knows
best, so anything other than minimal human interven-
tion is bad” school of thought. I usually fall back on the
argument that “I’ve been at this for years, and take my
word for it that they do better with lower pruning.”
I am sure all of you have seen some of those “mini-
mal intervention” rose gardens and it is often not a
pretty sight, tangles of long dead or diseased canes
surrounding spindly new growth with few or no flow-
ers. The new low-maintenance varieties fare better,
of course, but even they benefit from skillful pruning.
As an experienced rosarian, one of your missions is to
bring light to the masses on the benefits of pruning.
What do you say when a novice observer looks ready
to pass out from watching your “butchery?”
Ken Sheppard (ksheppard@sksp.com), ‘How can You
(Gasp) Prune that Rose so Low?’ March, 2013. Rose
Petals, Caroline Fredette (RosePetalsEditor@gmail.
com), ed. Seattle Rose Society.
Rose Catalogs —Some of the Biggest Lies Ever Told…
A beginner has many questions as the growing season
begins and foremost among these are the selection of
varieties to grow. My first year, I purchased five bare-
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root plants at a discount store using as my guide the
lovely picture of a bloom on each package. I would
eventually regret that misguided choice.
Marketing is a smart tool used in most endeavors to
enhance the desirability of a product being vended.
The sale of roses is no different, whether the attraction
is presented as a picture on a container or a photo in a
catalog, a little research before purchasing can reduce
the chance for disappointment later. Suppliers of field-
grown plants grow each variety by the thousands, and
a competent photographer can take a picture of a su-
perb bloom from only one plant to represent the entire
crop even if the variety is of dubious worth.
Doug Whitt (dwhitt6@bellsouth.net), ‘Rookie
Rosarian Riddles,’ April, 2013. Charlotte Rosebud,
Doug L’Hommedieu (dclrose@gmail.com), ed.
Charlotte Rose Society.
I Promised You a Rose Garden…
As I get older and health problems adversely affect my
mobility, I am finding it increasingly more difficult to
maintain my 300 roses and the garden. After a stroke,
my legs have mostly been replaced with an electric
scooter. The realization that I am not bulletproof has
caused me to consider what was going to happen with
my roses in the future. The garden would become a
weed-filled eyesore and eventually replaced with grass.
Wanting to find a good home for my roses I asked
the resident horticulturist at our local arboretum if
they would be interested in receiving, as a gift, my
roses and greenhouse. One reason the Arboretum ex-
pressed interest in this proposition, like me, they want
to promote gardening — doing so with plants that
do not require sprays or other special means to grow
and survive. Being hardy, my roses require no winter
protection in 5A growing zone and that includes the
climbers. I requested that the garden be handicapped
assessable with some raised beds and a display of gar-
dening tools for those who are mobility challenged.
The garden should be beautiful as well as educational.
After conferring with the Director and Board and re-
ceiving my letter of intent, the Arboretum accepted.
What began as simply giving the Arboretum my roses
has turned into a very large undertaking. The Arbore-
tum has applied for and received grants to have the
garden designed and built. More grants are being pro-
cessed to have the roses potted and moved. I will stay
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involved as an advisor during the whole process. It is a
good feeling.
What will become of your roses when you are gone? May
I suggest you make arrangements to preserve them?
Karl Bapst (rosenut7673embarqmail.com),
‘What will happen to your roses?’
September, 2012.
What is the Truth about Rose Mosaic?...
Rose Mosaic is a viral disease that was in the rose when
you bought it and will remain in the rose as long as it
lives. There are differences in opinion about whether
this is a problem or not. I read one newsletter where
the author had apparently heard or read that the mo-
saic virus could spread through natural root grafts. It
is a theoretical possibility, but I have not heard this
published in the literature in more than 30 years and
not one you should think about ever again. Reports
that plants with mosaic might produce fewer flower or
flowers with poorer exhibition form have never been
proven. However, I will admit that an entry into a rose
show with a leaf showing the typical virus manifesta-
tions is not as likely to win as one that does not have
this manifestation. So you see if this virus is a problem,
it is with high-level exhibitors, not those who just ap-
preciate the beauty of a garden and can accept a rose
with minor flaws.
Rich Baer (rosesXrich@aol.com),
‘Rose Rhetoric,’ May, 2013. Portland Rose Chatter,
Rich Baer, ed. Portland Rose Society.
Are You A Rose Gardener or Rose Farmer?...
Why do I grow roses? What is the point of having a
“Highbred” tea rose in a certain spot rather than an-
other type of rose? What do you mean other flowers
that compliment roses?
Do you know what an epiphany is? In the Christian
calendar, it is the celebration of the wise men bring-
ing gifts to the Christ child celebrated on January 6th.
However, the word itself means “a sudden intuitive
leap of understanding, especially through an ordinary
but striking occurrence.” I had an epiphany this morn-
ing. I am not a rose gardener. I am a rose farmer. Farm-
er? Yes, farmer. I have my roses planted in rows, like
corn. I am not gardening; I am farming the roses. I have
been growing them for a sole purpose: to look at the
flower; to cut it and bring it in the house; to cut it and
show it at a rose show; to cut it and take it to work to
make people happy; to cut it and take it to a friend or
as a gift. Nevertheless, I do not have a garden. I have
a rose field.
Georgie Bever (RoseLady1949@gmail.com),
‘Prattles from your President,’ March, 2013.
The Rose Companion, Beverly Watry (YellowRoses-
Nov@msn.com), ed. Pike’s Peak Rose Society.
For the Exhibitors- Do You Go This Far?...
Before a rose show, look at your bushes and start pro-
tecting them from the rain and overnight dew (we use
milk jugs with the bottom cut off, putting a tall metal
stake through the handle as a sort of umbrella and cov-
er the bloom so that rain/dew will not spot the petals).
For those of you who do not have stakes/jugs, you can
cover the roses with Zip-Lock bags. Puff the bags open
and slip them over the bloom, zipping them nearly
closed. I have done this for many years, using sand-
wich bags for the minis and gallon size for the large
roses. Just like the jugs, you have to get out there and
remove them when the sun comes back out so it does
not cook the bloom but it does work. And you will, I
am sure, have one or more of your neighbors come
over and ask what in the world you’re doing. It is a nice
conversation starter, and after a while folks will just say,
“Oh, it must be time for a rose show!”
Lynda Grass (Lgrass@wvhdf.com), ‘This and That,’
May, 2013. Ramblin’ Rose, Lynda Grass, ed.
Charleston Rose Society.
is never graceful. It most always involves
doing a backward somersault down a hill
straight into a pile of rose clippings with ev-
ery neighbor applauding your performance.
• Putting a bird feeder in your rosebed
means you‘ll have rose blooms covered
with bird poo.
• Blackspot is much easier to prevent than
it is to remove.
• The rose you plant will never be the color
of the picture in the catalog.
• If a catalog says that the rose will be 4- to
6-feet tall, it will really be 8- to 10-feet tall in
your garden and you planted it in the wrong
place.
• Your day to spray will come up on the
windiest and/or rainiest day of the week.
All of the aggravation and blood, sweat and tears are
worth it when your roses are in full bloom and you can
sit back and think to yourself, “Now, this is a real gar-
den.”
Kim Austin(kimaustin@bellsouth.net), ‘Random
Thoughts of a Rose Addict,’ June, 2011. Greenville
Rose Bud, Frank van Lenten (fvanlenten@charter.net)
and Rita Van Lenten (ashgram1@charter.net), eds.
Greater Greenville Rose Society.

Important Enough to Pass Along…

• Never plant a tea rose next to a driveway.
It will soon look like someone knifed your
car.
• Snakes do not respond to “shoo now”
and “get out of the way”.
• The rose that you wanted to buy for years
after searching every available rose nursery
and lovingly planted in the perfect spot to
be pampered and treated like a diva, will
have one stingy bloom and then develop
Rose Rosette disease.
• They need to make those little 4-wheel
garden scooters with a seat belt. Falling off

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illustration courtesy Tommy Cairns
Rosa Semperflorens (Ever-Blooming Rose) First pub-
lished in Curtis’s Botanical Magazine in 1794. Later
called 'Slater’s Crimson China', one of the “Four Stud
Roses” described in 1941 by Dr. C. C. Hurst.
N ew valuable and tangible characteristics inherent
in China roses — found lacking in European bred
roses of the 18th century — permitted a renaissance
in rose hybridizing once imported from China. These
characteristics were:
1 Repeat or perpetual blooming, a trait oc-
curring only among Autumn Damasks.
2 Introduction into the color palette of a true
crimson non-fading red.
3 Development of a more compact bush
habit.
4 Introduction of yellow into the breeder’s
palette.
5 Re-invigoration of the fragrance range.
Towards the end of the 17th century the English East
India Company established a trading post at Canton in
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HISTORY
of
MODERN
ROSES
by Dr. Tommy Cairns
southern China. While the exports were mainly tea and
silk, this commercial bilateral connection played an im-
portant pivotal role in modern rose development. In-
deed gardeners owe a great deal of thanks to its com-
passionate directors for they were avid gardeners. As
early as 1696, an officer of the Company sent to Eng-
land some dried plant materials — among them two
species roses, R. multiflora and R. laevigata. However,
it was not until the end of the 18th century that the
captains of the East-Indiamen, as the ships were then
called, began to regularly carry back to England cul-
tivated roses found growing in Canton — particularly
from the Fa Tee nursery a stone’s throw from the docks.
These cultivars were probably many generations re-
moved from the wild indigenous R. chinensis and R.
gigantea themselves. As anticipated these offspring
found their way into both the gardens of the East India
Company directors and their friends and subsequently
into the Royal Gardens at Kew.
The Four Stud Roses
In 1941, the English botanist, Dr. C. C. Hurst (1870-
1947) concluded that while varieties of R. chinensis
were probably grown in Italy as early as the 16th cen-
tury, they played no important role in the development
of modern roses. Hurst did declare from his pioneering
genetic studies that only four cultivated Chinese vari-
eties played the key role in the development of mod-
ern roses. These four roses, aptly called by Hurst as
the “Four Stud Chinas,” were 'Slater’s Crimson China'
(1792) determined to be a product solely derived from
R. chinensis var. spontanea while the three others, 'Par-
son’s Pink China' (1793), 'Hume’s Blush Tea-Scented
China' (1809) and 'Park’s Yellow Tea-Scented China'
(1824) were descendants of R. chinensis and R. gigan-
tea. All four were perpetual flowering, of dwarf habit
and demonstrated completely different leaves, canes
and fragrance than had previously existed in the old
roses of Europe.
'Slater’s Crimson China'
Early in the 18th century, the very first plants of the
'China Monthly Rose' (translated from the Chinese,
“Yue yue hong” meaning “every month red”), R. chi-
nensis var. semperflorens, had been exported to India
and was erroneously credited to be a native of India
becoming known as the 'Bengal Rose'. Later in the
century this rose was introduced by the French into
the Isle of Bourbon, which by serendipitous and un-
intentional breeding gave birth to a new classification
of roses called bourbons. The 'Bengal Rose' also came
into cultivation in Haarlem, Holland, in 1781, having
been introduced by a Dutch East-Indiamen. The pivot-
al breakthrough came in 1789, when Sir Joseph Banks
introduced it into England and, chronologically, the
China connection in roses begins.
Coincidentally in 1789, the 'Crimson China Monthly'
(Rosa chinensis, var. semperflorens), was transported
and delivered by the captain of an English East-India-
man, John Main, to Gilbert Slater, Esq. James Main
was a Scottish botanist who visited the Canton area
in 1793-1794, reportedly on behalf of Captain Gilbert
Slater of Essex, an avid gardener and supposedly a
director of the East Indian Company (records of the
Company do not support this fact). Slater introduced
the rose to Britain, which was later named 'Slater’s
Crimson China'.
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'Parsons’ Pink China' of plants during the 1810s. As with 'Slater’s Crimson
Introduced in 1793, by Joseph Banks, Director of Kew China' these consignments of rose plants were from
Gardens, was accredited to have been collected near the Fa Tee Nurseries near Canton.
Canton by Sir George Staunton, a member of Lord
Macartney’s embassy to China. First report of it being 'Park’s Yellow Tea-Scented China'
grown was made in 1793, at Rickmansworth, in the While originally thought to have been the result of one
garden of Mr. Parsons, of course. By 1823, its popular- of many plant-hunting expeditions sponsored by the
ity had grown such that it was said to be “in Royal Horticul-
every cottage garden.” Sold under the name tural Society, its
of 'Pale China Rose' (aka 'Old Blush') this va- introduction was
riety in France became successful at breeding primarily due to
many new hybrids. Strangely this variety also the efforts John
appeared in North America around 1800, and Reeves of the
was responsible for creating several new clas- East India Com-
sifications including noisette roses, tea roses, pany at Canton
hybrid teas and hybrid perpetuals. from 1812 to
1831. Reeves
is credited with
the responsibil-
ity of import-
ing this variety
around 1823
and delivering it to the Royal
Horticultural Society.

In France the variety was given

the name R. indica sulphurea.
The plant featured large yellow
blooms with thick tea-scented
petals and bright leaves. This
variety is an
important an-
Opposite Page: Chart of the Four Stud cestor to many
yellow tea roses
Roses. Above: 'Parsons’ Pink China' and
hybridized in
'Old Bush'
the 1800s.
photos and graphics courtesy Tommy Cairns
'Hume’s Blush Tea-Scented
China'
In 1810, Sir Abraham Hume
introduced another refugee from Canton later named The China Roses Move into Action
as 'Hume’s Blush Tea-Scented China' (mixture of R. chi- The lack of innovative luster for rose breeding in Eu-
nensis and R. gigantea). Sir Abraham Hume of Worm- rope, up until the beginning of the 19th century, re-
ley Bury, Hertfordshire, was a keen gardener whose ceived a much-needed reinvigoration with the genetic
wife, Lady Amelia Hume, also shared his botanical treasure trove provided by the four stud roses import-
exuberance. Sir Abraham’s cousin, Alexander Hume, ed from China. Botanists and breeders quickly realized
was in charge of the trading post at Canton. There- the prime new characteristic, that of reblooming. Ros-
fore, it was commonplace through Alexander and the es could become a flower for all seasons giving color
East India Company’s inspector of tea, John Reeves in the garden from spring to fall. This windfall of being
(1778-1856), for the Humes to receive consignments able to take rose breeding to the next level of evolu-

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 Left: Chart of the
Origins of the
Noisette Class
Below: 'Parks’
Yellow Tea-
Scented China'
Opposite Page:
Chart of the Ori-
gins of the Bour-
bon Class and
Pink Tea Roses

photos and graphics cour-

tesy Tommy Cairns

tion was explored with great success, and the Chinese
varieties were exhaustively used in both deliberate
planned parenthood and planting chance seedlings.
Remarkably the first outstanding examples of devel-
opment of new rose classifications were from outside
Europe. For instance, in the United States the noisettes
were born and in Reunion Island the bourbons were
born! And so began the era of “Old Garden Roses”. By
1867, breeders and botanists had enlarged the OGR
family members to 21!
Noisettes
The first recorded incidence of rose breeding with the
four stud roses from China happened in Charleston,
SC, in the United States. In 1802, John Champney, a
wealthy rice farmer and avid gardener produced the
climbing rose, 'Champney’s Pink Cluster' from a chance
seedling between 'Parson’s Pink China' (imported from
England after arrival from Canton) and R. moschata
('Miller’s White Musk'), winning popularity for its musk
fragrance and beautiful large semi-double pink blooms.
Recognizing the merits of this climber, Philippe Noi-
sette — via self-pollination — created the first noisette
rose. His brother Louis, in Paris, then further developed
the classification with seeds from America and distrib-
uted the variety throughout Europe. This strategy of
deliberately hybridizing the repeat-flowering China
rose with an old rose and then self-pollinating the seed-
ling to a perpetual flowering offspring was a success-
ful model repeated many times in the development of

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hybrid perpetu-
als and summer
flowering hybrid
chinas.

Still grown
today is 'La-
marque', an out-
standing 1830
creation known
for its ability to
rebloom. Fur-
ther breeding
experiments
with 'Parks’ Yel-
low Tea-Scent-
ed China' gave
rise to tea roses
within a yellow
palette.

Bourbons
During the long
voyage from
Canton, China
to England, the
ships of the East
India Company
would call in at
Indian ports and
perhaps off load rose plants to allow them to be grown
into much healthier plants before onward shipment to
London. As a result, many Chinese exports found their
way to another port of call, Reunion Island (near Mauri-
tius), formerly known as French île de Bourbon. On the
island it was common practice to use roses as hedges
to mark land boundaries. Two such varieties used ex-
tensively were 'Autumn Damask' and 'Parson’s Pink
China'. Then in 1817, the French botanist, Jean Nico-
las Breon, director of the Jardin du Roy (now Jardin
du L’Etat), noticed an altogether different rose grow-
ing between them. Removing the plant to his home
garden, he permitted the bush to set hip sending the
seeds to Antoine Jacques, head gardener and rose
breeder in charge of three royal estates in Paris. From
these seeds was raised the variety known as “Rosier
de L’île de Bourbon” captured in watercolors by Pierre
Redoute in 1824, and thus the “Bourbons” were born!
The exact history of the further development of this
group of roses during the first half of the 19th century
is unknown but more recently Professor Jay has initi-
ated genetic studies to unlock the history.
Other Significant Imports from China
While the four stud roses mentioned above have re-
ceived the majority of the accolades for modern rose
breeding. There were many other varieties imported
via Canton that have also imprinted significant ad-
vancements in rose breeding.
In 1804, Thomas Evans sent from China to England
the first rambler rose (R. multiflora). A short time later,
Charles Francis Greville received from China a ram-
bler rose (Rosa multiflora platyphylld), which has en-
joyed popularity under the name of 'Seven Sisters'. In
1792, Lord Macartney brought back from China a rose
(R. bracteata), which was aptly named the 'Macart-
ney Rose' not be confused with another import from

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Canton, the 'Cherokee Rose' (R. laevigata). In 1796, R.
rugosa, native to Japan, Korea and northeastern Asia,
was introduced into England by Messrs. Lee and Ken-
nedy. All these new plants from China quickly attracted
the attention of botanists in England, and the Royal
Horticultural Society dispatched representatives to Chi-
na expressly to collect additional specimens for study.
Hybrid Chinas & Hybrid Perpetuals
While initiating the evolution of noisettes, bourbons
and tea rose classifications, they also pioneered the
development of additional classes by crossing with the
gallica group so prevalent in Europe. The main class
evolution resulted in hybrid chinas. The first variety re-
sulting from such crosses was 'Brown’s Superb Blush'
by crossing a gallica with 'Hume’s Blush Tea-Scented
China'. Such derived varieties investigated by Hurst
graphic courtesy Tommy Cairns
were tripoloid and hence were sterile. It was not until
1830, that a major breakthrough was achieved when
hybrid chinas started to have tetraploid character, va-
rieties such as 'Malton' and 'Athalin'. These varieties
were excellent seed bearers and while being once
flowering did carry a recessive gene for recurrent flow-
ering and hence played a major role in the develop-
ment of hybrid perpetuals.
Contemporary with the breeding lines for hybrid chinas,
crosses between R. damascana and R. gallica produced
a class known as portlands, of which the most famous
member is 'Rose du Roi', which when crossed with
'Athalin' gave recurrent blooming varieties with much
larger blooms than the smaller flowered portlands.
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The introduction of the bourbons into the breeding
with hybrid chinas and portlands resulted in the classi-
fication of hybrid perpetuals finally recognized around
1835, as a evolutionary development most worthy of
formal recognition. For instance the French breeder,
Laffay was instrumental in bringing together the quali-
ties of hybrid chinas, portlands and bourbons to pro-
duce such wonderful varieties as 'La Reine', 'General
Jacqueminot' and 'Gloire des Rosomanes'.
While the majority of hybrid perpetuals are vigorous
and highly recurrent, a few early varieties lacked limit-
ed rebloom qualities. However, the color range in reds
to purple was impressive while a few white and yellows
were absent. Along with the tea roses, hybrid perpetu-
als dominated the development of garden roses up
until 1900.
Hybrid teas with the expanding genetic treasure trove
provided by the developed hybrid perpetuals and tea
roses it was a goal of breeders to combine their best
qualities into a new classification. This challenge was
met by Guillot of France in 1867, when he introduced
the variety 'La France'. Often quoted by authors as
born from a cross between the tea rose 'Mme Bravy'
and the hybrid perpetual 'Mme Victor Verdier', Guillot
himself said,
“I cannot give information on the parents of
'La France' since the seeds of the different tea
varieties were mixed together in 1864 (the year
of the cross). From its wood, thorns, leaves and
flower, it is a hybrid variety derived from a tea
rose, and not at all like other hybrids”.
In essence Guillot had indicated that 'La France' had
not only the vigorous and hardy habit of a hybrid per-
petual but also the elegant shaped buds and flowering
character of a tea rose.
It took almost 30 years for formal recognition of this
class to be finally regarded by the industry as distinct
from their parents, the hybrid perpetuals. Even in 1886,
in the horticultural publication of the day, the Gar-
dener’s Chronicle, there was fierce debate over their
recognition. Admittedly the first members of this class
were for the most part sterile or poor at setting hip. For
instance Dickson of Northern Ireland made hundreds
of crosses with 'La France' before seeing any reward-
ing seedlings, which included the famous mother vari-
ety 'Mrs W. J. Grant'. However, the hybrid teas finally
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emerged as the most popular garden rose overtaking
the hybrid perpetuals by their improved hardiness over
the teas, but they lacked a complete color range and
among the early hybrid teas there were no yellows.
Extending the color range to be inclusive of yel-
low required introducing a species into the breeding
program. Such a species was R. foetida as utilized
by Pernet Ducher between 1883 and 1888. It was a
slow process requiring persistence, but finally after
thousands of crossings he struck gold when using the
hybrid perpetual 'Antoine Ducher'. Historical records
indicated that one of the two seedlings from that cross
did resemble a hybrid perpetual in growth, color and
fragrance but its leaves were derived from R. foetida.
It was a single petaled bicolored variety, which on first
viewing might be described as of no particular merit.
The trained eye of Pernet Ducher realized the poten-
tial value, and a cross with a hybrid tea produced the
first yellow hybrid tea, 'Soliel d’Or'. While a tetrapoloid
like its grandparents, it was partially sterile but not so
severe as to prevent further crossing.
Breeding continued with 'Soliel d’Or' and other ear-
ly varieties with R. foetida bicolor (more commonly
known as 'Austrian Copper') and the brilliant yellow
offspring were referred to as pernetianas. This group
possessed excessive thorns, lacked fragrance and
were very susceptible to blackspot; all common traits
derived from R. foetida. And so the next evolutionary
step in modern rose development was to eliminate
these unsuitable faults while merging hybrid teas with
the pernetianas. Modern roses can often trace their an-
cestors to the early pernetianas such as 'Soliel d’Or',
'Lyon Rose' and 'Crimson Glory' by Kordes (1937) out
of 'Catherine Kordes'.
20th Century Hybrid Teas
The continuing saga of the development of hybrid
teas mainly involved intercrossing existing cultivars
with no new species being introduced into the evolu-
tion. This inbreeding resulted in a marked decrease in
vigor. Two American breeders, Lammerts in 1945, and
Swim in 1948, made a bold scientific start on inheri-
tance transmittance based on analysis of their seedling
populations. On bloom color it was recognized that
the dominant (wild type) color in roses is magenta-
pink to rose-red. Pink was dominant on the one hand
to dark red and also to orange-yellow, yellow, white

and scarlets. Deep yellow was recessive to light yel-
low and white was recessive to cream and light yel-
low. Understanding color inheritance still had a long
journey ahead to unlock the basic fundamentals. Lam-
merts took the position that crossing varieties derived
from genetic lines might achieve a breakthrough. He
was right and in 1940 by crossing 'Crimson Glory' (a
Kordes variety with several generations of breeding)
with 'Soeur Therese' (the end result of a long line of
graphic courtesy Tommy Cairns
cultivars by Pernet-Ducher) produced 'Charlotte Arm-
strong', a truly vigorous and popular variety of its time.
The other great success story is the birth of 'Peace'
after World War II.
This feature is a compilation of a series by Dr. Tommy
Cairns which was first published in ROSES 90210, the
bulletin of the Beverly Hills Rose Society, edited by Dr.
Tommy Cairns.
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Polyanthas
Prolific Polyanthas: Quantity
and Quotidian Bloom
P olyanthas were once regarded as a class of ros-
es with compact plants, relatively high disease
resistance and nearly continuous bloom. However, as
lawyers might explain in the context of Southern Cali-
fornia, ‘continuous bloom’ might be considered a term
of art. In a discussion with a rosarian friend the notion
of polyantha ‘continuous bloom’ was dismissed with a
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photo courtesy Cliff Orent
by Jim Delahanty
snarl stating that when “continuous bloom begins in
June, half the year is gone.” This criticism is not unfair;
some of the best polyantha bloom occurs in months
when rose shows are no longer taking place — like
June.
From August of 2009 through August of 2010, I
simply counted the number of blooms and buds pres-
ent on my polyantha roses. I was interested in both the
quantity of blooms as well as the number of months in
which there was any bloom. The results were startling.
I have had one polyantha for nearly five years, 'For-
tissima', which has yet to bloom; avocados from seed
have been more prolific. And a surprising number of
polyanthas were relatively stingy in terms of the quan-
tity of bloom provided. I should note, however, that a
number of my polyanthas are in containers spread over
a pot ghetto big enough to obscure my patio, deck
and walkways. On the other hand, I do have a wide
variety of polyanthas, more than 200 different varieties.
Quantity of bloom:
The table lists the 10 polyanthas that provided the
most bloom over the 12-month period. As would be
the case with any 12-month period, it was not typical
insofar as the temperatures were significantly lower for
most of the spring and summer of 2010 and the winter
was rainier than usual in recent years.
Of the 10 roses listed in the table, six are either
part of or descended from the original tea-polyantha
photo courtesy Jerri Jennings
'Lady Ann Kidwell' and 'Marie Daly'
group and polyanthas bred in the first quarter cen-
tury of polyantha history from 1875 to 1900. Another
is descended from 'The Fairy', two have unidentified
parents ('Karine' and 'Strawrose') and 'Little White Pet'
is a dwarf sport of the hybrid sempervirens, 'Félicité
et Perpétue'. Surprisingly, there seems to be very little
influence of the 'Crimson Rambler' or Koster line of
polyanthas at this level of productivity.
'Karine' is a 3-foot tall bush with significant repeat
bloom of small blush pink flowers with yellow stamens
in peach tones that form large and small sprays of up
to 40 or more blooms in a pyramidal shape. Not only
is 'Karine' a heavy provider of bloom, it extends that
bloom from March through December with the heaviest
bloom in the summer months of June through August,
providing bloom for at least 10 months of the year. This
rose first appeared as a seedling in the garden of Ruth
Knopf, the prominent conservator of tea and noisettes
in the Carolinas and the 2011 Great Rosarian of the
World honoree. A mature plant will spread to 2½-feet
across; the foliage tends toward a light-green matte.
'Snowbelt' concentrates its heaviest bloom from
May through August although it does provide scat-
tered but slight bloom in the fall months. The sprays
range from very small to fairly large, featuring white
1-inch flowers, with an occasional touch of very pale-
pink, on a bush with medium-green foliage ranging up
to 4-feet in height and approximately 2- to 3-feet in
photo courtesy Cliff Orent
width. Larger plants of this rose occur as the plant ma-
tures. The rose was produced as a cross of 'Katharina
Zeimet' with an unnamed miniature by Paul Jerabek —
possibly a Ralph Moore miniature. Freedom Gardens
introduced this rose in 1998. The rose first appeared
under the name 'Cassie' when introduced by Heirloom
Old Garden Roses to honor one of the victims of the
Columbine slayings in Colorado in 2000. As an un-
named white polyantha this rose won a Silver Medal in
the ARS trial grounds in 1997.
'Lady Ann Kidwell' descends from the 'Mlle Cécile
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 Name of Rose Year of Introduction Number of Blooms Breeder

'Karine' 1992 3723 Knopf

'Snowbelt' 1997 1251 Jerebek
'Lady Ann Kidwell' 1948 821 Krebs
'Marie Daly' 1999 624 ARE*
'Stawrose' 1998 605 Schneider
'Marshmallow Fluff' 2007 481 Bagnasco
'Little White Pet' 1879 448 Henderson
'Marie Pavie' 1888 441 Alegatiere
'Yesterday' 1974 417 Harkness
'Fairy Dance' 1980 409 Harkness
*Antique Rose Emporium

Brünner’ line of roses. Alfred Krebs introduced this rose
via Marsh’s Nursery in Glendale, CA, in 1948, naming it
after a patron of his efforts to immigrate to the United
States from Switzerland, adding the title 'Lady' as a
mark of respect. The rose produces candelabra sprays
of deep-pink or light-red, elegantly long buds that
open to a double reflexive quill form. The sprays soar
high above the rather sparse foliage with a fair amount
of space between each bloom. The flowers are inclined
to nod rather than stand erect, which can make this a
difficult rose to exhibit although the effect in the gar-
den is charming as opposed to obsequious. The rose
is variously described as being from 3- to 5-feet tall
and just as wide. However, a long-standing or mature
plant can cover the entire height of a garage wall and
will expand to half the size again if not pruned over
the years. The rose produces more numerous sprays as
the size of the plant increases over time. The rose was
one of a series of crosses with ‘Mlle Cécile Brünner'
that Krebs used in his breeding program; the seedling
pollen plant was unidentified. 'Lady Ann Kidwell' will
bloom more than 10 months of the year being least
visible in January and February, while the maximum
bloom appears in June and July.
'Marie Daly' sported from 'Marie Pavié' more than
a hundred years after the first introduction of the latter.
The double, pink blooms occur in sprays of average
size on a virtually thornless bush that is 3- to 4-feet tall
and as wide. The buds are not as elongated as those
of 'Lady Ann Kidwell', but they are noticeably pointed
and evident. The bush is extremely vigorous in that it
is highly resistant to disease and was among the first
roses designated by Texas A & M as an Earth-Kind rose
capable of surviving the brutal Texas climate with mini-
mal care, feeding or watering over a five year period.
The rose emits a musk fragrance, consistent with its
parentage. The rose prefers full sun and is not really a
candidate for a shady spot in the garden. Blooms ap-
pear roughly nine months throughout the course of a
year, but the heaviest bloom occurs in the period run-
ning from May through July.
'Strawrose' is a rose for neither the exhibitor nor
the general gardener despite the heavy bloom pattern.
The flowers rarely open all the way and the bud hold-
ing pattern can be considerable. It is primarily offered
as a rose suitable for the arranger with its resemblance
to strawflowers for which it is named. Seeds given to
Susan Schneider by Pete Zimmerman, a former District
Director of the Buckeye District, were the genesis of
the rose. The blooms are dark-red, in sprays of five to
15 or more flowers, some nested in small, dark-green
foliage while others soar above the plant, which sel-
dom reaches a height of more than 2-feet tall with a
similar width. The rose is disease free in my garden and
blooms primarily in May and June, although sporadic
blooms appear at odd intervals throughout the year.
'Marshmallow Fluff' is named for a New England
confection that dates back to the post World War I
era. The principle ingredient seems to be sugar com-
bined in such a way as to resemble a crème candy. The
blooms of the rose have the same white appearance
and the illusion of a viscous surface that mimics the
confection. The blooms are very double and appear in
small sprays over a long period of time. Although the
rose produces blooms eight months out of the year,
the heaviest bloom production occurs from March
through July. Thereafter there is intermittent bloom
until the November through February period. The

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rose is a cross of 'Gourmet Popcorn' and 'Marie Pavié'.
'Gourmet Popcorn' is a sport of 'Popcorn', a Dennison
Morey miniature with roots in both the Koster line of
roses as well as the 'Crimson Rambler' branch of poly-
anthas. It is one of a half dozen Bagnasco polyanthas
combining old tea poly roses with modern miniatures
to produce a line of heavy blooming and striking new
cultivars.
'White Pet' is the first American polyantha, discov-
ered by Peter Henderson in 1879, as a dwarf sport or
seedling of the hybrid sempervirens 'Félicité et Perpé-
tue'. The plant is especially resistant to mildew and fea-
tures a symmetrically shaped short bush with dozens
and dozens of creamy-white rosettes closely packed in
sprays numbering up to 50 or more. The rose is popu-
lar on the show table and is the most likely of the heavy
blooming roses to be in an exhibitor’s garden. Howev-
er, the bloom is concentrated in the spring months of
April and May with lesser amounts of bloom appearing
until November; the rose then goes dormant until the
spring show season.
'Marie Pavié' is an 1888 rose of unknown origins by
Alphonse Allegatiere with a mild fragrance and white
blooms of about 2-inches across in sprays of up to 30
or more. The bush is virtually thornless, like many of
the early poly teas and maintains a reasonable degree
of disease resistance. Like its sport, 'Marie Daly', 'Marie
Pavié' has been designated as one of the Earth-Kind
roses, able to withstand a fierce southern climate with
minimal loss of vigor and strong recuperative powers.
The first buds reveal a soft-pink cast and open to white
blooms with prominent golden stamens on a bush that
may rise to 4-feet tall and half again as wide. The rose
is widely recommended as appropriate for shade con-
ditions.
'Yesterday' represents an unusual and mostly un-
known cross of ('Phyllis Bide' x 'Shepherd’s Delight')
X 'Ballerina'. 'Ballerina' is a hybrid musk rose of un-
known parentage. 'Phyllis Bide' is an unusual cross of
Opposite Page: Top 10 chart. This Page:
'Yesterday' and 'Marie Pavie'
photos courtesy Cliff Orent
a Koster sport with one of the Crimson Rambler fam-
ily. Jack Harkness named this rose for its unusual old-
fashioned look of medium-pink, 1½-inch blooms with a
strong overcast of violet on large trusses in the middle
of small, glossy foliage. The form is rosette but with
only 13 petals, half-way between being a single and a
double. The 2- to 3-foot height of the plant is said to
be equal to its width, but the rosette pattern of growth
favors the development of a mounding shrub with long
arching but thorny canes. 'Yesterday' tends to be most
prolific in spring and early summer, tapering off to sig-
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nificantly fewer blooms in the fall and winter. This rose
was used in the Harkness breeding program, crossing
it with 'The Fairy'. This cross yielded some 10 roses
entered into commerce in the 1979-1980 seasons, al-
though only a few are still commercially available.
'Fairy Dance' is one of the crosses of 'Yesterday'
with 'The Fairy' and certainly the most prolific with
bloom. The medium-red, double form blooms appear
closely nested into large sprays with no space unused
at the end of long arching canes and later along the
canes as well. The rose is sited in medium-green foliage
that is highly disease resistant. While general sources
indicate that the rose will grow to be 2-feet and just
as wide, in southern California, the canes can arch out
more than 2-feet and rest upon other rose canes or
even into low growing trees. 'Fairy Dance' will bloom
from June through November, with the greatest num-
ber of blooms appearing in August and September.
Polyanthas in the 1930s:
The Fey Decade
O ne of the meanings of the term ‘fey’ express-
es a sense of an effulgent display indicative
of imminent death or demise. Certainly in the decade
of the 30s, polyanthas were produced in numbers that
would belie their later insignificance. Almost 240 vari-
eties were registered as polyanthas in the years 1929
to 1939 in American Rose Annuals of the time, even
though nearly 70 of them would later be re-classified
as floribundas in the separation of hybrid polyanthas
from more traditional polyanthas. The 240 registra-
tions of polyanthas comprise a figure higher than all of
the rest of the polyanthas registered in the succeeding
decades of the 20th century. And the apparent health
of the classification would belie a coming near death
experience in the triumph of the floribundas as a sepa-
rate and distinct taxonomic and popular classification.
One indication of the tenor of the times can be
surmised from the percentage of polyanthas men-
tioned in the Proof of the Pudding (POP) compared
with the later named floribundas. Whereas only 11.9
percent of the polyanthas were mentioned or cited in
the POPs from 1930-1940, over 50 percent of the fu-
ture floribundas were cited. Another indicator of vigor
was the fact that of the polyanthas introduced in the
decade the parentage of 88 was unknown, but 31 were
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the product of hybridizing activity involving crosses
whereas 49 were sports of roses already on the mar-
ket. Among the floribundas the relevant figures were
nine unknowns, 39 crosses and just 31 sports (mostly of
the early Poulsen and Lafayette). So, both the interest
of committed rose growers, who might be likely to re-
spond to the POP opportunity as well as the interest of
hybridizers in creating new roses seemed to tilt toward
the floribunda group. It is relevant here to note that the
membership of the American Rose Society during the
decade of the 30s was shifting from mainly plantsmen
to a more populist base of amateur enthusiasts.
One reason for this disparity might be that the
polyantha roses developed from the 'Mme Norbert Le-
vavasseur' and 'Orléans Rose' had pretty much peaked
after two decades of development. The line of sports
from these roses had produced salmon colored roses
in the 1920s and at the end of that decade culminated
in an orange strain with the sports of 'Gloria Mundi'
and 'Paul Crampel' from 'Superba'. It was in reference
to this particular strain or ‘family’ of polyanthas that J.
Horace McFarland, editor of the 1933 American Rose
Annual, declared:
It is apparent that the old type of Polyantha
must be discarded before any large popularity
can be achieved for them as a class. One might
safely predict that all the many small-flowered
variations of 'Baby Rambler' and 'Orléans
Rose', regardless of color, are foredoomed.
A summary of the polyanthas considered and
ranked in the POP from 1926 through 1941, which ap-
peared in the 1942 American Rose Annual, revealed
that, as might be expected, only a small percentage
of the roses reviewed included polyanthas. Then as
now polyanthas suffered from the ignominy of being
valued for their uses rather than in and of themselves.
Robert Pyle, in a 1934 American Rose Annual article,
noted that many people were disappointed when
'Permanent Wave', a hybrid polyantha, won the high-
est awards at Bagatelle and Paris, because only hybrid
teas deserved to be the recipients of such awards.
In the 1942 Summary of POPs, roses that did not
appear for more than two consecutive years and those
receiving less than eight reports were eliminated from
consideration. Of the 267 roses then rated, only 9 per-
cent were combined polyanthas and hybrid polyan-
thas; only eight roses currently ranked as polyanthas

'Orléans Rose'
were rated, 3 percent of the total. 'Martha Lambert',
'Orange Triumph', 'Sunshine' and 'Topaz' were in the
top tier with 75 percent of the reports favorable; 'Glo-
ria Mundi' and 'Margy' were rated as ‘fair to good;
'Golden Salmon' and 'Climbing Gloria Mundi' (vari-
ously 'Prinses van Oranje, Climbing', 'Princess van Or-
ange'), garnered ‘fair to poor’ status. All but 'Margy'
remain in commerce. Among the hybrid polyanthas
manqué, 11 remain in commerce as well.
It might be thought that the polyanthas reported
in the various POPs and American Rose Annuals were
not readily available. However, a 1937 Bobbink and At-
kins catalog reveals that a total of 84 polyanthas (and
hybrid polyanthas) were listed for sale; 23 of the 84
were subsequently re-classified as floribundas. One of
the earliest issues of American Rose in March of 1933
noted the sources for roses listed in the POP. Of the
19 polyanthas, six were listed as ‘generally available,’
and another seven were listed with two or more na-
photo courtesy Cliff Orent
tional nurseries. Indeed, one of the roses, 'Mrs Dudley
Fulton', occasioned comment in three successive POPs
although it did not qualify for ranking because of fewer
than eight reviews. The rose was only available at Arm-
strong Nurseries, based in California.
Most highly rated polyanthas of the period were
crosses involving other genetic introductions rather
than sports out of the 'Orléans Rose' line of develop-
ment. Of the polyanthas introduced in the 30s and
not reviewed in the POP, 64 percent were sports of
other polyanthas (of the roses where the parentage is
known). Twenty-seven were from the 'Orléans Rose'
line of development, including eight direct sports of
'Gloria Mundi', as well as six roses from the Koster line
and eight others from unknown or different sources of
sports. More significant is that the sports represent the
polar extreme to crosses; the experienced and knowl-
edgeable members of the American Rose Society who
participated in the POP over the decade were not in-
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terested in describing or growing
most sports to any great extent
or at least not interested enough
to vouch an opinion if they were
growing them.

The POP Polyanthas:

Although 20 polyanthas
were mentioned in the Proof of
the Pudding during the 30s, only
eight were mentioned frequently
enough to warrant ranking in
the 1942 survey of the first de-
cade and a half of ratings. Four
of them received 75 percent ap-
proval ratings and were grouped
as ‘approved.’

The ‘Approved’ Roses:

'Martha Lambert' was
a cross of 'Frans Leddy', a
sport of a sport of 'Miss Edith
Cavell', a sport itself of 'Orlé-
ans Rose', and 'Paul’s Scarlet
Climber', a rose with both R.
multiflora and noisette influences. Although the
Modern Roses 12 database indicates a date of 1939,
the citations in the 1937 American Rose Annual as a
“New Rose of the World” indicates that a date of 1936
for introduction might be more realistic. The breeder
was Peter Lambert. Lambert had already introduced
several polyanthas, including 'Léonie Lamesch', 'Kath-
arina Zeimet', 'Schneewittchen' and 'Tip-Top', in the
course of a long and distinguished career. 'Martha
Lambert' featured small, single scarlet blooms with
a yellow eye in clusters of up to 70, with dark-green,
glossy foliage on a bush advertised as growing up to
3-feet. In fact, the commentary in the POP indicated
that the rose grew up to 6- to 8-feet tall with a propen-
sity to bloom until November in the Midwest.
McFarland commented that the rose was greatly
appreciated at his garden at Breeze Hill, although it
was clearly too large to be a polyantha. In a later note
(1942) he advised that it needed ‘lots of room.’ The
only negative comment came from Arkansas, where
a reporter dismissed the rose because of mildew and
rust.
Certainly the rose seems atypical of polyanthas of
the 1930s given the height of the plant. Despite the
photo courtesy Cliff Orent
'Orange Triumph'
interesting parentage, the rose has proved to be a bo-
tanical dead end, with no known descendants.
From the very beginning, the color of 'Orange Tri-
umph' has provided difficulties for those reviewing it;
however, the color issue did not prevent it from be-
coming one of the most popular garden roses of its
time. It was widely planted in post World War II vet-
erans’ cemeteries and two decades after its debut, it
was still being recommended by Australian rose soci-
eties as one of the best garden polyanthas. Wilhelm
Kordes issued this cross between a hybrid musk, 'Eva',
with 'Miss Edith Cavell' in its background, and a hybrid
wichurana, 'Solarium'. Although Kordes, who wrote
a letter/column for American Rose Annual for more
than 20 years prior to World War II, explained that this
rose provided orange color when grown on R. canina
understock and orange-red color when grafted to R.
multiflora, this did not deter American commentators
from calling the rose ‘misnamed.’ Roy Hennessey of
Oregon thought the rose had a great future if it could
live down the onus of being wrongly named. Even Mc-
Farland, who presumably read his own American Rose
Annual, called the rose ‘wrongly named,’ and asserted
that one had to imagine the orange because the rose
in fact was a dull-brick red, although that deficiency

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'Sunshine'
was offset by the fact that there were lots of flowers.
Other American commentators noted that the color
seemed coral rather than orange or red. As was usual
with newer colors in the 30s, commentators frequently
indicated their dismay at the actual color; a New York
reporter in the 1940 POP noted that he “did not care
for the color itself.”
The small, semi-double, cupped blooms appear
amid dark-green, glossy foliage on a plant that seldom
rises more than 2-feet tall. Included among the virtues
of the plant is the ability of the blooms to last a long
time, either on the bush or in a vase. And the blooms
of up to 50 in clusters tend to bloom at the same time
rather than the usual combination of fresh and black-
ened stamens. The constant bloom associated with the
rose was greatly appreciated by the commentators of
the POP. 'Orange Triumph' has 35 direct descendants;
more than two-thirds of them are crosses with other
photo courtesy Jeri Jennings
roses as opposed to sports.
Marcel Robichon is credited with 'Sunshine', a
cross of a polyantha, 'George Elger' and a noisette,
'William Allen Richardson'. The small compact plant
produces small clusters of double, formless blooms
that mutate from an orange-red-gold, in the bud, to
a bright sunny-yellow which changes to lemon then to
white all in the course of a day or two. The rose does
not have a reputation for being vigorous, although it is
not clear whether this is a function of its small size or
decreased vigor after a half dozen years. In any event,
the rose and blooms profit by being grafted to 'Pink
Cloud' in standard form, with the size of the clusters
and foliage easily doubling.
McFarland himself lamented in the 1934 American
Rose Annual that “no one has reported on this charm-
ing Polyantha.” He lauded the rose as the best yellow
of its kind ever grown at Breeze Hill and that the plant
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was decidedly worth having “if you like Polyanthas.”
The only drawback noted was the quick fade of the
blooms, especially in hot weather. Again, the disad-
vantage was more than compensated by the extraor-
dinary colors displayed in the opening of the bud to
full bloom.
Had there not been action by plantsman Kim Ru-
pert to propagate the rose in the 1980s it is reasonable
that assume that the rose would have disappeared in
the United States. The distribution of the cuttings to
Sequoia, Vintage and other nurseries helped to ensure
the survival of the rose on this continent.
This rose has not been widely used in breeding as
only two first generation cultivars are attributed to it.
'Topaz' — a most unlikely polyantha by Matthias
Tantau is a cross of 'Johanna Tantau' with a seedling of
'Professor Gnau' and 'Julien Potin'. There is not a trace
of a polyantha or R. multiflora in any of the parents and
the parentage is attested to in Plant Patent No. 300.
The plant grows to a little over 12-inches in height,
and presents 3-inch light-yellow blooms that recurve
and quill as they open to a stellate pattern. POP com-
mentators generally greeted it with praise as a “little
jewel” of a rose with an abundance of bloom. Many
noted that the blooms could be used as boutonnieres.
Particularly favorable was the response to its quilled
and stellate character. McFarland greeted it as “what
a Polyantha should be.” At Breeze Hill it served as an
edging plant around beds of hybrid tea roses. After
five years McFarland concluded that it was “very much
worth while“ despite its tendency to fade, lack of vigor
and blackspot.
No descendants have been attributed to this rose
and the patent noted that the plant was sterile with its
own pollen.
Fair to Good Ratings:
'Gloria Mundi', a 1929 de Ruiter rose, was a sport
of 'Superba', which in turn was either a sport or a
seedling of 'Orléans Rose'; this orange or vermillion
strain of the 'Orléans Rose' became the bête noire of
the McFarland catechism. In its consideration by POP
commentators there were two strikes against it in the
first place. The first difficulty was with the color. Walter
Merrill of California reported that the difficult tanger-
ine color “makes a harsh note among other flowers.”
Burton Proctor of Maryland reported that in July his
plants were covered “with violent orange scarlet flow-
ers which seemed to hurt his eyes.” Gold and Silver
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Medals in Holland and the United Kingdom did not
influence McFarland’s assessment that there was noth-
ing in the rose to admire: “The color is harsh and ugly
at its best.” Other reports concerning the fine bloom-
ing qualities and ease of propagation saved the rose
from complete denigration. The other factor that may
have played a part in the denunciation of the rose re-
lated to its status as a sport. In an article on European
hybridizers in the 1935 American Rose Annual, Dr. J.
H. Nicolas savaged European hybridizers as unworthy
of the title hybridizers. He distinguished between hy-
bridizing and breeding by saying that hybridizing con-
sisted of research and exploration into new pathways
in which a true innovation would be achieved (like that
of Pernet-Ducher in introducing the R. foetida roses)
while in contrast breeding was basically the utilization
of the work of others to produce mere novelties by
seed sowers. Slightly lower on the scale would be the
work of garnishing sports. His characterization of this
can be illustrated by his remarks on Dutch breeders:
“In Holland there are several seed sowers but no hy-
bridizers.” He noted that de Ruiter had an “uncanny
knack” for discovering and developing sports. In the
same article he asserted that originally a semi-double
sport of 'Superba' was intended to be called 'Gloria
Mundi', but that the entire stock was sold to another
nurseryman (Kersbergen, presumably) when a double
sport was detected.
The flowers are double, orange-scarlet and borne
in medium sized clusters on small bushes with light-
green, glossy foliage. Of the 24 first generation de-
scendants of this rose, half are sports and the other
half are crosses.
Despite the reservations of McFarland and others,
the rose became extremely popular and is still avail-
able in over a half dozen online nurseries.
'Margy' is another fair to good rose that came
from Hubert Sauvageot in 1936. Allegedly a sibling of
'Dance of Joy', the rose cast a brilliant red color in a
semi-double bloom with a moderate spicy fragrance.
While the initial reports were encouraging with Stock-
ton of California opining that the rose “was the finest
large polyantha I have seen, free of disease and always
in bloom,” it possessed a “brilliant” fadeless color. The
fine qualities of color and ability to be long lasting as a
cut flower were offset by the stinginess of bloom. The
exception to these reports were the opinions offered
from the West Coast where Hennessey advised close
planting of the rose to overcome their small stature.

'Margo Koster'
McFarland advised that there were simply not enough
flowers to justify the presence of the rose in the gar-
den.
The rose had two direct descendants, both cross-
es by Carl Deuhrsen of Montebello, CA, in the early
1950s.
Fair to Poor Ratings:
'Gloria Mundi, Climbing' known variously as 'Glo-
ria Mundi, Climbing', 'Prinses van Oranje', and/or 'Prin-
cess van Orange' suffered from the same handicap of
a dislike of the color on the part of many commenta-
tors, plus a bad reputation for not providing recurrent
bloom in many different climes. Reports in Arkansas,
Utah and Massachusetts indicated no repeat bloom,
although reports from Texas and the West Coast were
more encouraging. There was a suggestion that the
rose was ill-suited to hot and dry climates. Although
there are three climbing sports of 'Gloria Mundi' indi-
cated, commentary by Nicholas strongly suggests that
the de Ruiter 1933 version is the one under consider-
photo courtesy Cliff Orent
ation in the POPs of the mid-1930s.
There are no recorded descendants of this rose
although there is one nursery in the Czech Republic
which reportedly carries this particular rose.
'Golden Salmon' is a sport in the orange blend
color palette earlier in time than 'Gloria Mundi' from
'Superba'. McFarland rejected the rose for its ugly
slaty-blue-purple fade, which was exceedingly painful
to look at. He also noted that 'Gloria Mundi' was sup-
posed to be much better, if “anyone likes that sort of
thing.” The rose has nine first generation descendants,
with four of them being sports.
The Rest of the POP Roses:
Of the other dozen roses considered in the POPs
of the 30s, a dozen receive only scant or passing com-
mentary. Thus 'Adora', a rose-pink fragrant rose from
Beckwith in 1936, is dismissed by Hennessey because
it mildewed too badly. 'Kees Knoppers' a 1930 white
sport of 'Mevrouw Nathalie Nypels' from Leenders,
was only considered by the Ontario Agricultural Col-
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lege and urged for consideration
by commercial florists. 'Mary
Guthrie', an Alister Clark 1929,
pink fragrant poly, was praised by
Hennessey as the most outstand-
ing rose of its kind because the
large plants were blanketed with a
veritable sheet of bright-pink un-
fading flowers. 'Mary McHutchin'
a climbing polyantha of some
6- to 8-feet with crimson cupped
blooms from B.R. Cant, was highly
recommended by Hennessey for
its tremendous trusses despite
its slight repeat. 'Mrs Pat', a pink
flower from Lilley in 1928, had a
tendency to fade and was other-
wise quite “ordinary,” according
to Mrs. Foote of Massachusetts.
'Paris', a 1929 de Ruiter offer-
ing with bright-red flowers, both
faded and blued. 'Scarlet Button',
another in the interminable line of
orange-red sports from 'Orléans
Rose' sports, elicited the comment
that it was so much like a good
many other polyanthas that the
writer couldn’t tell one from anoth-
er. 'Sheelagh Baird', a 1934 vivid-
pink from Cant, was recommend-
ed for garden rockeries by Fred
photo courtesy Cliff Orent
Edmunds of Oregon because of 'The Fairy’
its prostrate growth, but received
no attention whatsoever from
other commentators. 'Sparkler', a red sport of 'Golden The Ignored 148:
Salmon', received a boost from a Texas correspondent The great majority of these roses simply made an
who praised it as having the best flowers of the red appearance on the historical stage of the 30s and dis-
polyanthas.'Cameo' received several positive recom- appeared. Some two dozen remain in commerce, al-
mendations but was damned with faint praise because though most do so in the half-life of one or two nurser-
it was the least obtrusive of the salmon or orange col- ies maintaining their presence in the commercial lists.
ored roses and much easier to handle in the garden A half-dozen remain in commerce in more than a half-
than 'Paul Crampel' or 'Gloria Mundi'.'Paul Crampel' dozen nurseries world wide, including 'Baby Alberic',
was compared to 'Gloria Mundi' and found to be more 'Britannia', 'Dick Koster', 'Fireglow', 'Gabrielle Privat'
or less as harsh in its color tones. Others regarded it and 'Jean Mermoz'.
as the most vivid orange. 'Rouge', a mid-30s introduc- But there are two roses whose absence from the 30s
tion from Verschuren with scarlet-crimson blooms on POPS are hard to explain: 'Margo Koster' and 'The Fairy'.
a low growing plant seemed to evoke comments that
indicated a preference for some other polyantha like Margo Koster and The Fairy: Late to the Party.
'Cameo' or 'Feuerschein'. Two enduringly popular polyanthas bred and intro-

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duced in the 1930s were not mentioned in the POPs
of the time: 'Margo Koster' and 'The Fairy'. They do
appear in the POPs of the 1940s, starting in 1943 for a
five year run. In both cases the sentiments expressed
are exceptionally laudatory. In the case of the 'The
Fairy', they border on the adulatory. One explanation
for the late appearance of the two roses is that the in-
flux of roses from Europe stopped dead as a result of
World War II. Not only were rose resources converted
to other uses as in the case of the British and German
hybridizers, but the roses were simply not available as
in the case of the Dutch and French.
'Margo Koster' is a salmon colored sport of 'Dick
Koster' and was originally introduced into the United
States in the 1937 American Rose Annual although the
rose was discovered and isolated in 1931. The flowers
are small, bowl-shaped, borne in medium-sized clus-
ters and respond to cool weather with more intense
coloration. Jackson & Perkins featured this rose in the
Parade of Roses associated with the World’s Fair of
1939. POP commentators lavished praise on this rose
declaring it to be one of the best polyanthas, a “per-
sonal favorite”, “a little gem”, “adorable”, a “trea-
sure that really deserves some advertising” and one
of the few roses capable of generating excitement. In
addition to its generous bloom and unusual color, the
sprays will last as long as eight days in the vase or on
the bush without significant deterioration. It is proba-
bly one of the most popular of the Koster line of roses.
The rose has produced one seedling and eight sports.
'The Fairy' is simply the most popular and endur-
ing polyantha in the world. It is sold in over half of the
nurseries listed in the Combined Rose List. The parent-
age is somewhat in dispute. The conventional wisdom
indicates that the rose was bred by Ann Bentall from
a cross of 'Paul Crampel' and the wichuriana rambler,
'Lady Gay'. A minority of opinion holds it to be a sport
of 'Lady Godiva'. In either case the R. wichurana in-
fluence would account for the glossy foliage, disease
resistance and bloom characteristics. Commentators in
the POPs lavished praise on the continuous bloom, the
freedom from disease and the long lasting qualities of
the bloom, cut or on the bush. In fact, there was almost
unanimity of opinion about its virtues, with the excep-
tion of Judith Packard of Los Angeles, who thought it
should be tossed in the incinerator compared to 'Mar-
go Koster'. However, for most rosarians, aside from the
tendency of the blooms to fade to white in the high
summer heat and the damage from the insidious prick-
les concealed in the mid-rib under foliage, the rose has
few detractors.
Equally odd is the length of time it took for this
rose to be used in breeding. The first cross with 'The
Fairy' did not occur until 1960, some 30 years after its
breeding and a more than a quarter century after its
introduction into this country. Subsequently, Jack Hark-
ness issued a series of polyanthas based on a cross of
'The Fairy' and 'Yesterday'. In recent decades Poulsen,
Kordes and Meilland have based a number of shrub
and ground cover roses on crosses of 'The Fairy' and
unnamed seedlings.
McFarland and Polyanthas:
J. Horace McFarland, long time (1916 to 1943) edi-
tor of the American Rose Annual as well as the Presi-
dent of the American Rose Society at the beginning of
the decade, was well acquainted with early polyanthas.
He particularly liked 'Paquerette' as a youth because
he sold rooted cuttings from the roses in his father’s
garden and 'Paquerette' was easy to root. He was also
aware of the fact that the first really popular polyantha
was 'Mme Norbert Levavasseur', sold under the ‘silly’
name of 'Baby Rambler'. In the 1928 American Rose
Annual, a report on the “preferred dozen” roses in
various classes indicated that the most popular poly-
antha roses were: '(Mlle) Cécil(e) Brünner', 'Lafayette',
'(Miss) Edith Cavell', 'Orléans (Rose)', 'Baby Doll' ('Tip-
Top'), 'Chatillon Rose' and 'Éblouissant'. 'Mlle Cécile
Brünner', in particular, was mentioned frequently in
the 1920s American Rose Annuals as a rose favorite,
particularly among southern and southwestern corre-
spondents.
McFarland lived at Breeze Hill, near Harrisburg, PA,
where his collection included more than 3,000 plants of
nearly 800 different varieties. Of these 42 were polyan-
thas, according to a 1932 report by R. Marian Hattan.
McFarland himself allowed as how he preferred climb-
ing roses, especially “door roses.” However, the poly-
anthas he recommended tended to be more muted in
color than the polyanthas being offered in the 1930s.
In a 1930 radio address he suggested polyanthas such
as 'La Marne', 'Chatillon', 'Lafayette', 'Ideal' and 'Gruss
an Aachen'.
Over the course of the decade of the 30s, McFar-
land rated some two dozen polyanthas and nascent
floribundas. Of the floribundas to be, he ranked about
half favorably and half unfavorably. With the polyan-
thas, he ranked twice as many favorably as unfavorably,
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although his attitude toward the polyanthas of the
day were shaped by his aversion to the colors being
presented as well as to the fading, blueing and other
characteristics of polyanthas. He once referred to the
blooms of polyanthas as “puckered monstrosities.”
It is more than possible that some of McFar- Remembering
land’s hostility to polyanthas was no more than the
natural crankiness that comes to a septuagenarian.
He once referred to the original title of 'Permanent
Jim Delahanty
Wave' ('Mevrouw Van Straaten Van Nes') as an “inex- 1935-2013
cusable Dutch name.” And on another occasion ex-
pressed the hope that Poulsen would soon run out by Cliff Orent
of family names and give his roses names that could
be distinguished as “Two Poulsens are plenty.” His
1935 POP review of 'Little Beauty' declared “At
Breeze Hill, we admired its durability without caring
very much whether it endured or not.”

Conclusion:
Certainly McFarland was right about the exhaus-
tion of the possibilities of the 'Orléans Rose' and
its sports. The later roses lost their color appeal as
they increasingly acquired or displayed more disease
susceptibility. Nor did the Koster line offer any sig-
nificant possibilities for breakthrough. The successful
polyanthas of the 30s largely display an aptitude for
expanding the genetic palette through inclusion of
R. wichurana, noisette and hybrid musk influences.
Through a fluke of fate, the most innovative of the
thirties polyanthas, 'The Fairy', did not come into the
breeding game until the polyantha class itself had
fallen into disuse if not disgrace. Latter day sports of
'The Fairy' were registered as ‘shrubs’ rather than as
polyanthas even though that category as taxonomi-
cally descriptive is barely one step above ‘bush.’ The
healthy numbers of roses being introduced as poly-
anthas in the 30s concealed both the inventive ener-
gy being shifted to the nascent floribundas and away
from traditional polyantha of a dwarf mien. Some of
this ingenuity would eventually find expression in the
rise of the miniatures as a significant class.
In his last pre-war letter to McFarland and the
American Rose Annual, Wilhelm J. H. Kordes wrote,
“We are having war again in Europe, and whatever may
photo courtesy Delahanty Family
result of it, it will leave all of us the poorer and will be a
great harm to the cause of the rose.” He perfectly ex-
pressed the notion of the polyanthas as part of the col-
lateral damage arising out of World War II as power and
leadership in the rose world shifted away from Europe,
for a while, but permanently away from polyanthas.

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“The strength of a man’s virtue should not be mea-
sured by his special exertions, but by his habitual acts.“
~Blaise Pascal, Pensées, 1670
It was with tremendous sadness that we learned that
Jim Delahanty of Sherman Oaks, CA, devoted husband
and family member, humanitarian, educator, scholar
and dear friend had passed away in his sleep on July
26 at the age of 77. Although he had been in declin-
ing health, none of us could imagine a time when Jim
would not be with us, and in Jim’s inimitable style that
we had come to know and love, he continued to be
fully engaged in life right up until the end.
He gave generously of his time to many organizations,
and most notably was a stalwart leader of the Ventura
County Rose Society, serving in various capacities over
the years, including President and Editor of its award-
winning newsletter. He was the driving force behind
the creation of the Ventura County Rose Society’s An-
nual Rose Auction, which has served as a model for
other rose societies’ auctions, and he received an ARS
Award of Merit for the 2009 Rose Auction Catalog, one
of many such awards he received over the years.
Jim was the recipient of the VCRS Bronze Medal in
2002 and recently, at the Pacific Southwest District
Rose Convention in May,
2013, he was recognized as
the District’s Outstanding
Consulting Rosarian.
side in Sherman Oaks, CA. Although he grew a wide
range of roses from hybrid teas, floribundas and min-
iatures to a variety of Old Garden Roses, his first love
was polyanthas, for which he was best known and
which earned him the nickname “Father Polyantha.”
It’s doubtful that anyone had a broader or deeper
knowledge of this class of roses than Jim, though
he was always quick to engage even the novice rose
grower in conversation about these treasures, making
each and every newcomer feel that he or she was his
equal, one of Jim’s many exceptional traits. He was a
much sought after lecturer on many aspects of roses
(particularly polyanthas) and a prolific writer of thought
provoking articles, which appeared frequently in local,
national and international publications.
When the Scottish poet Robert Burns first penned the
phrase “a gentleman and a scholar” back in the 1700s,
it was as if he knew Jim Delahanty and wrote these
words to describe him, for Jim was indeed one of the
most shining examples of both. May you indeed rest in
Peace, dear friend.
Visit our website for the full length tribute to Jim. It
can be found along with the Jan/Feb Clippings under
Articles on Roses — accessible on the Resources page.
photo courtesy Pacific Rose Society Archives
Jim and Jane Delahanty

Whenever I received a re-

quest from Jim to have a
look at an article he had writ-
ten before it was submitted,
I knew to have my dictionary
handy, for not only was his
command of the English lan-
guage exceptional, but his
vocabulary was as well and
he had a penchant for using
words (and using them cor-
rectly!) that were totally unfa-
miliar to most, including me.
Jim started growing roses in
1975 and at its peak main-
tained a garden of roughly
500 roses on a terraced hill-

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American Prepared by
Pat Shanley

Rose Society & Gene Waering

ARS Marketing

2014 Nursery Guide Committee

gwaering@gmail.com

T his is the ninth annual installment of the nursery guide, which first appeared in American Rose in 2006. The
2014 Nursery Guide contains about the same number of nurseries as the 2013 Guide (perhaps one less). Un-
fortunately, Vintage Gardens in Sebastopol, CA, the boutique rose nursery with the largest number of rose variet-
ies (over 3,000), closed (as it had announced it would be doing last year) in the summer of 2013. Another nursery
also closed – Antique Garden Roses in St. Martinsville, LA. Wells Mid-South Roses continues under a new name:
For the Love of Roses, LLC.

NEWS: American Garden Roses Selections, AGRS, the program that replaced AARS last year, begins its second
year with 13 gardens testing nationally. With continued good support, this program promises to deliver regional
sustainable roses that can be grown with little chemical intervention in the next couple of years. As I mentioned
last year, AGRS embodies a protocol that is modeled on the successful European ADR program, which seeks to
balance sustainability and marketability for new rose introductions. The purpose of the organization is to recog-
nize and recommend the best garden worthy rose varieties for the various regions of the U.S. through testing and
to provide objective and reliable information to the general public.

SOME BASICS: The guide is modeled on the popular Art in America Annual Guide to Galleries, which is to say
we editors try to include all bonafide U.S. rose nurseries in the listing — and selected Canadian nurseries as well
— excluding local garden centers for the most part. Nurseries that advertise in American Rose are recognized
by having their listing in boldface. Nurseries that offer discounts to ARS members through the members benefit
program are also recognized by having their names appear in capital letters. The listing itself is free to all rose
nurseries and part of ARS service to both the rose nurseries and our members.

ANGEL GARDENS P.O. Box 1106 Alachua, FL 32616
352-359-1133 www.angelgardens.com gardenan-
gel22@gmail.com Own-Root, Organically Grown, Old
Garden Roses (Teas, Chinas, Noisettes, Bourbons,
Polyanthas, HPs, Earth-Kind), Modern shrubs, climbers,
miniatures, Buck, Austin, Weeks roses, Rare Imports,
Specializing in roses for warm climates 1500 + variet-
ies, Catalog on line, order year round qts. and gallons
10% DISCOUNT AVAILABLE TO ARS MEMBERS
Antique Rose Emporium 9300 Lueckmeyer Road
Brenham, TX 77833 800-441-0002 www.antiquero-
seemporium.com Roses@weAreroses.com Own-root
(2 gallon). Antique, Rare, Texas Pioneer, Earth-Kind.
400+ vars. Free 64-page color cat. (Color) Guide:
$15. Mail orders/Retail/Wholesale. Visiting: Display
garden is open year-round (phone during holidays)-
-(Independence, TX): 10,000 (FM) 50, Brenham, TX
77833, (979-836-5548), Mon-Sat 9am-5:30pm, Sun
11:30am-5:30pm.
Armstrong Garden Centers Inc. 2200 East Route 66,
Suite 200 Glendora, CA 91740 626-914-1091 www.
armstronggarden.com info@armstronggarden.com
Grafted. Modern, Heritage & Landscape. Pickup in
many locations in Southern California & the Bay area.
No mail orders.

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Bay Laurel Nursery 2500 El Camino Real Atascadero,
California 93422 800-847-6473 www.baylaurelnursery.
com baylaurelnursery@gmail.com Bareroot. Modern,
Miniature, Romantica. 100+ vars. Website shop. Mail
orders welcome.
Burlington Rose Nursery 24865 Rd 164 Visalia, CA
93292 559-747-3624 www.burlingtonroses.com Burl-
ingtonRoses@aol.com Own-root bushes. Budded tree
roses. Miniature, Heritage and Modern. Custom prop-
agation available. Pick-up by appointment. Mail orders
welcome.
CHAMBLEE’S ROSE NURSERY 10926 US Hwy. 69
North Tyler, TX 75706-5933 1-800-256-7673. www.
chambleeroses.com roses@chambleeroses.com Own-
root. Modern, Antique, Austin, Buck, Kordes® &
Earth-Kind. 250+ var. Free cat. Website shop. Mail or-
ders welcome. 5% DISCOUNT WITH PROOF OF ARS
MEMBERSHIP.
Christianson’s Nursery & Greenhouse 15806 Best Road
Mount Vernon, WA 98273 360-466-3821 www.chris-
tiansonsnursery.com Grafted & own-root. Modern,
Heritage, Austin & Miniature. 600+ var. Pickup only.
No mail order.
Cool Roses 888 Chase Road West Palm Beach, FL
33415 561-684-2421 www.coolroses.com geoff-
coolidge@comcast.net Fortuniana (warm weather).
Modern, Miniature & Old Garden. Athy Roses from
New Zealand. 150+ vars. Website list.
Country Care Roses Attn: Rhonda and Bill Spilman
14070 109 Street Fellsmere, FL 32948 772-559-5036
th
www.countrycareroses.com countrycareroses@gmail.
com OGRs and Modern Shrubs for Florida gardening.
160+ vars. No mail order. Display gardens open week-
ends 9am – 4 pm.
Countryside Roses 5016 Menge Avenue Pass Chris-
tian, MS 39571 228-452-2697 www.countrysideroses.
com mail@countrysideroses.com Own-root. Antique
& Modern. 300+ vars. limited avail. Website list. Mail
orders welcome.
DAVID AUSTIN ROSES LTD. 15059 Highway 64 West
Tyler, TX 75704 800-328-8893 www.davidaustinroses.
com/american US@davidaustinroses.com 180 vars.
Grafted and own-root. Austin, Antique, Climbers &
Modern. Free 120-page color cat. 10% DISCOUNT
WITH PROOF OF ARS MEMBERSHIP.
Der Rosenmeister 190 Seven Mile Drive Ithaca, NY
14850 607-351-1336. www.derrosenmeister.com
Facebook. Own-root & grafted/budded. Specializing
in cold hardy climbers and ramblers. 300 vars. incl. 15
Geschwind vars. No mail order. Please phone before
visiting nursery/home.
Edmunds' Roses 335 South High Street Randolph, WI
53956 888-481-7673 www.edmundsroses.com ques-
tions@edmundsroses.com Grafted (Dr. Huey). Modern
& Antique. 170 vars. Free color cat. Website shop. Di-
rect mail roses since 1949.
For Love of Roses, LLC 499 Lucy Kelly Road Brigh-
ton, TN 38011 330-360-8510 www.forloveofroses.com
Own root miniature and miniflora exhibition and nov-
elty roses One-stop shopping for the newest roses.
150+ varieties from 18 Hybridizers Web-site, E-mail
and Phone orders welcome.
GARDEN VALLEY RANCH NURSERY 498 Pepper Road
Petaluma, CA 94952 707-795-0919 www.gardenvalley.
com info@gardenvalley.com Bare-root. Modern & An-
tique. 400+ vars. Mail orders welcome for bare-root
Sept. to Feb. Visiting: Display garden with 7,000 roses;
tours guided & self-guided. 10% DISCOUNT ON POT-
TED ROSES TO ARS MEMBERS.
Greenmantle Nursery 3010 Ettersburg Road Garberville,
CA 95542 707-986-7504 www.greenmantlenursery.com
(only contact via phone and mail) Own-root. Organic
grown. Antique, Unusual & Modern. 400 vars. Website
list. Mail orders welcome.
Harlequin’s Gardens 4795 26th Street Boulder, CO
80301 303-939-9403 www.harlequinsgardens.com
Own-root. Hardy, sustainable roses for Colorado. 220+
vars. No mail order.
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Heaven Sent Roses 7455 Reynolda Road Pfafftown,
NC 27040 336-922-2328. www.heavensentroses.com
hsrosebud@WINDSTREAM.NET Own-root. Mod-
ern, Rare, Antique, EarthKind, Buck. 500+ vars. 75+
climbers/ramblers. Write for free list. Walk-in only. Re-
tail / wholesale. No mail orders. Visiting: Year-round
by chance or appointment. Groups welcome. Green-
house peak bloom mid-April. Open House Sat (10am-
4pm) & Sun (12-5pm) in May.
Heirloom Roses 24062 Riverside Drive NE St. Paul, OR
97137 800-820-0465. www.heirloomroses.com info@
heirloomroses.com A family-owned company dedicat-
ed to providing the largest variety of own-root, virus-
free roses in the country. It was established in 1979 we
are committed preserving antique roses, growing own-
root. 1,800+ vars: Hybrid Teas, Antique, OGRs, Rare,
Modern, Winter Hardy, Clements, Buck, Euro Desert.
Custom propagation available upon request. Visiting:
We welcome the public to visit and enjoy our 10 acres
of public gardens.
HIGH COUNTRY ROSES P. O. Box 22901 Denver,
CO 80222 800-552-2082 www.highcountryroses.com
Own-root. Cold Hardy, Old Garden, Shrub, Species,
& Modern. 270+ vars. Website shop. Cat. on request.
Mail orders welcome. 10% DISCOUNT TO ARS MEM-
BERS.
Hortico, Inc. 422 Concession 5 East Waterdown, ON
LOR 2H1 Canada 905-689-6984 www.hortico.com of-
fice@hortico.com Grafted & own-root. Modern, An-
tique, Explorer, Climbing, Miniflora, Kordes. 1200+
vars. Website shop. Mail orders welcome. Wholesale
& retail. Ships to U.S.
Jackson & Perkins Co. 2 Floral Avenue Hodges, SC
29653 800-292-4769, www.jacksonandperkins.co ser-
vice@jacksonandperkins.com 30+ vars. Grafted/own-
root. Modern. Free color cat. Website shop. Mail or-
ders welcome.
John's Miniature Roses 24062 NE Riverside Drive St.
Paul, Oregon 97137 800-820-0465. www.heirloom-
roses.com Own-root. Miniature & Miniflora. 140+ vars.
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Website shop. Mail orders welcome.
K&M Roses (James & Daisy Mills) 1260 Chicora River
Road Buckatunna, MS 39233 601-648-2908. www.kan-
dmroses.com info@kandmroses.com Fortuniana graft-
ed roses. Hybrid teas, floribundas & climbers; exhibi-
tion varieties & old favorites. New varieties from top
producers of exhibition roses for the florist trade such
as Kordes. 200+ vars. Mail orders welcome. Visiting:
Visitors welcome by appointment.
Long Ago Roses 7 East Berkley St. Granite Falls, NC
28630 www.longagoroses.com Roses@longagoro-
ses.com Own-root. Antique and Modern. 300+ vars.
Mail orders welcome, except CA, NV, AZ, OR, WA, ID
Visitors welcome by appointment, please e-mail.
Mary’s Plant Farm & Landscaping 2410 Lanes Mill Road
Hamilton, OH 45013 513-894-0022. www.marysplant-
farm.com marysplantfarm@zoomtown.com Own-root/
Grafted. Rare & hard to find Cold Hardy, Modern, An-
tique, Austin, Buck. 60+ vars. Phone & mail orders wel-
come. Visiting: 3 acres of display gardens. Business hrs
Apr – Oct. Special tours & events listed on website.
North Creek Farm 24 Sebasco Road Phippsburg, ME
04562 207-389-1341. www.northcreekfarm.org suzy@
northcreekfarm.org Own-root. Cold Hardy, Rugosas,
Gallicas. 80+ vars. Mail orders welcome.
Northland Rosarium 9405 S. Williams Lane Spokane,
WA 99224 509-448-4968 www.northlandrosarium.com
carol@northlandrosarium.com Own-root. Cold Hardy,
Modern, Antique, Climbing, Buck Ground Cover, Ru-
gosa & Old Garden. Free cat. Mail orders welcome.
Visiting: Display gardens open Apr – Aug, Wed – Sat,
9am – 5pm.
Otto & Sons Nursery 1835 East Guiberson Road Fill-
more, CA 93015 805-524-2123. www.ottoandsons-
nursery.com info@ottoandsons-nursery.com Grafted.
Modern, Antique, Landscape. 800+ vars. Pickup only.
No mail orders.
Palatine Fruit & Roses 2108 Four Mile Creek Road, RR#
3 Niagara-on-the-Lake Ontario L0S 1J0 Canada 905-
468 – 8627. www.palatineroses.com sales@palatinero-
ses.com Grafted – Multiflora. Modern, Antique, Austin,
Kordes. 300+ vars. Mail orders welcome. Ships to U.S.
Petals from the Past 16034 Country Road 29 Jemison,
AL 35085 205-646-0069 www.petalsfromthepast.com
info@petalsfromthepast.com Antique. Website shop.
Mail orders welcome.
Pickering Nurseries Inc. 3043 County Road 2, RR#1
Port Hope, ON L1A 3V5 Canada 905-753-2155 www.
pickeringnurseries.com roses@pickeringnurseries.com
Grafted & Own-root. Modern, Heritage, Winter Hardy,
Kordes. 1000+ vars. Website shop. Mail orders wel-
come. Ships to U.S.
Regan Nursery 4268 Decoto Road Fremont CA 94555-
3204 510-797-3222 www.regannursery.com regan@re-
gannursery.com Grafted. Modern & Heritage. 1000+
vars. Mail orders welcome.
ROGUE VALLEY ROSES P.O. Box 116 Phoenix, OR
97504 541-535-1307 www.roguevalleyroses.com
info@roguevalleyroses.com Own-root (bands, with
some varieties in gallons, and 5 gallons). Rare & ex-
ceptional; Antique & Modern. 1500+ vars. Photos/
search features on website. Online ordering. We ship
Retail, Wholesale, and International orders year-round.
Delayed shipping available on request. Mail/phone/
online orders; Waiting list notification. Call or email for
directions, to arrange an appointment for a visit or to
pick up an order, or to pre-register for events. 10% DIS-
COUNT TO ARS and HRF MEMBERS.
Rose Fire, Ltd. 09 394 State Route 34 Edon, OH 43518
419-388-8511. www.rosefire.com info@rosefire.com
Own-root. 1 gal sizes only. Specializing in Antique &
Winter Hardy. 200+ vars. Mail orders welcome. Visit-
ing: Display gardens open Jun – Sep.
Roseglen Gardens 11581 Riggs Road Naples, FL 34114
239-775-4489. www.roseglengardens.com Info@
Roseglengardens.com Old Garden, Heat Hardy. 60+
vars. No shipping.
Roseland Nursery 247 Main St. Acushnet, MA 02743
508-995-4212 www.roselandroses.com contacts@rose-
landroses.com Grafted. Modern, Landscape. 300+
vars. Distributes to 9 states in Northeast.
Rosemania 4020 Trail Ridge Dr. Franklin, TN 37067
888-600-9665 www.rosemania.com #1 grade bare-
root roses. Own-root from Weeks and Star Roses. $12
shipping on orders of two or more roses.
Rose Petals Nursery 16918 SW 15th Avenue Newberry,
FL 32669 352-215-6399 www.rosepetalsnursery.com
roses@rosepetalsnursery.com Own-root. Antique &
Earth-Kind. Mail orders welcome.
Roses of Yesterday and Today 803 Brown’s Valley
Road Watsonville, CA 95076 831-728-1901. www.
roseofyesterday.com postmaster@rosesofyesterday.
com Own-root/Grafted. Bareroot & potted. Antique &
Modern. 230 vars. Cat. $5. Mail orders welcome. Vis-
iting: Display garden year-round, 9am – 4pm, picnic
tables available.
Roses Inc Green Country 500 E. Washington Street
Broken Arrow, OK 74012 918-455-7673. www.rosesin-
ctulsa.com KGardner@GreenCountryRoses.com Graft-
ed/Own-root. Bare root, potted. Modern, Heritage.
500+ vars. Website shop. Mail orders welcome.
Roses Unlimited 363 North Deerwood Drive Laurens,
SC 29360 864-682-7673 www.rosesunlimitedownroot.
com rosesunlmt@aol.com Own-root. Heritage, Mod-
ern, Rare, Evergreen, Earth-Kind. International Col-
lection of Austin, Barni, Alister Clark, Delbard, Guil-
lot, Harkness, Kordes, Meilland, Viru Viraraghavan.
Collections from Tom Carruth (Weeks), Ben Williams,
Keith Zary (J&P), Robert Rippetoe, and Eddie Edwards.
1000+ vars. Free cat. Mail orders welcome. Visiting:
Phone/email in advance. Pre-register for events. Study
Day, Fri Apr 11 9am-3pm, $45 ea (includes lectures,
handouts, lunch); Springfest 2014 (greenhouses in
full bloom), Fri Apr 18, Sat Apr 19 10am-4pm; Annual
Open House, Fri & Sat, May 9 & May 10 10 am – 4pm.
Russian River Rose Co. 1685 Magnolia Drive Healds-
burg, CA 95448 707-433-7455. www.russian-river-rose.
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com info@russian-river-rose.com Own-root. 600+ vars.
Antique, Modern. Pickup only. No shipping. Visiting:
Open Every Weekend in April and May from 10-5,
and year round by appointment. Large display garden
with 650 varieties of roses; springtime 'Perfume Rose
Harvest Tours' feature demonstration of harvesting &
distillation of damask roses for rose water & rose oil;
special presentations & workshops spring & fall – check
website for details.
S&W Greenhouse, Inc. P.O. Box 30 White House, TN
37188 615-672-0599. www.sw-greenhouse.com/rose.
html Info@sw-greenhouse.com Bare-root & 3 gal con-
tainer grown roses. Dr. Huey, Fortuniana, Own-root.
Mail Orders / Retail / Wholesale. Shipping to the Con-
tinental 48 States - Orders may also be picked up at
the greenhouse (email us in advance to arrange pick
up) Visiting: Visitors welcome. Greenhouse hrs 8am -
5pm, Mar 15 – Oct 31 (email after May to verify rose
availability before traveling).
Austin, Buck, Canadian, Modern, Antique cold hardy
vars. 150+ vars. No mail order. Visiting: Visitors wel-
come by appointment. Display gardens, talks, tours,
classes, workshops Mar through Oct. Phone to register
and for directions. 5% DISCOUNT ON POTTED ROS-
ES W/PROOF OF ARS MEMBERSHIP.
Waterwise Botanicals 32183 Old Highway 395
Escondido, CA 92026 Mail P.O. Box 968, Bonsal, CA 92003
760-728-2641 www.waterwisebotanicals.com talk-
plants@waterwisebotanicals.com 80+ vars. Modern,
Antique. Website shop. Mail orders welcome.
Wells Mid-South Roses (See For Love of Roses) RJA4C-
PA@aol.com.
Wisconsin Roses 7939 31st Avenue Kenosha, WI 53142
262-358-1298 www.wiroses.com wiroses@gmail.com
Bareroot maiden (grafted). Modern. Exhibition 25+
vars. Mail orders welcome.

Sam Kedem Nursery & Garden Town & Country Roses
12414 191st St. East Hastings, MN 55033 651-437-
7516 www.kedemroses.com Info@kedemroses.com
Own-root. Canadian, Buck, English, Antique & Mod-
ern. 450 vars. Website cat.
Spring Valley Roses P.O. Box 7, N7637 330 th
Street
Spring Valley, WI 54767 715-778-4481 www.springval-
leyroses.com www.springvalleyroses.com Own-root.
Hardy. 60 vars. Website shop. Mail orders welcome.
WITHERSPOON ROSE CULTURE 3312 Watkins Road
Durham, NC 27707 800-643-0315 www.witherspoon-
rose.com gardenshop@witherspoonrose.com Bare-
root. Free cat. & growing guide. 200+ vars. Mail or-
ders welcome. FREE ROSEBUSH W/ A NEW FULL ARS
MEMBERSHIP ONLY — 10% DISCOUNT WITH ARS
MEMBERSHIP.

Two Sisters Roses Mail Order Nursery Order online

www.twosistersroses.com VISA and MC accepted
through Paypal. Print the printable order form online
and mail to 1430 N. Redbud Ln. Newcastle, OK. 73065
Email orders to admin@twosistersroses.com

Twombly Nursery 163 Barn Hill Road Monroe, CT

06468 203-261-2133. www.twomblynursery.com info@
twomblynursery.com Grafted. Modern. 80+ vars. Web-
site shop. New England mail order only.

WALNUT HILL FARM P.O. Box 189 Bangor, MI 49013

269-427-4010 tconk@msn.com Own-root, grafted.

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ARS National
Convention
San Diego, California
by Bob Martin, Reed Nessel, Sue Streeper, Ruth Tiffany and Paula Taylor
With the expanding interest and endless
possibilities for creative rose photography, Sally
Long, Photography Show Chair, has called upon the
experts to share their skills with lectures and hands-on
practice. Learn about the status of photography at the
national level (Curtis Aumiller, ARS National Chair of
Photography); listen to a nuts and bolts presentation of
floral photography by an award-winning photographer
(Susan Brandt Graham); discover white balance
techniques and applications (Bill Farmer); experience
the magic of macro-photography (Sally Long);
participate in mounting and matting your photos for
exhibiting (Miriam Yoder and Gerry Mahoney); assess
photo editing programs (Bill Farmer); get your mind
thinking about how to enter ARS photo contests (Curtis
Aumiller); and use your camera (any kind you have)
for a walking tour and hands-on photo session of the
hotel’s roses (Susan Brandt Graham). Your pictures will
be worth a thousand words in the form of compliments
from your audience.
Bob Martin, Program and Speakers Chairman,
has assembled a national group of 13 distinguished
rosarians to present a broad range of educational
programs. Saturday begins with a program by
Connie Vierbecky of Sarasota, FL, on “The English
Rose Family” following which the “Bugman,” Baldo
Villegas, will entertain kids and adults alike with his
“Good Bugs/Bad Bugs” program. Dr. Gary Rankin
and Dr. Monica Valentovic of Lavalette, WV, will offer
a “Tool Talk” and “Cliff-of-the-Desert,” Cliff Orent,
will discuss the unusual roses he imported for his
Euro-Desert collection. The guest speaker at the ARS
President’s Tea and Fashion Show on Sunday will be
ARS Vice President, Pat Shanley, speaking on “The
ARS Family,” followed by Dr. Tommy Cairns, ARS
Gold Medalist and former ARS and WFRS President,
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who will present a stirring multimedia tribute to “A
Century of Roses.” The Monday programs focus on
exhibitors and new roses. Suzanne Horn will present
a program on “Showing the Shrub Family,” followed
by Richard Anthony of Brighton, TN, speaking on
minifloras. Thereafter, Dr. Satish Prabhu of Columbia,
SC, will present a program entitled “Are we There Yet?
­— Flying with Roses.” Jim Sproul, general director of
the Rose Hybridizers Association, will then conduct an
open meeting at which he will discuss his hybridizing
program. Participants in the Escondido/North County
garden tour will hear Bob Martin’s presentation
about “Show Roses in the Garden.” Concluding the
educational offerings, radio personality, hybridizer
and international rosarian John Bagnasco, will be
the keynote speaker at Monday’s Awards Banquet.
Jim Price, San Diego Rose Society Membership Vice
President, will speak Monday afternoon about utilizing
the talents of members for a successful rose society.
Convention goers extending their visit to Southern
California will want to join in with the fun 26 miles across
the sea where Santa Catalina is a-waitin’ for you. (Thank
you Four Preps for immortalizing this song.) Picturesque
Catalina Island and charming Avalon, a unique town of
4,000 residents, will delight you. On Tuesday morning,
May 13, a bus will transport passengers to Dana Point
where the Catalina Express boat will take everyone to
the island in time for lunch. Participants can choose
their activities from a selection including an interior-
island tour, visit to the casino with its historic ballroom
and museum, a semi-submersible ride to the protected
marine area, zip line over exotic island fauna and flora
and strolls through the no-cars traditional small town
with great shops and restaurants. Two nights at a small
hotel are included before returning to the mainland
and the bus back to the Town and Country Hotel.
 Schedule of Events
THURSDAY, MAY 8

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Registration/Hospitality Open

6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. ARS Finance Committee Meeting

FRIDAY, MAY 9
8:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. Registration open
8:00 a.m. - 12 midnight Refrigeration open
8:00 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. ARS Executive Committee Meeting with Board Meeting to follow
9:00 a.m. - 12 noon Photography Seminar 1
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. All day/anytime “Hello San Diego” Old Town Trolley Tour
12 noon - 6:00 p.m. Trade Show
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Photography Seminar 2
5:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m. OPENING PARTY
7:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m. Explore San Diego’s dining options
9:00 p.m. - 9:45 a.m. Arrangers can work
9:00 p.m. - 9:45 a.m. Exhibitors can work

SATURDAY, MAY 10
6:30 a.m. -9:45 a.m. Rose Show Entries open
7:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Registration/Hospitality Open
8:45 a.m. -9:45 a.m. Judges Coffee
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Trade Show & Artist Auction
9:45 a.m. -1:00 p.m. Rose Show Judging
9:45 a.m. -3:00 p.m. TOUR – Balboa Park Rose Garden, Private Gardens, Cabrillo Monument
10:00 a.m. -11:00 a.m. Speaker – Connie Vierbicky, Sarasota, FL — “The English Rose Family”
11:00 a.m. - 12 noon Speaker – Baldo Villegas, Sacramento, CA — “Good Bugs/Bad Bugs”
12 noon - 1:00 p.m. Speaker – Dr. Gary Rankin & Dr. Monica Valentovic, Lavalette, WV — “ Tools for Roses”
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Judges Lunch
1:30 p.m. -6:00 p.m. Rose Show Open
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Speaker – Cliff Orent, Cathedral City, CA — “There’s More to Roses than Hybrid Teas…”
3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Consulting Rosarian Meeting & Education — Open to all
4:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m. Horticulture Judges Meeting
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. ARS Membership Meeting & Klima Lecture
5:30 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Rose Show Awards
5:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Cocktails
6:15 p.m. -9:00 p.m. Dinner Cruise on San Diego Harbor

JANUARY/FEBRUARY | 2014 77
SUNDAY, MAY 11
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. -9:45 a.m.
9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m.
10:00 a.m. -2:45 p.m.
3:00 p.m. - 4:15 p.m.
4:15 p.m. - 5:15 p.m.
6:00 p.m. - 7:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Patrons Continental Breakfast
ARS Convention Roundtable
Registration/Hospitality Open
Rose Show open
Speaker — Bill Farmer, Albuquerque, NM — Walk through the Photography Show
Trade Show & Artist Auction
TOUR — East County Rose Gardens
ARS President’s Tea & Fashion Show honoring Mothers & New ARS Members &
Convention First Timers. Jolene Adams-ARS President
Speaker — Pat Shanley, ARS Vice President, Glen Cove, NY. — “The ARS Family”
Speaker — Dr. Tommy Cairns, Studio City, CA — “A Century of Roses“
Cocktails
COME AS A ROSE Buffet Dinner honoring Rose Families
Entertainment — Lee Fugal Music & Comedy Show

MONDAY, MAY 12
8:00 a.m. -10:00 a.m.
8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
9:00 a.m. - 3:45 p.m.
9:00 a.m. - 10:00 a.m.
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. - 12 noon
12 noon - 1:00 p.m.
1:15 p.m . - 4:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m. - 9:30 p.m.
Rose Show Tear Down
Speaker – Suzanne Horn, Glendale, CA- “Showing the Shrub Family”
Registration/Hospitality Open
Rose Books Silent Auction
Speaker — Richard Anthony, Brighton, TN —
“The Miniflora – a New and Exciting Member of the Rose Family”
Speaker — Dr. Satish Prabhu, Columbia, SC – “Are We There Yet? – Flying With Roses”
Rose Hybridizers Meeting: Speaker — Jim Sproul, Bakersfield, CA – Open to all
Pacific Southwest District Luncheon
Escondido Garden Tour & Speaker — Bob Martin, Escondido, CA
—“Show Roses in the Garden”
Speaker – Jim Price, San Diego, CA — San Diego Rose Society Membership
Vice President
“Members Make the Difference — Tapping into the Talents of our Members”
Cocktails
AWARDS Banquet: Keynote Speaker — John Bagnasco, Fallbrook, CA —
“Rose Genealogy – Preserving Roses for Generations to Come”

TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY, MAY 13 -15

Overnight tour to Catalina Island (2 nights)

Events and speakers are subject to change. Please check your registration packet for the latest schedule.

To Register: Visit www.arosefamilyholiday.com or you may

request a paper copy be mailed to you
by contacting the Registrar.

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 The Rose Family
“The rose is a rose,
And was always a rose.
But the theory now goes
That apple’s a rose,
And the pear is, and so’s
The plum, I suppose.
The dear only knows
What will next prove a rose.
You, of course, are a rose -
But were always a rose.”

Robert Frost

A Rose Family Holiday

San Diego RS President • Bob Kolb • bobkolb@cox.net
ARS National Convention Chair • Ruth Tiffany • ruthsgarden@msn.com
Arrangement Judges Chair • Lauren Toth • l.toth@cox.net • 623-533-5844
Convention Registrar • Mary Vieira • arsnc591214@cox.net • 619-222-3376
General Information • Paula Taylor • arosefamilyholidayinfo@gmail.com • 858-485-7429
Horticulture Judges Chair • Akiko Strathmann • akikostrathmann@aol.com • 661-252-8199
Photography Show Chair • Sally Long • sally.long@gmail.com • 619-588-8893
Programs/Speakers • Bob Martin • petrose@aol.com • 626-840-3472
Publicity/Media Relations • Paula Taylor • arosefamilyholidayinfo@gmail.com • 858-485-7429
Reed Nessel • Reed@woodendnessel.com • 858-484-1662
Rose Show Chair • Linda Clark • linsline@cox.net • 619-301-1156
Sponsorships • Paula Taylor • arosefamilyholidayinfo@gmail.com • 858-485-7429
Vendors • Victoria Paris • parispromos@cox.net • 619-925-7018

For a complete committee list, visit our website, www.arosefamilyholiday.com

JANUARY/FEBRUARY | 2014 79
 The Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden
How It Grew
photo courtesy Dona Martin
T he Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden,
often referred to as the Balboa Park rose gar-
den, was just a dream of Dick Streeper’s when he was
elected president of the San Diego Rose Society in
1969. Jean Kenneally and Jim Kirk helped Dick with
the launch of the new rose garden in San Diego. Previ-
ously, two rose gardens existed in Balboa Park, but by
the late 60s there was little left of them.
With the help of Jim Milch, chairman of the Park
and Recreation Board, and Vince Marchetti, project of-
ficer for Park and Recreation, the idea of a large rose
garden began to take hold. By 1973, the city council
was ready to choose a site with financial backing com-
ing from the Parker Foundation. Several rose-produc-
ing businesses donated roses for the initial planting;
the members of the San Diego Rose Society planted
the roses in pots while the walks, raised beds and ir-
rigation system were being made ready. By 1975, the
garden was well established, and it was dedicated dur-
ing the American Rose Society convention held in San
Diego that year.
The plaque commemorating the dedication lists
the following organizations which were involved in
bringing the garden to fruition: The Parker Foundation,
Armstrong Nurseries Inc., Jackson & Perkins Co., San
Joaquin Rose Co., San Diego Rose Society, Howard
Rose Co., Weeks Wholesale Rose Grower and Boise
Cascade Corp.
Twelve-hundred plants of 83 varieties made up
the original planting. The rosebeds are designated S
(south), C (central) and N (north) to identify them con-
veniently.
The garden was later enlarged during the 1980s
when the construction of new downtown buildings
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by Sue Streeper, streeper@cox.net
needed a place to discard soil. Florida Canyon turned
out to be the ideal place. The gazebo, which was a
half circle now became a full circle, and rosebeds were
added on the east side of the garden. With this addi-
tion, the garden was expanded to 1600 plants of 104
varieties. Those beds are now labeled N-9 through
N-12. Specifically, there are David Austin English roses
overlooking the canyon in N-11 and S-3.
The irrigation system was upgraded in January
2013, with funding from the Balboa Park Trust admin-
istered by the San Diego Foundation. The mission of
this foundation is to improve the quality of life in all of
our communities by providing leadership for effective
philanthropy. Many local residents visit the rose garden
frequently, aided by the wide walkways, which make it
accessible to strollers and wheelchairs. Tourists are un-
failingly complimentary as they visit the display, which
is in color from March through November. Many wed-
dings are scheduled in the rose garden.
The Rose Garden Corps — a group of about 45
volunteers who keep the garden tidy and healthy —
aide the San Diego City Park staff in maintaining the
garden. Their tasks include removing spent blooms,
picking up petals and leaves, fertilizing, replacing
plants, supplying labels and even supplementary wa-
tering.
Every year on the first Saturday of January the San
Diego Rose Society holds a pruning demonstration
to educate the public about the proper techniques of
rose care. Often there are hundreds of attendees ea-
ger to learn. The Rose Garden Corps and the Park and
Recreation Department staff then finish pruning all of
the roses. The first bloom — in late March and early
April — is spectacular.
Great Rosarians of the World™ West 2014
Saturday, February 1, 2014
The Huntington Botanical Garden, San Marino, CA
D anielle Hahn is the owner of Rose Story Farms
in Carpinteria, CA, a boutique rose farm for cut
roses. Because of her skills and dedication to the rose,
she has been able to develop a business model that
combines growing roses and education.
Danielle has maintained a hands-on approach to sat-
isfy her market and has given this segment of the rose
industry a successful working model, which encom-
passes the small boutique rose nursery and small or-
ganic farmer, for others to follow. Her farm is a prime
model for the future of small family farms to specialize
into niche areas and succeed. She has expanded her
business to include the valuable component of educa-
tional tours, which help educate her audience with the
knowledge to grow healthy roses successfully.
Growing from a life long love of flowers and gardening,
Rose Story Farm has become the focal point of a won-
derful mixture of business and life. From the first day
the mission was to produce beautiful, fragrant, roman-
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Danielle Hahn
Owner of
Rose Story Farms
to be Honored
tic garden roses in exquisite shapes and colors. Now
more than 25,000 bushes of 120 varieties are scattered
over the 15-acre farm. Tours are led by Danielle twice
weekly, and a variety of seminars focused on garden
design, rose cultivation and flower arranging are given
throughout the year. A major theme of the educational
effort is to demystify the process of growing and caring
for roses.
“Roses are magical and forgiving — they repay
any effort on their behalf ten-fold. We named
the farm ‘Rose Story Farm’ because the roses
are central to some of our most enchanting
and memorable experiences. We encourage
clients, visitors and friends to exchange their
rose stories with us, and in this way to share
what we find romantic, passionate, joyful and
sustaining.”
Born in Santa Barbara, CA, in 1953, she attended local
schools until 1971 when she entered Stanford Univer-
sity. She graduated three years later with honors with a
BA in psychology and a minor in Italian. Having played
on the Stanford Tennis Team for three years and being
a ranked national junior tennis player, her first job out
of college was managing an exclusive tennis club in
Manhattan. Returning to Santa Barbara in 1978, she
opened a series of retail stores over the next 10 years and special events, oversees the rose store on site and
in Southern California. At the same time she was the leads the way on product development — a rose based
founder and perfume and
managing part- body care line
ner of an in- are currently in
novative gift the works.
business that
designed, Danielle is an
manufactured, active member
packaged and of the Santa
ultimately de- Barbara Rose
livered gifts for Society, the
entertainment American Rose
corporations. Society and the
With the birth Garden Club of
of Geoffrey, her America in San-
second boy, ta Barbara. She
in 1993, she is the founder
backed away and sustain-
from the major- ing patron of
ity of her busi- the Carpinteria
ness responsi- Opposite Page: Community Ser-
bilities to focus vice Toy Fund,
Danielle Hahn
on her family. a non-profit or-
ganization that
Her extensive Above: Rose Story raises money
experiences Farms field of roses each year for
proved invalu- the families of
able in 1998 Right: Basket disadvantaged
when Dani- of roses field workers in
elle and her the Carpinteria
husband, Bill Valley.
decided to ex-
pand the family The excitement
avocado farm and beauty of
into a boutique this enterprise
photos courtesy Danielle Hahn
rose business and of Dani-
with the addi- elle herself has
tion of 1,000 been featured
bushes, all of them garden roses. The farm now has in Santa Barbara Magazine, Wine Country Living, Sun-
more than 25,000 bushes and since that time Danielle set, Victoria Magazine, Oprah Magazine, Martha Stew-
has overseen the steady growth and development to art Living, Veranda, and the Wall Street Journal. She
the point where thousands of roses are cut each day has had articles published in the 2012 American Rose
and shipped throughout the United States. Currently Annual on both flower arranging and garden design.
she manages all employees and makes the day-to-day Television coverage of Rose Story Farm has been pre-
decisions for the business, markets the products and sented on California Heartland, a PBS special and on
selects the roses for production. She also designs rose NBC’s Today show. Most recently, Martha Stewart Liv-
gardens for clients worldwide, designs and maintains ing media filmed a segment on the farm for their online
the gardens at the farm that are used for weddings American Made series. In addition to her weekly tours

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at the farm, Danielle is a frequent featured speaker at
events that are focused on the beauty of the garden
and the special role of roses in our daily lives.
The Great Rosarians of the World™ Lecture series
was originally conceived in 2001 by Clair G. Martin,
III, Shannon Curator Emeritus of the Rose & Perennial
Gardens, The Huntington Botanical Garden, San Ma-
rino, CA. It was intended to be an annual lecture series
to honor notable rosarians from around the world and
provide them with a forum to present their work to a
broader American audience.
The goal of this event is to invite major figures in the
world of roses, authors, hybridizers, nurserymen and
scholars and ask them to present a program that would
offer gardeners the opportunity to acknowledge their
accomplishments and to honor their work creating and
promoting our chief love, the rose. In only 13 years,
the event has become famous worldwide. For 2014
the event will take place in California in February and
in New York City in June.
Past honorees have included notable figures in the
world of roses such as Peter Beales, Ralph Moore, Mir-
iam Wilkins, Roger Phillips and Martyn Rix, Peter Hark-
ness, Viru and Girija Viraraghavan, Wilhelm Kordes, III,
William J. Radler, Marilyn Wellan and Stephen Scanni-
ello, David Austin, Ruth Knopf and Alain Meilland, Dr.
Walter Lewis and Dr. Malcolm Manners.

Schedule of Events:
Saturday, February 1, 2014
The Huntington Botanical Garden, San Marino, CA.

Afternoon Program:
“Empress of the Garden” — presented by G. Michael Shoup, Antique Rose Emporium
Award Presentation and Lecture by GROW™ 2014 Honoree – Danielle Hahn

For additional information on GROW™ West contact:

Clair G. Martin, clairgmartin@mac.com
Curator Emeritus Huntington Rose Garden

Great Rosarians of the World™ Rose Garden Hall of Fame Awards 2014

West Coast Awards — will be presented at GROW™ West on February 1, 2014

City of Sukura Rose Garden, Sakura, Japan
Balboa Park Rose Garden, San Diego, California

East Coast Awards — will be presented at GROW™ East on June 7, 2014

Biltmore Rose Garden, Ashville, North Carolina
Edisto Memorial Garden, Orangeburg, South Carolina
En Tian Rose Park, Taicang, China

Save The Date!

Friday, June 6 — Sunday, June 8, 2014
GROW™ East Coast Lecture Series Xiv
Full details of this event will appear in the March/April issue of American Rose
For additional information on GROW™ East contact Pat Shanley, pshanley@aol.com

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 Call for Nominations for
“Miniature and Miniflora Rose Hall of Fame”
by Dr. Jim Hering, Chairman
ARS Miniature/Miniflora Rose Committee
The ARS Miniature and Miniflora Rose Hall of Fame honors miniature and miniflora roses that have stood the test
of time in commerce for at least 20 years. Now, it is your opportunity to participate in this process by sending in
your nomination(s), (five or less). A short list of the most popular miniature and miniflora roses that are 20 years or
older can be found at the end of this article. Criteria for the Hall of Fame can be summarized as follows:

1. The variety must have been introduced at least 20 years prior to the year the award is given. Introduc-
tion date will verified by the latest edition of Modern Roses.
2. There can be multiple winners in any year.
3. Varieties for consideration are solicited from the general membership through an announcement in the
American Rose magazine, on the ARS web-site, in the Miniature Rose Bulletin and in district and local
bulletins. Nominations are to be sent by May 1, 2014 to:
Dr. Jim Hering
1050 Kingwood Drive
Marion, OH 43302
rosehering@roadrunner.com
4. The Chairman of the Miniature/Miniflora Rose Committee will prepare the tabulations for selection by
the full committee by ballot.
5. Formal announcement of the winner(s) will take place at the ARS National Miniature Rose Conference.

ELECTED IN 1999
'Starina', 1964, Meilland
'Beauty Secret', 1972, Moore
'Magic Carrousel', 1972, Moore
'Rise’n’Shine', 1977, Moore
'Party Girl', 1979, Saville
ELECTED IN 2000
'Cinderella', 1953, de Vink
'Mary Marshall', 1970, Moore
ELECTED IN 2001
'Green Ice', 1971, Moore
'Jeanne Lajoie', 1976, Sima
ELECTED IN 2002
'Cupcake', 1981, Spies
ELECTED IN 2003
'Snow Bride', 1982, Jolly
'Little Jackie', 1982, Saville
PREVIOUS WINNERS
ELECTED IN 2004
'Minnie Pearl', 1982, Saville
'Red Cascade', 1976, Moore
ELECTED IN 2005
'Jean Kenneally', 1986, Bennett
'Rainbow’s End', 1986, Saville
ELECTED IN 2006
'Giggles', 1987, King
'Black Jade', 1985, Benardella
ELECTED IN 2007
'Pierrine', 1988, M. Williams
ELECTED IN 2008
'Irresistible', 1989, Bennett
'Fairhope', 1989, Pete & Kay Taylor
ELECTED IN 2009
'Gourmet Popcorn', 1986, Desamero
'Luis Desamero', 1988, Bennett
'Tiffany Lynn', 1985, N. Jolly
ELECTED IN 2010
'Chelsea Belle', 1991, Pete & Kay Taylor
'Grace Seward', 1991, Bennett
'Fancy Pants', 1986, King
ELECTED IN 2011
'Kristin', 1992, Benardella
'Olympic Gold', 1983, N. Jolly
ELECTED IN 2012
'Hot Tamale', 1993, Zary
'X-Rated', 1993, Bennett
ELECTED IN 2013
'My Sunshine', 1986, Bennett
'Peggy “T”', 1988, King
'Winsome', 1984, Saville

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 photos courtesy Rich Baer, Bob Anderson and Susan Chan-McCarthy,

2013 Winners: 'Winsome', 'Peggy “T”' and 'My Sunshine'

A BRIEF LIST OF ELIGIBLE MINIATURE & MINI-FLORA ROSES

'Acey Deucy' 'Ain’t Misbehavin’' 'Apricot Twist' 'Baby Grand'

'Baby Katie' 'Butter’n’Sugar' 'Cajun Dancer' 'Cal Poly'
'Connie' 'Crazy Dottie' 'Cuddles' 'Dee Bennett'
'Dreamcatcher' 'Elfinglo' 'Figurine' 'Gail'
'Glory Be' 'Halo Rainbow' 'Halo Today' 'Hanini'
'Holy Toledo' 'Jennifer' 'Judy Fischer' 'June Laver'
'Linville' 'Love in Bloom' 'Millie Walters' 'Mobile Jubilee'
'Mothers Love' 'Old Glory' 'Orchid Jubilee' 'Over the Rainbow'
'Pacesetter' 'Palmetto Sunrise' 'Peaches’n’Cream' 'Poker Chip'
'Popcorn' 'Pucker Up' 'Purple Dawn' 'Red Minimo'
'Ruby Pendant' 'Samantha Ruth' 'Si' 'Simplex'
'Stars’n’Stripes' 'Sugar Plum' 'Summer Sunset' 'Suzy'
'Sweet Chariot' 'Sweet Revenge' 'Teddy Bear' 'Tennessee'
'Toy Clown' 'Vista' 'Wistful' 'Yantai'

SOME ROSES ELIGIBLE FOR THE FIRST TIME THIS YEAR

'Alisha' 'Ashley Marie' 'Cinderella Gold' 'Denver Dream'

'Descanso Dream' 'Evening Fire' 'For You Dad' 'Halo Fire'
'Incognito' 'Latte' 'Lavender Spoon' 'Leila'
'Little Mermaid' 'Little Sister' 'Marvie' 'Merryglo'
'Misty Morning' 'Monday’s Child' 'Mysterious' 'Nancy Clare'
'Painted Spain' 'Peach Candy' 'Pumpkin Frost' 'Quiet Time'
'Red Moon' 'Redneck Girl' 'Sequoia Ruby' 'Side Kick'
'Snow Maiden' 'Something for Judy' 'Soroptimist International' 'Space Probe'
'Stolen Dream' 'Sunny Afternoon' 'Trickster' 'Touch O’Cloves'
'Vigilance' 'Winter Wheat'

The 2014 ARS National Miniature Rose Show and Conference will be held in Mt. Laurel, NJ, July 25-27, 2014.
Contact Gus Banks, jrsyrose@verizon.net, 609-267-3809 for information.

JANUARY/FEBRUARY | 2014 87
ARS Contest Rules
All contest rules appear on the website: http://www.ars.org/members-only-2/contests/

Children’s Essay Contest

Contact Beth Smiley, beth@ars-hq.org
All children ages 12 and younger may take part in the contest. They may use their own rose-
related theme or choose one of the following:
• Why the Rose is America’s National Flower
• Why Roses Are the Symbol of Love, Friendship, Beauty and Peace
• Why I Love Roses
• Why My Parents or Grandparents Love Roses
• A fictional story about roses.
Entries may be accompanied by a drawing or painting. Essays should be no more than 400 words. The dead-
line for submitting entries is June 1, 2014. Entries must be accompanied by a separate page containing the fol-
lowing information: child’s name, age, school grade, parent’s name, address and parent’s phone number or e-mail
address for notification of winners. This information must be included on a separate sheet of paper, not on the es-
say. Mail entries to: American Rose Society • Children’s Essay Contest • P.O. Box 30,000 • Shreveport, LA 71130.

Photo Contest
Contact: Curtis Aumiller, Send Entries to: ARS Photo Contest • Curtis Aumiller, 5 Brentwood
Road, Camp Hill, PA 17011-2529 • Email: caumiller1@yahoo.com
The ARS holds this competition for members to enter their best digital rose images. The
judging panel is made up of ARS horticultural and/or Arrangement judges who are also experienced photogra-
phers. There are numerous classes including regular, novice, junior and masters, with certificates given in each
class. Winners of each class are featured in the May issue of American Rose. The rules, form and helpful hints are
available on the website, www.ars.org. The deadline for entries for the 2014 contest is November 5, 2014.

Newsletter/Bulletin Competition
Contact: Patsy Cunningham, patham@cox.net
The ARS conducts an annual competition to recognize outstanding publications of
local societies and districts. It is conducted by the ARS Newsletter/Bulletin Awards Committee and is
open to all ARS Local Societies and Districts. In addition to the newsletters/bulletin competition, the committee
will recognize individual articles and special publications for Awards of Merit. The rules and point breakdown can
be found in the Contests section on the ARS website (www.ars.org).

2013 Newsletter Committee members

Patsy Cunningham patham@cox.net Suzanne Horn ladyredlhw@aol.com
Elaine Adler eladler@sourcecodecorp.com Stephen Hoy hoy127@cox.net
ARS editorial@ars-hq.org Gretchen Humphrey ghumphrey25@yahoo.com
Dave Booty Rosewinter60@yahoo.com Dave Ingram DJIngram26@comcast.net
Steve Campbell steve@ameritest.com Dave Long longcottage@comcast.net
Richard Donovan rdonovan@mindspring.com Bruce Monroe professor@katiegirl.net
Bill Farmer wdfarmer@earthlink.net Audrey Osborn caperose@gmail.com
Ann Gibson ambushe@yahoo.com Allen Owings aowings@agcenter.lsu.edu
Ed Griffith roseone@concentric.net Karen Prevatt kprevatt@verizon.net
Carolyn Hayward cghroses@verizon.net Larry Schock lschock275@aol.com
Jay Hiers cutflowers01@gmail.com Andy Vanable avanable1@cox.net

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 Membership Musings
by Diane Sommers, Membership committee Chair

T he biggest challenge we have heard of from our local rose society leaders is how to find good programs for
meetings. Clearly having fun, informative meetings are critical to the growth and sustenance of our local rose
societies. While a large component of the member satisfaction comes from the friendship and socializing that oc-
curs, members participate and attend meetings to learn more about growing and enjoying roses. It is a hobby that
continues to evolve, with new rose varieties introduced each year, as well as new ways to grow and enjoy them.

Planning ahead for the year is a big project but done well can eliminate a lot of stress during the year and should
lead to better programs and higher levels of attendance. This is not something to be delegated to one individual
in your local society — it is an important priority that deserves leadership attention and focus. I remember as a
relatively new member of a society being asked to be the program director. I readily volunteered but found it to
be an awful experience as I didn’t have the “rose connections” to other rose people and didn’t have any idea
of resources to use to gather ideas. Somehow I was able to convince Sue O’Brian, owner of Tiny Petals Nursery
in California at that time, to visit our meeting in Wisconsin and share her insights on miniature roses. It was the
highlight of the year!

Suggestions to Find Topics of Interest and Speakers

• Ask your members where their interests are.
• Talk to other local rose societies in your district — what programs were successful for them this past
year? Who was their speaker?
• Check out the programs at District and National conventions — often times those programs can be of
interest to your members.
• Are there rose/garden products your society members like to use? Talk to the company about bringing
in a representative for a program.
• Ask your Consulting Rosarians and Judges to lead programs for you once you have identified a topic —
it is part of their responsibilities to share their knowledge.
• Review American Rose and ARS & You — not only great sources of information but they contain ideas
that your members may be interested in.
• Programs don’t need to always be “rose specific”. One of the most fascinating programs I attended this
year was by a bee keeper! Several societies indicated that a program on weeds and how to prevent
them was a real winner.
• Make sure to always provide time for questions to be answered. Ask your Consulting Rosarians to help
with this.
• Take your meeting out to the garden! Many societies travel to members’s gardens in the growing season
— rosarians love to share their flowers!

One of the “traps” societies fall into is having the same program each year based upon seasonality or that “fan-
tastic speaker” who comes back year after year. An example might be having a panel discussion on winter protec-
tion each fall. While these programs will be of interest to your newer members, you may notice that long term
members stop attending. Be creative as to how to provide that valuable information to the membership in such a
way that doesn’t discourage attendance from your more experienced gardeners.

Now is the time to make sure to plan for success this year! If your meeting topics have already been planned,
review those plans and ensure that they will be of interest to all. Successful meetings are the cornerstone to a
growing and fun society, and it is the role of all the members to share ideas to make that happen!

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Q&
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 ARS Estate Planning
2013 Tax-Free IRA Distributions for Charitable Giving
See your professional financial advisor regarding this mutually beneficial IRS provision for 2013 that will help ARS:
Qualified Charitable Distributions have been extended through December 31, 2013. This provision
allows individuals to reduce their taxable income, achieve charitable giving goals that benefit ARS (or
any qualified charity) and satisfy their required minimum distribution, all in one transaction.

Individuals over the age of 70½ can donate up to $100,000 from an IRA directly to a qualified charity
without additional federal income taxes.

Here’s how: under the Qualified Charitable Distributions provision, you request a distribution from your IRA through
your professional financial advisor. Provide your advisor with the name and address of the qualifying charity:

The American Rose Society, Inc.

P.O. Box 30000
Shreveport, Louisiana 71130

The distribution will be sent directly to the charity of your choice. Married spouses who are both age 70½ or
older can each contribute up to $100,000 by December 31, 2013. However, the contributions must come from
their own IRA.

Act quickly, and put Qualified Charitable Distributions to work for you… and for ARS!

B.J. Harrington Accepts New Assignment

All of us at the American Rose Society are grateful to B.J. Harrington for
helping us establish our Planned Giving program from the ground up.
She recently accepted a new position with another organization.

B.J. met many of you and helped spread the word about our fledgling
program. She helped us secure several millions of dollars in gift inten-
tions that will help fund our endowments and the future of ARS.

Thankfully, B.J. will continue to be available to help us on a more limited

basis for special projects and to provide information as needed. Thank
you, B.J., and good luck in your new endeavor.

Jeff Ware, Executive Director

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SUPPORT THE ROSES | Contributions

The American Rose Society is most grateful to the individuals, societies and companies listed below for their generous contri-
butions. Support of the ARS through such donations provides funding for the continued development of the largest nonprofit
educational organization dedicated to all aspects of the rose. The ARS is exempt from federal income taxation under Section
501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code and contributions to the society are tax deductible to the donor as provided by law.
We acknowledge all contributions to the American Rose Society. We notify recipients of all gifts received in their honor and
notify family members of gifts received in memoriam, in accordance with the donor’s instructions on the form on page 93. We
recognize all donations in American Rose. Contributions listed are those received from July 1, 2013 through October 31, 2013.
Those received after this date will appear in your March/April 2014 issue. All Annual Fund donations received for 2013 will be
acknowledged in the March/April 2014 issue of American Rose!

GIFTS IN HONOR-MEMORY OF… In memory of Janet M. Dorschel

In memory of Robert Kempson New England Rose Society
Tri-State Rose Society
In memory of Ed Piotrowski
In memory of Earl Parsons Hugh & Betty Watters
Marin Rose Society
James Schultz • Betty Ann Cassina In memory of Meredith Griggs & Max Clarke
Rose Society of Greater St Louis South Metro Rose Society

In memory of Patricia Sommer In memory of Arthur Bert Sloan

Dr. John & Sue Dickman • Roy & Laura Kulow Pensacola Rose Society
Lauren Toth • William & Anita Solarz
Thomas Decker & Joyce Nelson In memory of Terry Walser
Dr. Gary Barlow • Dr. Lew Shupe Winston-Salem Rose Society

In memory of Yvonne Andrews In honor of Peggy Spivey

Ladies Auxiliary of VFW Post 5951, Inc. Lydon Swartzendruber

In memory of Pete Haring, Earlene Eilerts In memory of William Sharpe

& George Meiling Alice Boyd
Pat Shanley
In memory of Paula Rudolph
In memory of Bill Adams San Antonio Rose Society
Gretchen Hagle
In honor of Jolene Adams
In memory of Gloria Garvin Joe Trusket
Neill Matthews
In memory of Don Melton
In memory of Al LeBlanc Cleveland-Lincoln County Rose Society
Jon & Lois Wier

In memory of Jim Delahanty AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY OPERATIONS

Dr. John & Sue Dickman • Janet Sklar ARS BOD meeting sponsorship - Winston-Salem NC
Invitational Rose Seminar Star Roses

In memory of Earlene Eilerts & Maye Plaisance GARDENS OF THE AMERICAN ROSE CENTER
Carolyn DeRouen ARC Garden Restoration (Tornado Storm Damage)
In memory of Bruce Collard & Cal Hayes East Bay Rose Society
Invitational Rose Seminar Sue Tiffany
Susan Fox
In memory of Tom Mistler
Gerald & Connie Schweitzer

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GARDENS OF THE AMERICAN ROSE CENTER
In-Kind Donations
Rose Society of Tucson (Books)
Gulf District-David Austin Garden
In memory of Earlene Eilerts
Central Louisiana Rose Society
Clyde & Marie Bartlett
Heritage Rose Foundation Garden
In memory of Jim Delahanty
Jane Hillman
AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY ENDOWMENT TRUST
(ARSET)
In memory of Earlene Eilerts
Dr. Jim & Anne Hering
In memory of Patricia Sommer
Dr. Jim & Anne Hering
In memory of Jim Delahanty
Jolene Adams
AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY EDUCATIONAL
ENDOWMENT TRUST (EET)
In memory of Judy Morgan
Duneland Rose Society
In memory of Earl Parsons
Dr. Gary Barlow • Dr. Lew Shupe
In memory of Jack Kuzma, Al LeBlanc & Pat Sommer
Buckeye District
In memory of William Sharpe
Dr. Gary Barlow • Dr. Lew Shupe
AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY MAINTENANCE
ENDOWMENT TRUST (MET)
In memory of William Sharpe
Gainesville Rose Society
AMERICAN ROSE SOCIETY RESEARCH
ENDOWMENT TRUST (RET)
In memory of Jack Rascoe & Louis Long
Colonial District
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How to Make a
Charitable Contribution
to the American Rose Society
Step 1: Please tell us about yourself.
Name: __________________________________________________
Address: ________________________________________________
City: ____________________________________________________
State: ______________________ Zip: ________________________
Email: ______________________ Phone: _ ____________________
q Yes, please save postage and thank me via email.
Step 2: Please tell us how you prefer your donation be directed.
Annual Fund 2012 (Our goal is $160,000)
q ARS Operations, to provide vital funding for all services from
ARS.
q Gardens of the American Rose Center, to provide support for
the operation of the Gardens.
Endowment Trust Funds (Restricted gifts are not counted towards
Annual Fund goal)
q ARS Endowment Trust, to provide endowment for society op-
erations
q ARS Maintenance Endowment Trust (American Rose Center)
q ARS Educational Endowment Trust
q ARS Research Endowment Trust
Honor/Memorial Fund for the American Rose Center
q My gift is in honor of:___________________________________
q My gift is in memory of:_________________________________
q Provide Notification To:_________________________________
_____________________________________________________
Other
q Please send a list of current needs.
q I would like to give through my Employer Matching Program
(a list of participating companies is available at www.ars.org/
donate).
q I would like to learn more about estate planned giving oppor-
tunites and how they benefit both me and ARS.
Step 3: Please tell us how you wish to make this donation.
q I have enclosed a check in the amount of $__________.
q Please bill my credit card for the full amount of $__________.
q Please bill my credit card quarterly (4 payments) in the
amount of $__________ for a total donation of $__________.
Credit Card Information:
q MasterCard q Visa q Discover q Amex
Card Number: _ __________________________________________
Exp. Date: __________________ V-Code: _ ___________________
Please mail this form to ARS, P.O. Box 30000, Shreveport, LA
71130-0030, or fax to (318) 938-5405. If you prefer, we would be
happy to process your donation by phone at (318) 938-5402 x223.
ARS is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization. Contributions are not com-
pensated with goods or services and are deductible for income tax
purposes as allowable by law.
Please know that we are so grateful
for your generous support.
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To submit your event, please send the date, event, location, contact name and phone number by e-mail to edito-
rial@ars-hq.org; by mail to American Rose Events, P.O. Box 30000, Shreveport LA, 71130-0030; or through the
website at www.ars.org. You may submit your event at any time; however, to have it appear in two publications,
please submit your event at least six months prior to the event. If your event is not occurring in the next two
months covered by the the date on the issue of American Rose, it may not appear until a future issue due to space
limitations.

National events Local Events

May 9-12 — San Diego, CA — 2014 ARS Spring Na-
tional Convention & Rose Show, hosted by San
Diego RS. Town & Country Resort Hotel. Paula
Taylor, 858-485-7429, arosefamilyholidayinfor@
gmail.com, arosefamilyholiday.com
Jul. 25-27 — Mt. Laurel, NJ — 2014 ARS All Mini/
Mniflora Conference. Hotel ML. Gus Banks, 609-
267-3809, jrsyrose@verizon.net
Oct. 15-20 – Tyler, TX — 2013 ARS Fall National
Convention & Rose Show— Roses In The Piney
Woods. Holiday Inn Select, South Broadway, Ty-
ler, TX. Overflow: Best Western Plus, Tyler TX.
Jeffrey A. Ware, execdirector@ars-hq.org
Schools/Seminars
Jan. 19 – Gainesville, FL – Deep South District CR
School. Best Western Grand, West 39th St
branch, Ralph Stream, 352-591-4474, streamj@
gmail.com
Feb. 2-9 – The Norwegian Epic ­— Norwegian Cruise
Lines – ARS Member Cruise CR Seminar. Pat
Shanley, 516-458-9148, PShanley@aol.com
Feb. 2-9 – The Norwegian Epic — Norwegian Cruise
Lines – ARS Horticulture Judges Seminar. Jolene
Adams, 510-537-2326, Jolene_Adams@comcast.
net
Mar. 8 – Morton, IL – Illinois-Indiana District CR
School. Dan Keil, 217-429-3468, dankeil_1@ya-
hoo.com
Jan. 4 – Glendale, AZ – RS of Glendale Pruning &
Planting Demonstration. Sahuaro Ranch Park.
Candy Sheperd, 623-878-9607, rosebuds1@cox.
net, roseglenaz.com
Apr. 5 – Glendale, AZ – RS of Glendale Rose Show.
Sahuaro Ranch Park. Judy Hudgeons, 602-469-
4255, rknrose@cox.net, roseglenaz.com
Apr. 12 – Encino, CA – San Fernando Valley RS “A
Symphony of Roses” rose show. Sepulveda Gar-
den Center. David Bassani, 818-704-5513/818-
458-1748, greenscapes@sbcglobal.net
Apr. 19 – Phoenix, AZ – Phoenix RS Annual Rose
Show. Valley Garden Center. Gerry & Dave Ma-
honey, 623-581-3756, xrose3@cox.net, phoe-
nixrose.org
Jun. 7 – Cincinnati, OH – GCRA Rose Show. East-
gate Mall. John Schuster, 513-223-8085, jschus-
ter00701@gmail.com, greatercincinnatiroseasso-
ciation.webs.com

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• Resolve to prune bushes to promote optimum new growth. Re- 

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• Resolve to deadhead spent blooms on a prompt and timely basis.
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A new cycle of blooms will appear. 
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• Resolve to winterize bushes when frigid conditions are forecast. 
• Resolve to provide water if it fails to rain for an extended period of 
time. 
An extra commandment that makes rose growing worth the effort — share 
roses with friends — especially shut-ins. It makes the hobby more joyful.
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RESOLUTIONS
by Ted Mills
aka RoseDoc
COMMITMENT
1001 River Hills Drive
Chattanooga, TN 37415
rosedoc@aol.com Excitement reigns
supreme on New York’s
Times Square as the
New Year begins. Thousands join in with a hope for
an improvement in global relations. It happens every
year as the celebration has become a national tradi-
tion. The bells and whistles let the public realize that a
fresh year is here at last. For many, the passing of 2013
is a welcomed event. With a seemingly endless war re-
maining a thorny problem and mass killings in America
occurring frequently, it is time for peace to return to a
weary world. The return will require a major change in
attitude among nations and a big dose of commitment
adopted world-wide among the people.
Speaking of commitment, rose-growing people
need a major overhaul if they want the hobby to sur-
vive. Literally millions who are actively growing roses
in America have not seen fit to join the American Rose
Society (ARS). Since it is the one organization that is
primed to lend assistance to people engaged in rose
cultivation, a caravan of non-member rosarians need to
commit to membership. After all, it is a two-way street.
ARS needs them and they will profit greatly by joining
this nationwide body of rose-growing experts. It is a
training source that unselfishly shares the skill of grow-
ing roses to reach blue-ribbon quality.
Just how will ARS achieve this lofty goal? RoseDoc
is a firm believer that growing ARS membership is the
best way to preserve the hobby. Throughout his tenure
of writing the Last Word segment of American Rose,
the subject of joining ARS has been mentioned. Many
of the organization’s ills can be solved with an increase
in membership. Sadly, many members have not seen
fit to join the parent body. An earnest plea is being
given to attract these people to ARS ranks.
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The Last Word on Roses | And Finally...
Made With
Now that RoseDoc has provided a spiel on the
very important issue of support for the future of ARS, it
is timely to offer resolutions for the New Year. First and
foremost there must be an honest self-examination of
whether a true love of roses is prevalent. After all, it is
through dedicated love for the rose that any endeavor
can be accomplished. Once this is attained, the road
to floral success is made easier to travel. Make this
resolution a part of your being and let it reflect in your
endeavor to grow God’s most beautiful flower.
RoseDoc has written a New Year’s column for the
past eight years. Making resolutions for the New Year
seems to be a custom that most people practice. It
is advisable to make “kept” resolutions and not be
afflicted with “broken” pledges. Far too many reso-
lutions find themselves on the compost pile of good
intentions. This year, let’s “make-em” — not “break-
em.”
Several years ago RoseDoc wrote an article en-
titled “The Ten Commandments for Growing Roses.”
It would be well to repeat these commandments and
deem them resolutions for the New Year.
• Resolve to develop an abiding love for the rose.
• Resolve to select a planting spot that affords
adequate sunlight and drainage.
• Resolve to choose Grade 1 plants. Avoid paraf-
fin-coated plants.
• Resolve to plant the rosebushes in a good plant-
ing mix which includes fertile soil, creek sand and
organic material with ratio of 1/3 each.
• Resolve to fertilize timely.
• Resolve to spray bushes weekly in most cases,
if you spray.
continued on page 97
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