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Rose Ramblings 1 June 2019

Rose Ramblings VOL. LXXXXI NO.6 JOURNAL OF THE SAN DIEGO ROSE SOCIETY JUNE 2019

Patron Member of the American Rose Society

What’s Inside?

President’s Message…...1

June Program…………..2

Upcoming Programs…..2

Little Rose Show Rules...3

‘Bob Martin’ Rose……...4

SDRS Rose Show……….5

Linda’s Thank You……..9

LRS Winners………….…9

May Open Gardens……10

Balboa Park Event…….12

June Garden Care...…..13

Fair Rose Garden……..15

Walk in Our Garden…..16

New SDRS Members…..19

Andersen Rose Show….20

SDRS T-Shirts………….21

SDRS Social Media……21

Calendar………………..22

Consulting Rosarians….23

In Our Thoughts……….23

Tidbits..………………….23

Photo Credits…………..24

Has June gloom arrived already? I am hard-pressed to believe that I am writing an article for a June Rose Ramblings when our high temperature is supposed to be only 66! Then to cap it off my cell phone dings to bring me the latest - Winter Weather Ad-visory issued for today for the southern Sierra Nevada from Yosemite to Kings Canyon with snow above 8,000 feet! If I leaned towards depression, I would go back to bed. Plus, my garden is a mess from the rains, the winds and botrytis. And the fair is just 10 days away! But then, I am encouraged by the song written by Jeff and Sheri Easter, “Roses Will Bloom Again”. Just a line or two….. First, I want to thank those of you who opened your gardens to our members, friends and neighbors. Ruth Tiffany, Sue Streeper, Virginia West, Bob and Dona Mar-tin and Robert and Kristine Russell all shared their beautiful gardens. There is nothing any more beautiful than a garden filled with blooming roses. Hopefully, more of our members will open their gardens, whether small or large, later this summer or fall. Depending upon when you pruned, your roses should be putting out beautiful flushes of blooms just in time to honor fathers on Father’s Day. Then there is D-Day, June 6th, when our soldiers engaged in the Normandy landing, the largest seaborne

invasion in history. So many of our men lost their lives in this invasion. Then comes Flag Day. As a child growing up I re-member Flag Day as being a very important day when every-one placed small flags in their front lawn. I don’t do this any-more but my American flag flies on the front of my home eve-ry day. Two roses which grace many of gardens reminds us of those days namely ‘Peace’, and ‘Love and Peace’. What a wonderful attendance at our May 20th meet-ing. There were several visitors, quite a few new members as well as our regulars. Our potluck dinner was very well attend-ed and many came to hear Suzanne Horn’s presentation on

David Austin roses. Gary did a count of those in attendance. There were 107 people (WOW!). Now, let’s have a great crowd when our own Debbie Magnuson does a presentation on worm gardening.

A Message From Our President

By Ken Huff, [email protected]

“I planted a little rose bush, I tended it with care, Its buds began to blossom Their fragrance filled the air But when winter came it withered, The petals drooped and fell to the ground, My heart sank as it faded, But I'd forgotten who had made it. Roses will bloom again.”

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Some Worms Are OK!

Monthly Program for June: Vermicomposting or How to Farm Earthworms

By Gary Bulman, [email protected]

Our featured speaker this month is Deborah Magnuson, a Balboa Park Rose Gar-den Corps volunteer and one of our newest ARS consulting rosarians. She is a retired UCSD School of Medicine faculty assistant and has been gardening in her Bay Park and Clairemont homes for over 35 years, growing a variety of fruit trees, vegetables, flowers, and now over 75 roses. Additionally her garden is a certified Monarch Watch Waystation. Did you know that worms can recycle your garbage and create nutritious soil amendments for your roses? Vermicomposting is the practice of keeping of worms for the purpose of making dark, rich castings (i.e. ‘worm poop’). This nutrient rich humus is an excellent source of nutrition for your garden and especially your roses. Vermicompost may also suppress disease in plants, increase microbial activity in soil, improve water retention and aeration. There are more than 9,000 species of earthworms, and only seven have been identified as suitable for vermicomposting. Of those, only one species of earthworm is used by most people worldwide: Eisenia fetida (common name: red wigler). Deborah will share her simple, inexpensive system of setting up and maintaining a red wigler vermicomposting bin. She has maintained an original colony in one of these systems for over ten years. The benefits, methods, where to purchase, along with do’s and don’ts will all be covered. Best of all: Debbie is donating a starter kit system for the monthly raffle! Gary Bulman also will share comments on his use of worm tea on a variety of plants and will relate some of the many uses of worm castings.

Pre-meeting Rose Care Program with Q&A

At 7:00 p.m., John Lester, Consulting Rosarian, will be presenting a short program in the Consulting Rosarian

Corner about successfully growing roses. His program will be followed by a question and answer period to offer at-

tendees a chance to have individual questions explored and solutions offered.

Directions to Casa del Prado, Room 101: The Casa del Prado building is immediately west of the Natural History Museum. Entrances to the Casa del Prado lead to an inner court. The rooms are accessible from the court. Room 101 is downstairs on the east end of the court.

This month’s meeting will include the last Little Rose Show until September. Bring your best blooms to enter into our show. There will be many experts on hand to coach you through

preparing your flowers for exhibition.

There are prizes to be won!

See show schedule and rules on the following page.

Topics for Future Monthly SDRS Meetings

By Gary Bulman, [email protected]

June 17, 2019 Speaker: Debbie Magnuson Topic: Vermiculture Composting (‘earthworm composting’) September 16, 2019 Speaker: Gloria Leinbach Topic: OGRs (Old Garden Roses) October 21, 2019 Speakers: Ray & Pauline Martin from England November 18, 2019 Speaker: Gerry Mahoney Topic: (pending)

June’s monthly meeting as well as the board meeting for this month will be the last until

we resume the meeting schedule in September. Have a wonderful summer everyone!




SAN DIEGO ROSE SOCIETY 2019 LITTLE ROSE SHOW RULES

Chairpersons: Bill and Elaine Ornelas

GENERAL INFORMATION:

There will be five “six-pack’ shows at the SDRS meetings in April, May, June, September, and October.

Exhibitors do not need to be experienced in showing roses. Novices are encouraged! Experienced exhibitors will be

on-site to assist in the staging (preparing) of rose blooms for the show.

Each person bringing one or more flowers will receive a free raffle ticket.

RULES OF ENTRY FOR ALL SIX-PACK SHOWS:

All roses must be properly named and entered in the appropriate section.

Containers for exhibits will be supplied by the San Diego Rose Society.

Each exhibitor is limited to six entries. You may concentrate your entries in one section or distribute them over all

the sections you are eligible to enter.

Entry tags will be supplied and only the top section of each tag needs to be filled out and attached to the flowers

vase.

Sections 5 and 6 are restricted to novices (anyone who has never won a trophy in any rose competition). However,

novices are not restricted to the novice sections and may enter any section.

Exhibitors are asked to remove all exhibits at the end of the meeting.

JUDGING: Judging will be in accordance with the ARS (American Rose Society) guidelines. The fir st place win-

ners of each section will be judged against each other to determine the Rose of the Night, and that entry will be displayed

at the front of the meeting room.

SCHEDULE:

Section 1 One hybrid tea or grandiflora bloom without sidebuds

Section 2 One floribunda spray

Section 3 One miniature or miniflora bloom without sidebuds

Section 4 One miniature or miniflora spray

Section 5 NOVICE ONLY – One hybrid tea or grandiflora bloom without sidebuds

Section 6 NOVICE ONLY – One miniature or minflora bloom without sidebuds

Section 7 One bloom or spray, any other type (examples: polyanthas, shrubs, OGRs, climbers, singles, seedlings)

Section 8 Most fragrant bloom

Section 9 “Just for Fun!” (This section is not judged but blooms are submitted for viewer enjoyment.)

HOME ARRANGEMENT COMPETITION – Runion Arrangement Trophy

Rose arrangements will be entered in conjunction with the Little Rose Show. Roses of any type should dominate in all

arrangements. No more than two arrangements per household per show are permitted and the roses must be grown by the

exhibitors. The use of dried or artificial material is permitted. There are no restrictions on height or width.

SCORING

The Rose of the Night will be awarded an additional 3 points and will also receive a special award. At the end of the

year, trophies will be awarded at the holiday banquet to the highest-scoring novice exhibitor and to the overall highest-

scoring exhibitor. Sections 8 and 9 are not included in the point system. The Reunion Trophy will be awards at the holi-

day banquet to the highest-scoring arranger.


‘Bob Martin’ Rose Available to 2018 ARS National Convention Volunteers

By Ruth Tiffany, [email protected]

(Editor’s note: The email below was sent by Ruth Tiffany to 34 volunteers who participated at the 2018 ARS National

Convention here in San Diego.)

Hi you all! Was wondering if you would like to volunteer to work on another convention! Ha! Now what we have is a further thank you for all your hard work for the 2018 ARS Convention. The ‘Bob Martin’ roses, which have been gen-tly nurtured by Gary Bulman, are now of a size to be given and grown in your yard. As a volunteer for the convention there is one with your name on it. The miniature ‘Bob Martin’ roses will be brought to the June SDRS meeting for you to take home and start to love. I know not all of you grow roses but there is one for you to have to take or to give to a rose person. If you are unable to come the June meeting and want a rose, please contact me and I will work out how to get one to you. I can't begin to tell you again how much I value all the work you did for the convention. You did it with expertise and enthusiasm and the rose world is so in awe of the amazing convention that you all gave to the American Rose Society!! With roses, Ruth Tiffany

‘Bob Martin’

‘Find The Bug!’ (back by popular demand)

Editor’s Note: I am hiding a little icon of a bug in the text of the newslet-

ter each month for you to find! See if you can find it! It might help you find the beneficial insects, as well as aphids and rose slugs on your roses!

This month’s bug: Hover Fly

These are beneficial insects and even though the adults feed on nectar their larvae feed on aphids, thrips and mites.



A Successful San Diego Rose Society’s 92nd Annual Rose Show

By Elaine Ornelas, [email protected]

Our rose shows are always a bit of a circle. Exhibitors arrive in the wee hours of the morning to stage their blooms. The hall fills up with outstanding flowers, arrangements and photographs. Judging of each category occurs. The public arrives to admire the beauty of our roses. Then the show is dissolved, tables are cleared, properties are stored and the show is over for another year. All in the time span of 3 days! But what a wonderful journey. Here are a few pictures to document our event. Enjoy!

continued on page 6

Staging in the Parking Lot!

Clockwise from upper left: Robert and Kristine Russell, Marty and Bob Kolb, Christine Allan, Deborah Magnuson



WINNERS ALL!

Hybrid Tea Royalty Queen (middle): ‘Black Magic’ by Linda Clark

King (left): ‘Hot Princess by Bob & Dona Martin Princess (right): ‘Dona Martin’ by Gary Bulman

Floribunda Spray Royalty Queen (middle): ‘Sparkle & Shine’ by Linda Clark

King (left): ‘Ebb Tide’ by Linda Clark Princess (right): ‘Hannah Gordon’ by Gary Bulman

Miniature Royalty Queen (middle): ‘The Lighthouse’ by Ken Huff

King (left): ‘Joy’ by Gary Bulman Princess (right): ‘Breath of Spring’ by Carl Mahanay

Miniflora Royalty Queen (middle): ‘Dr John Dickman’ by Gary Bulman

King (left): ‘Forgiveness’ by Linda Clark Princess (right): ‘Swing Time’ by Gary Bulman

Modern Shrub Bloom Royalty Queen (left): ‘Prospero’ by Linda Clark

King (middle): ‘Jacqueline du Pre’ by John & Barbara Lester Princess (right): ‘Garden and Home’ by Linda Clark

Modern Shrub Spray Royalty Queen (center): ‘Flower Girl’ by Kathy Monge

King (left): ‘Garden and Home’ by Bob & Dona Martin Princess (right): ‘Distant Drums’ by Linda Clark

(SDRS Show, continued from page 5)

continued on page 7


For a complete listing of

all winners at the show:

www.roseshow.com


continued on page 8

Frank Brines stands proudly next to his Duchess Gold award for arrangements

http://www.roseshow.com


And Then It’s All Over…..

Until Next Year! Hope We See You There!


continued on page 9

Above: Monica Powell helping to tear down the show


“Thank You” from Linda Clark

By Linda Clark, [email protected]

Once again the SDRS managed to present a fabulous spring rose show. Our venue was the Ronald Reagan Cen-ter in El Cajon and it proved to be a comfortable spot. This was #92 for the Society. Something to be proud of! Though the shows have changed a bit over the years with different venues, helpers and schedules, one thing remains the same…the outpouring of support both with hours of new and experienced volunteer time and financial donations. Thanks to all. I am so very lucky to work with such a terrific team of leaders. It is quite a juggle, but each does their job and keeps that part of the show going. The Russells excelled on properties. Rita Perwich helped the newcomers. Kirk Rum-mel wore many hats, including handling placement, watering and membership/tickets. Debbie Magnuson managed cof-fee and donuts. The Allans, Zella Burk, Marty Kolb and Kathy Hunyor helped with food. Bud Jones secured judges. Ruth Tiffany managed awards. Barbara and her friends were phenomenal establishing a layout, the schedule, data, and signs. The Martins documented show results including photography of all show winners. Sue Streeper and her helpers managed the bloom sale. Linda Hitney worked on set up signage. Gary Bulman secured and managed clerks. Natalie Stout helped with set up and tear down. Patrick Powell assisted with water buckets. Kathleen Hider, Jim and Joan Price managed tickets. Mary Shandley and her team performed an honorable task of getting the flowers after the show to the adorn the gravesites of our veterans. The Kolbs, Ornelases, and entire Burk Family were involved with set up and tear down! Many thanks to the behind-the-scenes helpers and for any of the unnamed heroes whose jobs are less visible, but no less important. We need someone to step forward to be our ticket-taker lead for next year. We need someone to man-age the volunteers for the door during rose show hours 1-5 p.m. on Saturday and 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on Sunday. I did not do this justice this year and really need a hand. I am so grateful to have worked with such a dedicated group of volun-teers who gave selflessly to this effort. We hope to see many of those same volunteers and perhaps some new ones next year!

Little Rose Show Winners for May

Our Little Rose Show for the month of May was phenomenal, especially considering it was also the date of our spring potluck. It is a little challenging to have folks bring their roses to show when so many delicious dishes are also waiting to be scooped up at the potluck! But we had many beautiful entries in the show and we hope all of you continue to bring your flowers. The Little Rose Show for the month of June will be our last one before our next meeting in Sep-tember. Here are the lucky winners for the May show, each of whom received an engraved certificate and a gift certifi-cate to either Armstrong Nursery or Walter Andersen Nursery.

Left: Christine and Rand Allan win Best Rose of the Night for a spray of ‘Sparkle & Shine’. Right: Kristine Russell wins the Runion award for her beautiful arrangement.



Open Gardens in May….a Feast for the Eyes and a Song for Our Hearts!


We are so blessed for the generosity of members of our society who so kindly open their beautiful gardens to us! This month Bob and Dona Martin, as well as Robert and Kristine Russell were two of those couples. The Martins’ gar-den was filled to the brink with roses of all kinds, most of which were spilling over with a bounty of blooms and brim-ming with fragrance. Bob and Dona were obviously in their element, happily wandering around the garden accompany-ing visitors and answering questions. The Russells’ garden was also full of large and beautiful rose bushes, but this nice couple also supplied visitors with a full barbeque meal! Such a treat! I hope you enjoy the pictures of the gardens, just in case you were not able to attend.

The Martins’ Garden

Left: Bob Martin enjoying his “Madame Hardy’

rose, one of his favorites

Above: Bill Ornelas, Robert and Kristine Russell

admiring one of many roses in the garden

Below: Good friends Bob Martin and

Baldo Villegas

Right: Marty Kolb ‘framed’ by one

of the beautiful roses

continued on page 11

Above: ‘Olivia Rose Austin’



(Open Gardens, continued from page 10)

The Russells’ Garden

Above: Kristine and Robert Russell


After considerable planning by Kathy Hunyor and Beth Van Boxtel, on May 19th, an event was held at the Inez Grant Parker Memorial Rose Garden in Balboa Park. It was designated the ‘Super Bloom Open House Event’ and was designed to be an opportunity for the public to come to the rose garden and

learn more about roses. Several speakers providing information on the various rose varieties in the garden, care and feeding of roses, the history of this rose garden, how to volunteer for the Rose Garden Corps, and safety and tools which can be used in gardens. There were also tours offered by the Rose Garden Corps members. We thank all of the volun-teers who helped including Ann Pease, Debbie Magnuson, Deborah Brenner, Darlene Papano, Janet Cox, Tatiana Popescu, Carolyn Fossett, Melinda Murphy, Rosie Perez, Marilyn Swift, Toni Canova, Steve Dillard, Donna & Richard Westfall, Monica Powell, Christy Wilson, Marty Kolb, Beth Van Boxtel, and Kathy Hunyor as well as the speakers who included Bill Ornelas, Ruth Tiffany, Sue Streeper, Bob Kolb, and Maria Mata. It was a rainy day but many folks came out anyway to attend the event. According to Beth Van Boxtel, the SDRS social media expert, the event reached thousands of people online! This really is proof of the value of SDRS us-ing social media platforms to promote SDRS and Rose Garden Corps activities. Here are some photos of the event. We hope you are all able to come to future events such as this to learn more about growing roses and to enjoy the gardens that San Diego has to offer.

Super Bloom Open House Event a Success! By Kathy Hunyor, [email protected] , Beth Van Boxtel, [email protected] , and Elaine

Ornelas, [email protected]

Left: Beth Van Boxtel, Carolyn Fossett and Ann Pease answering

questions from visitors.

Left: Ruth Tiffany giving a talk on rose care

Right: Steve Dillard giving a

rose garden tour.





Check Out Your Rose Canes

By Rita Perwich, [email protected]

Beautiful blooms and their fragrances draw us into the rose garden. And while we are there we know we should pay attention to the foliage. It tells us a lot about the health of our plant. But do you ever look at your rose canes? You should. Here is what you need to observe and know.

Dieback When you go to a pruning workshop or read a manual about pruning or deadheading roses, you will be told to “make your cuts 1/4 inch above an outward facing bud eye.” Why such a specific measurement? When cuts are made too far above a node, the remaining stem stub may die. This dieback can then actually extend further down, turning brown what was previously a healthy green cane. When cuts are properly made with sharp pruners 1/4” above a node, the wound tissue remains alive and will callus over and form a protective layer. Similarly, when we cut a perfectly healthy looking cane and discover that the pith on the in-side is discolored, we need to keep cutting further down the cane until we can cut at an outward facing bud eye with clean creamy colored pith. Sometimes it may be necessary to remove the entire cane right down at the bud union. Cane Canker There are several fungal pathogens that cause cane cankers which usually appear as dead or discolored areas on rose canes. They can vary in color. It is thought that the fungal disease takes hold on an otherwise healthy canes after it has sustained a wound. Dieback then continues down the cane. The fungal pathogen responsible for the dieback is often not easy to diagnose unless the cane is examined under a microscope. The canker is likely to occur on plants that have been weakened by pest, disease, sunburn or poor nutrition. Removal of dead canes and stubs will help to reduce the primary source of infection. Cankers caused by these fungal pathogens can enlarge until they entirely surround the cane. The plant can die if the canker reaches the base of the plant and spreads to other canes. In order for disease to take hold, there must be a “disease triangle” that consists of a susceptible host, a virulent pathogen and a conducive environment. When we manipulate one or more legs of this triangle, we may be able to change the outcome of the disease. Since roses are a susceptible host, and these fungal pathogens are present in the rose garden, especially in rainy years, we need to work on prevention of a condu-cive environment. We start by providing proper care to keep our plants vigorous. We do this by planting our roses in the sun and amending and mulching the soil. We prune our roses annually to achieve good air circulation and we make clean cuts with sharp bypass pruners and loppers. Penetration and infection by disease often occur through wounds in the epidermis caused by improper cuts or from thorn damage. Fall pruning is also recommended because it removes long canes whose thorns could injure adjacent canes when whipped by Santa Ana or winter winds. Many fungal pathogens proliferate and thrive on humidity, so drip irrigation is best. To decrease humidity around our roses, we should run our irrigation in the early morning and reduce plant growth around our roses. Maintaining garden sanitation is a necessity. We must always deadhead any fungal-infected flowers and leaves immediately and dispose of fallen leaves and petals to remove disease from the garden. Damaged canes must be pruned out immediately and cut back to a strongly growing shoot or branch at least 2 to 3 inches below the infected portion. With good rose culture and being observant to the first sign of disease we can interrupt the ideal conditions for development of cane disease. Make sure to dispose of all material and do not add diseased cuttings to your compost pile. Most rose experts recommend that you disinfect the blades of your pruners between each cut when cane canker is present. You can wipe off the pruners with disinfectant wipes or spray the blades with a solution of 1 1/4 teaspoons of Lysol disinfectant concentrate mixed into 8 ounces of water.




Steve Berry’s house and garden

Sunburn Rose canes can get sunburn discoloration especially on the south and west sides of canes, often as an indirect result of drought stress or after defoliation following a pest infestation. Usually sun damage is just limited to the outside of the cane, and the brown discoloration does not go deeper into the tissue. Sunburned cane tissue can, however, become more susceptible to fungal attack. Scales Scales are sap-sucking insects that can be found on rose canes. Master rosarian Sue Streeper has discovered that a discarded toothbrush is an excellent tool for eliminating scale on rose canes. You can also rub the canes with a damp cloth or spray with a horticultural oil. Don’t immediately panic if your canes are not picture-perfect. Some dieback is simply a matter of age. Older canes can be craggy and grey and it can be perfectly normal for some varieties of roses to have blotches of purple or red or some uneven discoloration on their canes. But all is well if the pith is creamy colored and your rose is healthy and vigorous.

(June care, continued from page 13)

Monthly Rose Care Advice and Practices for June

from Additional SDRS Consulting Rosarians

From Sue Streeper, [email protected] (Residence in El Cajon)

I will continue watering three times a week but checking to see if some beds need more water with the increase of summer heat. I will feed Magnum Grow once and two weeks later feed Magnum Grow with fish emulsion. I will keep an eye out for webs indicating spider mites and will spray with Avid if webs are found. A daily task will be deadheading spent blooms and picking up lots of petals under plants, especially climbers. Nine times this month I will head to the Del Mar Fair and enter blooms in competition.

From Christine and Rand Allan, [email protected] (Residence: Mt. Soledad)

June is when the second bloom of the season starts to bud, and we are blessed with more beautiful roses in our garden. We fertilize once more in June using the Grow More Magnum Grow, seaweed extract and fish emulsion, then we give the roses a two month break from fertilizing. Our water regimen remains the same – three times a week for ten minutes using our bubbler watering system. It is always encouraged to stay on top of pest and disease occurrences with daily patrols of the rose garden. Knock on wood……..we’ve been blessed with very little of either so far this year. The bloom in our garden this spring has been spectacular, so we have been suitably rewarded in return.

From Robert and Kristine Russell, [email protected] (Residence: Crest)

I have refilled our EZ flow fertilizer system with my recipe of fertilizers based on Ruth’s recipes for the can feeding schedule in all three of our EZ flow fertilizer systems. At the beginning of the month we went through and fertilized with the can feeding and will be doing that again at beginning of June. We are in full bloom at the present and are doing maintenance and dead heading and getting ready for the fair flowers shows starting next week already. Can you believe it? Our spray schedule has been off a bit with all of the rain, but I managed to get out there Monday of this week to spray Neem Oil, Flint, Fuego and a few drops of HB101 to help with some of the little bit of black spot we have been seeing pop up with this weather. But considering the amount of moisture and rain we have been having our garden is still looking pretty darn good. This last week we hosted our third annual open garden and Kris and I just wanted to say thank you all so much for coming all the way out to our ‘end of the world’ garden location way out in Crest and supporting us. The weather could not have been more perfect! We had several folks come in and out pretty much most of the day with a steady flow of visitors. We had our friends from Pork Belly’s cater for us again with wonderful pulled pork sandwiches and the fixn’s. We also had a very wonderful surprise visit from Justin and Lilly Ekuan all the way from Dana Point! Thank you guys for making the trek to our humble garden. We appreciate it so much, and again many thanks to all of our SDRS members who paid us a visit. We are humbled and blessed with such wonderful friends and the encouragement we re-ceive from all of you!





The SDRS Rose Garden at the 2019 San Diego County Fair is Complete!

By Zella Burk, [email protected] and Elaine Ornelas, [email protected]

After months of planning, designing and implementation, the fair rose garden is finally complete. Many thanks to the team of SDRS members who contributing in so many ways to completing this beautiful garden. A special ‘thank you’ goes out to the fol-lowing: Sue Streeper for obtaining the roses used in the garden from Weeks Roses as well as ‘rose-sitting’ them for months; Patrick Powell for installing the SDRS banner; the Burk family, specifically Richard, Elizabeth and William (Zella’s husband and children); Bill and Elaine Ornelas for designing the garden sign, Al and Lana Heck for managing the docents; and finally Bob Kolb, Wayne Hayden, Sue Streeper, John Norman, Robert and Kristine Russell, Kristine Allan, Ken Huff, Kathy Hunyor and Steve Dillard for planting the roses and companion plants and adding mulch all in one day! Also many thanks go out to all of the docents who have volunteered for the fair. At the Garden Show Awards Ceremony held on May 29th, Zella Burk accepting the awards certificate for our garden. The garden earned 460 points out of a possible 500! The financial award associated with this was $2300! We

hope you all can come by during your visit at the fair and enjoy the garden.

Left: The work team installing the elements of the garden.

Above: Zella and Richard Burk at the finished garden.

Left: Zella Burk accepting the award at the Garden Show Award Ceremony.

Docent Parking Pass Correction

Please note: The purple parking passes mailed to the docent volunteers are valid for the docents to park in the Horse Park Area. There was an error on the passes indicating incorrect dates but all docents should be allowed to park in the Horse Park area with the pass.




A Walk in Our Garden – June

Some Old European Roses

By Robert B. Martin Jr., ARS President and Master Rosarian

Our walk in the garden this month takes us to the raised beds on the west side of the back yard where we grow primarily old garden roses, known generally as OGRs. An “old garden rose” is a rose either in existence, or from a class of roses in existence prior to 1867, the date of introduction of the supposed first hybrid tea, ‘La France’. This covers a lot of ground and there are OGRs of every size and form, and that fit every garden application. We grow a representative selection of 53 roses compris-ing 47 different varieties. This month we introduce you to some of the old European roses. OGRs are propagated, as are most roses, either from cut-tings, or less often, by grafting. This means that a particular plant is actually a clone of the original. To me, that is one of the cool things about growing OGRs in that we are actually growing history, a plant that contains the historical genes of the original, which can be sever-al hundred years old. In a sense – a very real scientific sense – we are therefore growing plants that the very same as those that make up the rich history of the rose. Gallicas We begin with the Gallicas, a word that in Latin refers to “France”, and which reminds me of my high school Latin where we learned from Julius Caesar that “All Gaul is divided into three parts….” The Gallicas begin with Rosa

gallica officinalis, a species rose known before 1450 and commonly grown for its me-dicinal properties – perhaps related to its hips that are rich in Vitamin C – whence comes its alternative name as the “Apothecary’s Rose”. In our garden it is a spreading grower of modest height that blooms but once a year in the spring with attractive semi-double carmine red blooms, very fragrant with bright yellow stamens. The fact that Gallicas bloom but once a year is a negative for gardeners of Southern California where repeat blooming varieties routinely bloom through November with perhaps five bloom cycles a year. We have found, however, that some of these old roses have features that cause us to forgive its lack of repeat. One such example is the ‘Burgundian Rose’, a Gallica known before 1650, and not widely seen today. Thought by some sources to be a Centifolia, it is probably a cross of the two and has at least 25 synonyms as listed on HelpMeFind. To me it is an exam-ple of what is best described as a miniature OGR, producing small dark pink pompon blooms of perhaps one-inch in diameter, nicely round with a white button eye. Ours grows in a 7-gallon squat pot next to some

polyanthas of similar size. The growth habit is somewhat odd in that the foliage is found at the top of longer naked thin stems with the blooms tucked into the foliage. This actually works quite well in a pot producing a canopy of foliage and blooms, attractive when in bloom and displaying a satisfactory foliage plant when not. It is said to have a strong fragrance but that requires some bending to notice.


‘Rosa gallica officinalis’

‘Burgundian Rose’


One of Dona’s favorites is ‘Cardinal de Richelieu’, a mauve Gallica introduced in 1840. It is to my mind the purplest of all roses, with dark smoky purple button-eye blooms on a medium spreading bush. Dona uses it in her spring collections of old garden roses, and it has become her “signature” rose, setting off the other roses in the collection. It is also a once-bloomer, with a fairly long bloom. You will note I again use the word “spreading” here, which highlights the fact that Gallicas tend to spread by root suckers and it is sometimes challenging to

keep them in their assigned place. A more recent addition to our garden is ‘Désirée Parmen-tier’, a vibrant pink Gallica known before 1841 that produces nicely rounded well-formed blooms on a medium spreading bush with dark green foliage. It also has a strong fragrance and is once-blooming. Like so many of the old European Roses it comes with some mystery as to its true class and identification, with some believing it more likely a Centifolia and oth-ers the rose ‘Prolifera de Redoute’, a Gallica known before 1759. Albas Another group of very old European roses are the Albas, a Latin term that means “white”, although several are of various shades

of pink as well. This group is generally thought to have arisen as a cross of Rosa gallica and the species “dog rose”, Rosa canina. Like the Gallicas, Albas generally bloom but once a year, are typically quite fragrant, and appear on vigorous upright bushes with gray-green foliage. Our favorite of this group is ‘Pompon Blanc Parfait’, an 1876 Alba from the French breeder Verdier, that makes beautiful small blush pink pompon blooms in clusters, with an in-tense fragrance. It makes a medium (4 - 5 ft.) upright bush but the rebloom in fall is occasional if any. It has also proven to be a good show rose for us having accounted for five Victorian Awards from our garden. Damasks Named for Damascus, in Syria, Damask roses are thought to have originated anciently as a natural hybrid of Rosa gallica and the species “musk rose”, Rosa moschata. More recent genetic testing has also shown a genetic rela-tionship to Rosa fedtschenkoana, a species rose native to central Asia and northwestern China named after its Russian

discoverers. The Damask roses have long been used for the production of Attar of Rose for the per-fume industry and is thought to have been brought from the Middle East to Europe sometime toward the end of the fourteenth century. A favorite of Shakespeare and other poets, most damasks bloom generally once in summer. In contrast the Autumn Damasks are known to re-peat bloom, but not generously, and are often considered the first remontant or repeat-blooming of the Old European roses. In our garden, we grow several Damasks, including two of the most beautiful and our very favorite roses. Dona’s candidate for most beautiful is typically ‘Leda’, a Damask rose from 1826, that has well-formed flat white blooms tinged red in random patterns with each bloom distinct. Also known as the “Painted Damask”, the com-

pact (3 x 5 ft.) bush tends to spread, with the foliage somewhat rugged and only an occasional repeat bloom. To my eye the most beautiful of all rose is ‘Mme Hardy’ a Damask rose from 1832

that produces exquisite pure white, occasionally blush blooms of perfect roundness with a distinctive green pip in the center. The bush is large (6 - 7 ft.), prickles numer-ous and the blooms also come but once a year. We also grow, primarily for historical purposes, the ‘Autumn Damask’, a medium pink semi double rose, known before 1633 under any number of names, including the ‘Four Seasons’ or ‘Quatre Saisons’ rose. The blooms are intensely fragrant and are produced on willowy stems somewhat haphazardly on a wild rangy grower that sprawls.


(Old European Roses, continued from page 16)

‘Désirée Parmentier’

‘Cardinal de Richelieu’

‘Pompon Blanc Parfait’

‘Leda’

‘Mme Hardy’

‘Autumn Damask’


Moss Roses Those familiar with the Dutch painters of the 17th century have encountered depictions of the Centifolia roses, also known as Cabbage roses. They are derived from Rosa × centifolia, a hybrid that appeared in the 17th century, relat-ed to Damask roses. They are named for their “one hundred” petals, although in one of those accidents of history the name in Latin actually translates to one-hundred leaves. As a class they are of primary interest to us because of its mutation into what are known as the Moss roses. Moss roses typically have thick resin-bearing hairs resembling moss, particularly on the sepals, that give off a pleasant woody or balsam scent when rubbed. The best ex-ample from our garden is ‘Crested Moss’, a distinctive Moss rose from 1827 that is clas-sified technically as a Centifolia. The medium (4 - 5 ft.) bush is upright and produces

blooms of clear pink, very full with many petals and a small button eye. The blooms are very fragrant, but alas with little if any repeat. The sepals are heavily mossed, and the buds often form a triangle that is sug-gestive of Napoleon’s signature “bicorne,” hat, thus giving the rose the alternative name of ‘Châpeau de Napoléon’. Another of our Moss roses is ‘Henri Martin’, an 1862 introduction of Jean Laffay of France, bearing medium crimson semi-double blooms. I confess I acquired this rose primarily because of its name, after the historian Henri Martin 1810-1883, perhaps a distant relative, and a member of the Union Franco-Americaine that envisioned and arranged for French financing of the Statue of Liberty. The bush

itself is a once-bloomer, aggressively spreading, but nicely fragrant when the blooms appear. I have it in a hard-to-reach location above the propane tank on a bank, which is

good since I can ignore it during the time that it is not in bloom. Our Moss roses also include ‘Alfred de Dal-mas’, a light pink introduction of Jean Laffay in 1855 and ‘Mme Platz’, a medium pink from 1864, both of which have an occasional repeat bloom in the fall. Both are quite fragrant, with some mossing on the buds. Ralph Moore, the father of the miniature rose was greatly taken by Moss roses and beginning in 1948 undertook an extensive program to breed and develop repeat-blooming miniature Moss roses. That program had some modest success in early years, but it was not until 1969 that he was able to introduce his repeat-blooming miniature Moss ‘Fairy Moss’. That in turn led eventually to the introduction in 1988 of ‘Scarlet

Moss’, a dark red miniature of single form that we grow. It has been described as the reddest of any Moss rose and is descended from the red climber, ‘Dortmund’ a Kor-desii rose from 1955. Better, the rose has inherited the distinctive dark, glossy foliage of ‘Dortmund’, which together with the distinctive mossing makes it a beautiful rose

in our garden. The brilliant, but now-retired breeder of uncommon roses, Paul Barden used ‘Scarlet Moss’ as the parent of one of our very favorite Moss roses. ‘Treasure Trail’. Alt-hough introduced in 2008, it is by virtue of the fact that it is a Moss rose considered an OGR or more commonly thought of as a modern Moss Rose. ‘Treasure Trail’ produces small to medium orange tan blooms of OGR form with a button eye and delicate moss on the sepals and stems. The bush is compact with dark green glossy foliage. It is a true treasure combin-ing the best of old and new.



‘Crested Moss’

‘Henri Martin’

‘Alfred de Dalmas’

‘Mme Platz’

‘Scarlet Moss’

‘Treasure Trail’


Paul Barden also used ‘Scarlet Moss’ crossed with the David Austin rose, ‘The Prince’, to produce the less well-known ‘Mel Hulse’, a mauvish red modern Moss rose, introduced in 2001. It is named after a dear friend of mine who passed away years ago. A retired army colonel, Mel spent years curating the collection at the San Jose Heritage Rose Garden and was known in our Internet Newsgroup as the “Kernel”, a name remembered in Paul’s code name for the rose ‘ARDkernel’. It is a behaved repeat-blooming rose that we grow in a large container on a front patio space that serves as a reminder of friends and roses past. With that thought, I leave you now for the summer, to return in the fall with an introduction of the fall blooming China and Tea roses.


‘Mel Hulse’

Welcome to New Members

By Kirk Rummel, VP Membership, [email protected]

We happily welcome several new members who have recently joined our society.

James McArthur Holly Bliss

Mac McGruber Mary Shaver

Sandra Phillips Kahealani Milroy

Sona Arnzen Toni Ontiveros

Joshua Weintraub Charline Brand Marilyn Swift Grace Fong

Graham Hempel Carol Kumlin Jeanne Pisor Fred Scholz Susan Wing Ann Rytting Marcia Giles



Walter Andersen Nursery’s 2019 Rose Show


It was May and time for another rose show! Walter Andersen Nursery in Poway hosted a really nice show on May 11th. Quite a few folks, many from the San Diego Rose Society, came early to stage and perfect their most beautiful roses. There were single blooms, sprays, and bowls of roses everywhere! John and Barbara Lester won the coveted Best Rose of the Show award for their wonderful spray of ‘Lady of the Dawn’. Debbie Magnuson, who has really been hon-ing her exhibiting skills at several shows this year, won the special Walter Andersen award for her ‘Neil Diamond’ rose.

Above: John and Barbara Lester’s

winning entry of ‘Lady of the Dawn’ Above: Bob Kolb admiring the entries

on the trophy table

Above: John Lester happy with his

Rose of the Day winnings

Above: Robert and Kristine Russell

won the Best Rose in a Bowl award



T-Shirts for the San Diego Rose Society Now Available!

Beth Van Boxtel will be bringing short-sleeved T-shirts to each monthly SDRS meeting for sale at a reasonable cost. They come in the colors of forest green, white and red, and have a small SDRS logo on the front and a large one on the back. They are 100% cotton, pre-shrunk jersey knit and fit true to size. The cost to members will be $15. Beth can take pre-orders via email at [email protected]. She will be accepting payments by cash, check or PayPal. She will also have embroidered SDRS hats.

Available sizes are:

Dark Green: Men’s S, M, L, XL, XXL

White: Men’s (pictured below): S, M, L, XL Youth: S, M, L Women’s (coming soon): S, M, L, XL

SDRS Website and Social Media Update

By Beth VanBoxtel, [email protected] (SDRS Webmistress)

I have added 34 pages of nine articles titled “The Rookie Rosarian”, authored by Bob Martin, to the SDRS web-site. Look for these valuable articles on the website at http://sdrosesociety.org/articles Also the San Diego Rose Society has entered the social media world! We are now able to reach many more peo-ple using social media. We just joined Instagram! Follow us: @sandiegorosesociety. Also follow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com sandiegorosesociety.



http://sdrosesociety.org/articles


Event Calendars and Web Sites

San Diego Rose Society Calendar of Events

2019

June 10, 2019: SDRS Board Meeting at Kirk Rummel’s house (note change in date from June 3)

June 17, 2019: SDRS Monthly Meeting September 3, 2019: SDRS Board Meeting at Zella Burk’s house September 16, 2019: SDRS Monthly Meeting October 1, 2019: SDRS Board Meeting at Sue Streeper’s house October 21, 2019: SDRS Monthly Meeting with Pot-luck November 5, 2019: SDRS Board Meeting at Beth Van Boxtel’s house November 18, 2019: SDRS Monthly Meeting December, 2019: Holiday Party (details to come)

Local/Regional Rose Events

2019

May 31-July 4, 2019 2019 San Diego County Fair (closed on Mondays and Tuesdays) (see website here for more details (https://sdfair.com/ ; Flower Show Dates: 5/31, 6/5, 6/7, 6/12, 6/14, 6/19, 6/21, 6/26, 6/28.

Useful Websites and Links

San Diego Rose Society (www.sdrosesociety.org)

American Rose Society (www.rose.org)

American Rose Society Pacific Southwest District

(www.pswdroses.org)

Help Me Find (roses) (www.helpmefind.com/rose)

Rose Show Results ( http://www.roseshow.com/results/)

Other Local Gardening Events

2019

San Diego Floral Association Calendar http://

www.sdfloral.org/calendar.htm

San Diego Botanic Garden Calendar https://

www.sdbgarden.org/events.htm

National Events

October 4-6, 2019: 2019 ARS National Miniature Confer-ence & Rose Show; Franklin, TN (more information to come)

https://sdfair.com/

http://www.sdrosesociety.org

http://www.rose.org

http://www.pswdroses.org

http://www.helpmefind.com/rose

http://www.roseshow.com/results/

http://www.sdfloral.org/calendar.htm

http://www.sdfloral.org/calendar.htm

https://www.sdbgarden.org/events.htm

https://www.sdbgarden.org/events.htm


Consulting Rosarians for San Diego Rose Society

Christine Allan 619 890-0880 La Jolla [email protected]

Frank Brines 951 315 9632 San Diego [email protected]

Gary Bulman 760 739 8342 Escondido [email protected]

Linda Clark 619 312 2468 La Mesa [email protected]

Frank Hastings 619 444 2552 El Cajon [email protected]

Ken Huff 619 980 2989 Escondido [email protected]

Bob Kolb 619 222 4114 Sunset Cliffs [email protected]

John Lester 858 279 7578 Tierrasanta [email protected]

Carl Mahanay 619 423 6278 Imperial Beach [email protected]

Dona Martin, Master Rosarian 602 430 6941 Escondido [email protected] Bob Martin, Master Rosarian 626 840 3472 Escondido [email protected] Elaine Ornelas 858 531-4793 Clairemont [email protected] Bill Ornelas 858 531-3572 Clairemont [email protected] Rita Perwich 619 435-3365 Coronado [email protected] Jim Price 619 286 3255 San Diego [email protected] Dwyn Robbie, Master Rosarian 858 792 6406 Del Mar [email protected] Robert Russell 619 843-0401 Crest [email protected]

Sue Streeper, Master Rosarian 619 448 0321 El Cajon [email protected] Ruth Tiffany, Master Rosarian 619 548 6950 San Diego [email protected] Deborah Magnuson 858 273 7850 San Diego [email protected] Soledad “Rita” Morris 858 740 5074 San Diego [email protected] Steve Berry 619 291 5755 San Diego [email protected]

TIDBITS !

You Could Win!

Remember that each attendee of our monthly society meetings receives a free raffle ticket! You will also receive a raffle ticket if you bring a snack or goodie to the meeting, or if you bring items for the raffle table. Members often bring rose bushes this time of year in containers for the raffle so you may have a chance to win a $25 rose bush for free! If you would like to increase your chances 7 additional tickets may be obtained for $5. Other items are often brought as part of the raffle also.

In Our Thoughts and Prayers….

Ann Pease continues to be faced with some health challenges. Please lift her up in your healing thoughts. Linda Clark also continues to face some challenging health concerns.


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Rose Ramblings

Newsletter of the San Diego Rose Society

Editor: Elaine Ornelas, [email protected]

Assistant Editor: Sue Streeper, [email protected]

Webmistress: Dona Martin, [email protected]

Web Site and Social Media Coordinator: Beth VanBoxtel, [email protected]

Photo Credits for this Issue

Page 1: Photos submitted by Ken Huff Page 2: Photo submitted by Deborah Magnuson Phage 3: Photo from For Love of Roses website

Page 5: Photos by Elaine Ornelas Page 6: Photos by Dona Martin

Page 7-8: Photos by Elaine Ornelas Page 9: Photos by Elaine Ornelas

Page 10-11: Photos by Elaine Ornelas Page 12: Photos by Kathy Hunyor and Beth Van Boxtel

Page 13: Photo of Rita Perwich by Elaine Ornelas; other photos submitted by Rita Perwich Page 14: Photos by Elaine Ornelas

Page 15-19: Photos by Bob and Dona Martin Page 20: Photos by Elaine Ornelas

Page 21: Photos by Beth Van Boxtel






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