NASHVILLE ROSE LEAF
Official Publication of The Nashville Rose Society Serving Rose Enthusiasts Throughout Middle Tennessee
February 5th NRS Meeting at Cheekwood 6:30 PM Refreshments & 7:00 PM Chris VanCleave & Rose Chat Radio February 8-10 Tenarky Winter Workshop february 2013 Volume 46, Issue 1
2013 Rose Review By Jeff Garrett With each passing season, we make a point of taking time to evaluate the roses in our garden. We particularly enjoy evaluating our newer roses. We define new roses as varieties that we have been growing for three years or less. Following are some of our observations. ‘Always and Forever’ – is a medium red hybrid tea from J&P Roses. We moved our 3rd year plant from a container to the garden which means we generally like it. Our plant is growing and blooming well. The bush also seems to handle our summer heat fairly well. While the blooms are not huge and sometimes the form is a little flat, this variety is still a pretty nice variety for the garden. ‘Brother Jack’ – is a pale pink hybrid tea from Fred Wright. This was our 2nd year growing this variety and it was very inconsistent for us. At times
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Attend the 2013 TENARKY Winter Workshop February 8-10, in Franklin, TN All Rose Society members and friends are invited to soak up vital rose information and enjoy rosy contacts and friendships at the 2013 TENARKY Winter Workshop weekend, February 8-10, at the Marriott Hotel-Cool Springs in Franklin, Tennessee. Featured presenters include newly elected ARS Vice-President Pat Shanley and noted horticultural specialists, including Tom Stebbins, Dr. Mark Windham, Baldo Villegas, Carol Shockley, Robbie Tucker, and Whit Wells.
February Speaker Chris VanCleave By Jim Harding The Nashville Rose Society is very fortunate to have as our February speaker, Chris VanCleave, the co-founder of Rose Chat Radio. In less than one year, Rose Chat Radio has surpassed the 100,000 mark of total number of listeners for the show to date. Of course, some shows are much more popular than others, depending on the guests etc... but the point is that this show is reaching a target audience that wants the information that Rose Chat Radio provides.
Chris shared another startling fact; their Facebook pages revealed an interesting demographic mix. 34.9% are 25-55 years old, 63.5% female, 34.9% male spread out across the US and also a scattering of interest from the NetherWeekend exciting events, begin- lands, Japan & Germany. (Cont’d on page 4)
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