NASHVILLE ROSE LEAF
Official Publication of The Nashville Rose Society Serving Rose Enthusiasts Throughout Middle Tennessee
NRS Meeting at Cheekwood Guest Speaker: Terry West from Southern Nurseries + Grand Prix II 6:30 PM - Refreshments 7:00 PM - Program september 2013 Volume 46, Issue 8
2014 Award of Excellence
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the blooms reach there best potential on larger stems. I feel this is the best red mini-flora along with ‘Robin Alonso’ for show. David Clemons is an outstanding hybridizer of exhibition quality miniatures and mini-floras, many which are named after thoroughbred horses such as ‘Whirlaway’, ‘Foolish Pleasure’ and ‘Unbridled’. Too top it all off this wonderful red miniflora won the AOE (Award of Excellence). This is a must have addition for the garden and show rose collection. Article and photos courtesy of Andrew Hearne via www.InsidetheRosariansGarden.com
22-07-01 aka ‘Tammy Clemons’ best seedling 2012 Huntsville-Twickenham Rose Show. Photo courtesy of David Clemons. Sometimes a rose is so good you honor it for someone you love. That was the case with the incredible pink miniature rose ‘Joy’ named for David Clemons’ mother. David’s latest creation the red mini-flora ‘Tammy Clemons’ is named for his wonderful loving supporting wife for their 20th anniversary. ’Tammy Clemons’ is a cross between Frank Benardella’s red miniature ‘Merlot’ and the red mini-flora ‘Robin Alonso’ (sport of Frank Benardella’s red miniature rose ‘Caliente’ discovered by Peter Alonso). I have been fortunate enough to grow ‘Tammy Clemons’ since the fall of 2010 when David gave me a plant to test. The blooms have spectacular form high centered and are medium in size. Like David’s other mini-flora ‘Ghostzapper’
Anyone who is a gardener/rosarian needs a calendar to keep track of pretty much everything. It is virtually impossible to remember when you last fertilized or sprayed your roses; much less what combination of products you may have used. Depending on how detailed you are the list of tasks and information to keep track of can go on and on. For instance a garden calendar can help schedule pruning dates for upcoming rose shows and then track the bloom cycle. It is really neat for tracking information from year to year to compare and learn from previous experience.
‘Tammy Clemons’ best seedling at 2010 Atlanta Fall National Rose Show. Photo by Andrew Hearne. Ed. Note: ‘Tammy Clemons’ will be sold by K&M roses on fortuniana, Wisconsin Roses on multiflora and For the Love of Roses on own root. On behalf of the Nashville Rose Society, congratulations to David on his second AOE winner; his previous winner was the miniature ‘Joy’ in 2008.
The best calendar for rosarians in none other than the 2014 ARS calendar that will arrive in September. Order early to assure you get one. These make great holiday gifts. We will receive a limited quantity of 1,750 calendars; when we sell out, we will not be reordering. Individual calendars are only $10.00 + S&H. Please pass the word on to all of your rose friends.
President’s Column
Diane and Dillard Lester for teaching them the ropes.
Fellow rosarians, this summer’s weather has been so mild and blessed with rain that you almost can’t complain. But I will anyway. My crew and I haven’t experienced enough torrid weather to get used to the heat. Eighty degree days and torrential rains have spoiled us. Now when the heat turns on and the humidity climbs to one hundred percent, we wilt. Normally we would be breezing through our tasks. Now we struggle to make it to our mandatory, hourly, water break. With September approaching, the heat may end before we can get used to it. I’m sure many of you are experiencing the same phenomenon.
As always, remember that our premeeting social time is very important. Please bring a snack or drinks for our food table. Some of our members come straight to the meeting from work and others, like myself, just like to eat. Say a big thank you to Cindy Worch, who works so hard to organize this.
We had a wonderful meeting last month. Our guest speaker, Matt Pilcher, was not only very knowledgeable, but entertaining as well. His slides gave many of us ideas on how to incorporate roses into the landscape and add perennials to our rose beds. This co-mingling of plants, companion planting, adds interest while our roses are building for their next flush.
I don’t want to bore people by constantly thanking or asking individuals to take leadership roles. However this cannot be said too often. Thank you Starla and Jim Harding for our wonderful, award winning newsletter.
This month’s speaker, Terry West, is an associate of Ron Daniels, one of our resident experts. They are involved in the production and sale of Holy Cow garden soil. Terry is originally from McMinnville. He is a graduate of MTSU, with a degree in Plant and Soil Science. Currently a member of Southern Nurseries, he is experienced in all aspects of growing plants. This will be an informative presentation.
Editor’s Desk
Our Nashville Rose Society Rose Show is just a month away, which means it is Grand Prix time. For new members and Rose Leaf readers, the Grand Prix is an in house rose show that occurs twice a year. These events provide an opportunity for members to learn the finer points of showing their roses. If interested, bring your roses. We will evaluate them, teach you how to groom them for the show and get you started on your collection of ribbons and silver cup trophies. Please thank Keith and Martha Garman for taking over this event, and 2
Speaking of food. On the dessert competition front. Congratulations to our two winners. Best baked dessert, brownies, went to Martha Jeffery. Ice cream, Bob Bowen. Enough said! Just kidding. I love Bob and have fun teasing him. He has been unbeatable because he makes awesome ice cream.
—— Tom Beath
If, for some insane reason, I was ever asked to author a book on the subject of roses, I could easily devote an entire chapter on the many varieties that have met their untimely death beneath the wheels of my VW Beetle. Most rosarians are gifted with a specific area of expertise on roses. Mine just happens to be running over them. I’d like to suggest the roses jump out in front of me, much the same way that they jump in the car and follow me home, but, unfortunately all the accidents (to date) just happened to have occurred when I was driving. My husband, Jim, might try to convince you that this “coincidence” is reason enough to believe that these accidents are all my fault. But I’m here to tell you that he is mostly to blame. Stop laughing and let me explain. Now, before any of you start pic-
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turing me spinning tires in our rose garden, be advised that every rose beneath my wheel has been a potted rose that Jim has failed to plant in a timely fashion touting the ridiculous excuse that we are somehow out of rose room. If that isn’t absurd enough, he then continues to attribute my driving skills to these fatalities when, in fact, it is my firm belief that his poor placement of these potted roses is the greatest contributing factor. He places them at a critical turning point at the entrance to our garage which is already situated at the bottom of a very steep hill. Parallel parking is child’s play compared to the obstacle course Jim creates and of course HE never hits the roses because he is the one placing them. It would be no different were he hiding easter eggs. He knows right where they are but I can only find them by “accident.” By now, it should make perfect sense to you why I am the only one running over roses. Two years ago, I ran over a rose named “Pink Intuition.” It was the only time Jim laughed off my accident as I quickly suggested the rose, by virtue of its’ own name, “should have seen it coming”. Since then, however, his frustration with the frequency of my accidents has increased as has my irritation with his continued insistence on placing potted roses in this death zone. This last “incident”, I didn’t even hear the slightest crunch nor did I feel the slightest bump. The only way I knew another fatality had occurred was because, this time, there was an eye witness. Did you know that Jim’s eyeballs can pop out as large as the size of apricots? I didn’t either. I just thought he was happy to see me... until he ran towards me yelling “Outrageous!!!.... That is Outrageous!!!! I turned around to assess the gruesome scene. The pot was split in four places with dirt oozing out to expose a pile of shattered roots and the leaves were covered with black spots (okay, black tire marks, same result). I thought about whipping up some tears, but (Cont’d on page 3)
Editor’s Desk
SAVE THE ROSES!
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CCRS Rose Society Presidents Letter
that stopped working several roses ago. Instead, maintaining my composure (unlike someone else) I innocently uttered “Oh, did I do that?” Jim’s only response was to put his head in his hands and, once again, refer to this minor mishap as “outrageous”. Why he was over-reacting like this was anybody’s guess. After all, I only ran over one rose this time. The last crash course he created cost us four roses. In fact, I was beginning to feel miffed myself. Jim seemed to have no appreciation whatsoever for the fact that my rose fatality rate was trending downward! Besides, as I mentioned earlier, he KNEW the statistical probability of my running over roses in that location. I was finally understanding his evil plot. He was setting me up for a false allegation of rose rage! How dare he call MY actions outrageous?! He let me struggle through the gyrations of blaming him for at least ten minutes. Finally, he could no longer withhold “that smirk.” You know the one I’m talking about, ladies. The one we have all come to dread when our husband knows he is holding a trump card. He then gave me the “timeout” signal. (Another annoying reminder that football season is upon us). “Starla,” he whispered, under his breath “The name of the rose you ran over.... “Outrageous”. Only this time his tone was not that of outrage. Pious would be the adjective that sums it up best. And then the jokes ensued. “I wonder if the rose feels outrage”, “Starla bugs the roses,” “Starla had an outrageous accident.” “Starla’s driving is outrageous.” I had to wonder if there was a rose named “humiliation” because all I could do was accept the onslaught in silence, which led to Jim’s final “zinger”. Starla silenced? Now THAT is “Outrageous”. —— Starla & Jim Harding
Greetings from California Coastal Rose Society! We would very much like to invite the membership of your Society to attend our 13th Annual Rare and Unusual Rose Plant Auction. This will be held on Saturday and Sunday November 16th-17th at Carlsbad by the Sea Resort, 850 Palomar Airport Road, Carlsbad CA 92008. As part of our quest to preserve rose genetics, we are pleased to be able to offer some 250-300 rose varieties at this year’s Auction. The majority of these plants are hard to find or no longer in commerce. The current list of available plants can be found on our website: www.CCRSAUCTION.com (the complete list should be up by the end of August). As always there may be last minute deletions of plants due to circumstances beyond our control, but much more often there are exciting last minute additions. For the first time ever, we will spread the Auction related activities over a two day time period. We are grateful to Spring Hill Nursery, the new home of Dr. Keith Zary, for sponsoring the speakers for this unique event. On Saturday November 16th there will be a series of PowerPoint presentations, beginning in the early afternoon and resuming after dinner. Speakers include Jeri Jennings, Burling Leong, Ping Lim, Robert Martin, Cheryl Malone (from Heirloom Roses in Portland) and Keith Zary. Dinner will be “on your own” at several restaurants either in or within easy walking distance of the Resort. The Speakers will accompany the attendees to dinner to provide an opportunity for interesting conversations. There is no charge for this activity aside from the cost of your own dinner. The Auction itself will take place on Sunday, November 17th. There is no admission charge to the Auction or the seminars on the previous day. The Silent Auction will start at 10: 00 am and end promptly at 12:30 pm. The Live Auction will start at 1:30 and end by 4:00 pm. John Bagnasco as always acts as the Chief Auctioneer presenting his own PowerPoint and providing interest-
ing, educational and entertaining material pertinent to each property offered. Snacks and beverages are provided without charge to attendees. There should be sufficient time to obtain lunch in the Friday’s Restaurant located directly below the Auction Room should one desire. CCRS does permit Internet bidding. CCRS members will hold plants for shipping in the Spring if the successful Bidder lives in a cold climate (i.e. snow covered). There is an additional charge for shipping the plants to those Bidders. In order to attract more folks from out of town and out of state, we have arranged for a special room rate at the Resort. We have used this facility for our 2013 PSWD Show in May. The guests were pleased with the rooms and felt they were reasonably priced (phone: 760-438-7880 for reservations). Carlsbad is about 25 -30 miles north of the San Diego airport (direct access via the 5 Freeway by car). Those wishing to spend even a bit more time enjoying the sights will find much to do in both San Diego and the North County areas. The CCRS membership would very much appreciate your disseminating this information by word at your meetings and in print via your newsletters. One of the Auction Committee members would be pleased to visit your Society (assuming it is located within a reasonable commuting distance) at one of your monthly meetings in order both to present a 5 minute talk explaining the Auction and to answer any questions your members may have. Please reply to Joel Ross MD CR at JRossMD@aol,. com if you have questions, requests or have an unusual rose that you would like to donate to the Auction. An alternate way to contact us about the Auction is: CCRSAUCTION+QUERY@gmail.com Thank you, Joel Ross MD Auction Committee, Co-Chair
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Hello Rose Lovers! I invite you to Louisville for the 2013 Tenarky Convention and Rose and Arrangement Show on October 4-6. The Louisville Rose Society is excited about hosting this year and we hope you will join us. The convention will be held at the Fern Valley Inn and Convention Center, same as the last time we hosted. We are lucky to get the room rate of $71 a night and are trying to keep all of the costs low to encourage you to come. We will have all the details posted
on the Tenarky website soon with a registration form and show schedule. We will have an informal welcome reception on Friday evening beginning at 5pm, near the rose prep area, which is the coolest room in the building. Bring your sweater and get your roses stored from 7-9pm. The rose prep area will open again at 6:00am Saturday and entries will close at 10am. After judging, the show will be open to the public from 1-5pm. We’ll have vendors and a silent auction nearby the exhibit area, and programs throughout the day, followed by the awards banquet.
On Sunday Carolyn and Charles Phelps are hosting a rose garden social. The annual St James Art Fair is that weekend, and worth checking out in Old Louisville. To learn more about that go to www.stjamescourtartshow.com. So, get your roses ready! We’ll see you in Louisville! Janet Miller President, Louisville Rose Society
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Civility - Rose Society Membership Issues By Jim Delahanty of social interaction has pretty well been lost in a succession of generations ever more individualized and ever more conscious of rights rather than duties.
The signs have been there all along, but it is impossible to know exactly when the tipping point occurred. Perhaps it was when people disavowed a responsibility to respond to invitations to weddings or parties, requiring pre-paid stamped and addressed envelopes, which in turn were equally ignored. Perhaps it was when television sitcoms portrayed conversation as a series of one-liners fit for Borscht belt comedians. Or perhaps it was the disappearance of the concepts of honor or shame in our political class. But the net result seems to be a sea of individuals in public places, blithely ignoring those around them in the preoccupation with cell phones and ear buds. It does not really matter what the venue is— whether walking in the mall, driving on the freeway, or waiting in an airport. each individual is lost in the delight of starring in his or her own personal movie with all others pretty much cast as robotic extras. What has the foregoing to do with rose society membership? Plenty. for the past few years, this retreat into self has yielded fewer and fewer members for volunteer organizations. Have you never been puzzled by the number of excellent articles on how to treat new members of rose societies and to recruit potential members? Why should it be necessary to tell people to treat newbies as they would want to be treated? Didn’t we all learn that in kindergarten? And the answer is that the unbought grace
And those trends run counter to the very existential imperatives of membership in a local society. Belonging to a rose society exemplifies the acknowledgement of something more important than the self; the purpose of a rose society is testimony to the enduring value of the rose in the lives of both individuals and the community. This is one of the reasons that tax exemptions are extended to local societies--the belief that the existence and activities of that group bring otherwise unobtainable value to the community at large. Whether this commitment to the rose manifests itself in com- munity outreach and education programs, maintenance of public rose gardens, competitive rose shows or simple displays of roses in celebration of their existence, the essence is the commitment to something outside the self. Putting it bluntly: no one gets rich belonging to a rose society; there are no material rewards associated with that status. in fact, all of the effort and diligence bring only ephemeral or spiritual awards, if that. Much of the satisfaction of belonging to a rose society is purely internal to the person. Now this does not mean that efforts to improve membership numbers are doomed to fail. But it does mean that perhaps our goals and expectations have to be re-framed in terms of that class of the population no longer concerned about getting things in life but in giving back to the community or to the world at large.
people can only be enlisted in special one-time only projects like a garden renewal, or a beautification project, or some other function, but not for the duration and not for much more than that singular experience. Perhaps there will be a long term period in which successive generations individuate at the cost to the community of vibrant volunteer organizations. Another impediment to rose society development is the growth of intolerance of political or cultural opinions that differ from one’s own. in the rose world this finds expression in the contempt and vilification of exhibitors versus non-exhibitors, those committed to organic horticultural practices versus those utilizing petrochemical remedies and practices, and those promoting modern versus Old Garden roses as the paradigms for rose development. The curse of being an organization appealing to the widest possible range of members is that the extremes opt out early; there are those who will never belong to the American rose society so long as it promotes or accepts the support of any petrochemical manufacturer. And there are those who think as my friend, Bob Martin, states:’ An unsprayed garden is a diseased garden.’ can these two points of view co-exist? in another world, the answer would be that each respects the opinions of the other. In the current world, however, those on one side of the issue regard those on the other side as polluters of the planet, endangerers of the genetic inheritance of mankind, and eco-terrorists. On the other, hysteria, megalomania, and fruitcake are terms too freely disseminated. the difference is not just that the other side is wrong, but that it is criminally or psychotically wrong and co-existence is a matter of compromising with evil.
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A Flush of Emotions Gene Meyer, Consulting Rosarian It’s been a busy month for Consultar the Rosarian and his arch nemesis Rogue Rosette. I’ve lost Crescendo and Maggie to Rogue Rosette which makes me sad. That’s a total of 18 friends I’ve lost so far. I am thankful I still have another Crescendo which is thriving. But the worst news is I now have Rogue Rosette in the middle of my hybrid tea bed. I am very afraid of what this might mean. I’ve knocked on 27 doors since my last report. The response has been very positive. I always give them the University of Tennessee Brochure on Rogue Rosette with the www.rosegeeks.com web address written on it, so they have two places to confirm what I am saying. The positive response however hasn’t always resulted in positive action on their part. I am elated when the property owner immediately removes the diseased bushes. Unfortunately this has only happened six times. I drove through my subdivision today and saw five homes that have done nothing about their Rogue Rosette problem. I am disappointed. There is “more than one way to skin a cat” as the saying goes. I went to one house 5 times and the owner was never home so I looked up his email in our HOA booklet and emailed him about his problem bush. I received an email response from him I thought was smart-alecky or tongue-in-cheek at best. So for a day I was depressed that I had used such an impersonal way to tell someone about Rogue Rosette. To my surprise that day as I was on my way to the store, I saw the offending bush was gone! The email response I had received was sincere. I have informed eight businesses about Rogue Rosette. The biggest was Lipscomb University. I tried to tell them last year they had a problem. I drove by there this year and stopped in. Now it’s a disaster. I estimate 85% infected. I called and the voice mail offered an email address. So, I emailed them and gave them the www.rosegeeks.com address. He called me and the first words out of his mouth were “I think we have a big problem”. I met with three Lipscomb people involved with campus landscaping and I felt we had a meeting of the minds. I tried to convince them to replant with Knock Outs. I told them now that since they know what to look for it doesn’t have to get this bad again. We will see what happens. I am thrilled about getting through to them. Another commercial success has been with Sentry Management whose business is helping HOAs manage their affairs. After informing them I had found Rogue Rosette in the common area of Princeton Hills, they responded quickly by taking the affected bushes out. I am overjoyed about this. Then there are five failures where nothing has been done. I am upset because I think businesses should be more responsible. One other success has been exposing Rogue Rosette as the evil doer he is to a wider audience. I received a magazine called West Brentwood Living in the mail. The July edition asked for guest editorials. I wrote one about Rogue Rosette, which they published in the August issue along with great pictures. I am delighted about spreading the word. In the last two days I have found three new cases of Rogue Rosette in my subdivision, in yards that didn’t have it before. I thought I was getting a handle on this, but now I’m not so sure. In the past month I have been sad, thankful, afraid, elated, disappointed, thrilled, overjoyed, upset, delighted, and depressed. That is half positive and half negative. Consultar the Rosarian has a job to do and it seems to be expanding. 6
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Civility (Cont’d from page 5) Science loses its independent value and simply becomes a weapon for use on one side or the other. so long as this strain (and stress) continue in our culture with its attendant rigidity, rose societies will be limited to those willing to mute the differences or associate only with like thinkers. What is to be done about this? In terms of the larger problems of civic indifference and ideological intolerance, not much. But in terms of seeking out rose society members, perhaps the emphasis should be less on what is to be gained from rose society membership, but what is to be given. The answer to our membership problems might lie in seeking out those who, in Dean Hole’s memorable phrase, ‘have beautiful roses in his heart.’ Rose societies cannot be built with those who worship lesser gods. rose societies must be a retreat from the crass and contentious rather than an extension of that ugly world. in short, membership drives must be directed to a small but delightful subset of humanity as currently expressed in our cultural memes. Find those with roses in their hearts. Reprinted from the September 2013 issue of The Pacific Rose, Editor & publisher - Chris Greenwood & Judy Farris The Pacific Rose Editor’s Note: We received Jim’s last article just a few days prior to his passing and are honored to be able to publish it. NRL Editor’s Note: While we never met the author, Jim Delahanty, in person he has been a consistent source of encouragement and support to Starla and I. Reprinting this article is our way of saying thank you and acknowledging the passing of what can best be described as a Rose Ambassador.
A Rose Lover’s Calendar
Welcome New Members
NRS, Tenarky, & ARS Coming Events
Elaine and Lacey Miller
SEPTEMBER 3 NRS Meeting at Cheekwood - Grand Prix II 6:30 PM Refreshments 7:00 PM - Program Terry West Plant & Soil Science 20-22 2013 ARS “Mini Magic” National Miniature Rose Show Winston- Salem Rose Society, North Carolina. Contact Steve Lawson, at 336.301.8437 or click the http://www.wsrs.us/
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By Cindy Worch On the 8th of May as I was working out in the garden I received a call. The sweet lady on the other end was calling to inform me that I had won the ARS Sweepstakes for the International Rose Trials at Biltmore. As she was talking my mind was going in several different directions, what contest, is this a joke, prank call? I took a deep breath as I realized that I had actually won the contest to the first ever International Rose Trials on the East coast. All I remember is that I entered the contest online. Face book, website, I really don’t know.
ing men in their fields was amazing. Scott and I then made our way to the winery at Antler Hill Village. They also have great ice cream there! Our prize also included an audio-guided self-tour of the Biltmore House. The history of the mansion is very impressive not to mention the house itself. Unbelievable! There is a list of the trial winners in the August issue of the Nashville Rose Leaf and the Sept/Oct issue of American Rose. What an honor it was to be apart of this historical event. The next time will be in 2014. I’m making plans now.
Photo courtesy of the Biltmore Estate
A Winning Experience!
So on May 17th Scott and I head to Asheville, NC. There we checked in to the hotel, then made our way to Biltmore where we were welcomed to the rose garden for wine and hors d’oeurves. We met Paul Zimmerman, Coordinator of the Biltmore Rose Trials, Parker Andes, Director of Horticulture at Biltmore and Lucas Jack their rosarian. Scott and I also toured the enormous and very impressive greenhouse. Words cannot even come close to describing the beauty of that magnificent place. The next morning we were back at the rose garden for the actual judging. I felt honored to be able to participate. Due to the lack of sunshine not many were blooming, but we could judge on the other qualities. The scores of that day were then added to the past scores from the 2-year trials. We then had a guided tour of the entire gardens. If you have never been, please do yourself a favor and go. You won’t be disappointed. The trial winners were announced during lunch at Lioncrest. After lunch everyone was invited to a seminar on rose care with Paul Zimmerman and Eric Johnson. Scott and I were the only ones to attend. So the 4 of us sat around the table and they did a condensed version of their programs. It was wonderful to be able to have that one on one attention. They were very accommodating with any questions that we had. Eric Johnson, host of GardenSMART talked about rose companions. To be able to pick the brains of two outstand-
ARS Vice President, Pat Shanley with NRS members Scott and Cindy Worch - winners of the Biltmore Rose Trial Sweepstakes
No Experience Required!! Bring your blooms and arrangements to have some fun in the Grand Prix II. See details on the insert inside your newsletter.