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Rose Herald, Kennewick–Pasco–Richland, Washington September 2015, Vol. 51, No. 9
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Society’s website & photos**
Tri-City Rose Society
owt.com/rosesociety
PNW District Rose Society
pnwdistrict.org/
American Rose Society
www.rose.org.
**2015 Rose Show Photos!
http://tinyurl.com/2015RoseShowTCRS
Our Thanks to Janet Bryant!
September 28, 2015 7:00 PM
Sandberg Event Center
331 South 41st Avenue
West Richland, WA
Bring Your Beauties
End of Summer Celebration!
Treats, Friends & Door Prizes!
More on page 2
In This Issue
President’s Message p 1
September Meeting Info p 2
October Banquet Info p 2
Why Be a Member? p 3 Jo Angelos
Droplet Size Matters p 4
PNWD & ARS News p 4
Map It Out p 5
Never Say “Never” Jo Angelos p 5
September Rose Garden p 6 Norma Boswell
Rose Whisperer p 7 A Mystery by Harlow Young
Officers, CR’s, MR’s & p 8
Other Helpers
President’s Message...
Rose Herald
I must take this opportunity to thank those of you who called, emailed or wrote
me with your kind regards concerning the passing of a dear friend, Mark Gintner.
The schedule for his memorial service was on the same day as our August outing to
Manito Park. After consulting with other members of the Executive Committee of
our local society, we decided to cancel the Rose Society’s event. I know that many
of you were looking forward to that, however, we’ll reschedule perhaps for our 2016
season.
It is refreshing to experience the moderation of temperatures in the Tri Cities
during the past several days. Our gardens readily recognize the cooler days and
nights with more prolific, better colored and larger sized blooms. As a gardener, the
colors are a reward for all the hard work of the past weeks of very hot weather. I
marvel at how quickly the roses have responded to even a few degrees drop in av-
erage temperature. The garden is blooming much better now than during those rec-
ord-breaking hot days.
Our September meeting will be on the normal fourth Monday of the month
(Sept. 28th) at the Sandberg Event Center in West Richland. This will be a "Color
Event” – entirely relaxed, spontaneous and free, not judged or critiqued. You are
invited to bring colorful blooms, both singles and sprays, from your garden. As the
program opens, we’ll take time to share garden problems and solutions. Afterwards
we’ll fill two large empty containers with the best of what we’ve brought and hear
what the donor likes about each favorite bloom. If one person dominates the time
that is meant for all to share, I will call upon a different speaker. Members and
guests may talk twice or more, but only after everyone has had a turn. At the end of
our meeting, the two beautiful bouquets we have created will be awarded as door
prizes!
Be sure to put the last meeting date of the rose society, October 26th, on your
calendars as well. This will be our year-ending banquet, which is always quite enjoy-
able. This year’s special speaker will be Carol Newcomb, the owner of Northland
Rosarium in Spokane. It has been several years since she has come to address our
group. I am looking forward to this special year-ending event. I hope to see many of
you there. The dinner is catered by the Sandberg Event Center. The cost at first
might seem a little expensive, but remember that they offer the Event Center to us
without cost during the year, with the only stipulation that they cater our end-of-the-
year banquet. Joanne Sayler has diligently worked to keep the costs down, while
offering a great menu. Thank you Joanne.
Lastly, let me encourage all of you who enjoy taking pictures of your roses, to
enter some of these into the Pacific Northwest Rose Society photo contest. The
details are included elsewhere in this newsletter. Also, be reminded that there is an
amateur division in the national ARS contest as well. I have found both of these con-
tests to be very educational and FUN!
Enjoy your roses, and bring some of them to this month’s meeting!
Harlow
Read more about
these photos on
page 7.
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September Meeting ‘Bring Your Beauties’
The September 28, 2015 meeting of the TCRS will be an infor-
mal evening of snacks, conversation and lovely roses from the
gardens of our members. Instead of the customary Fall Rose
Show with a focus on exhibition quality roses, we will look for
color and inspiration from all the roses in our members’ gardens.
This is the perfect time to comment on a particular rose we like
or dislike, ask questions about anything that concerns us, and
socialize with like-minded rose lovers. We can bring roses with
problems we’d like solved. There may be roses whose names
have been lost, and members will try to identify them for you.
Maybe the leaves are burned, spotted, anemic, or chewed by
insects. Others can commiserate and offer suggestions.
There’s nothing quite like person-to-person contact. This will be quite different from our usual format of
one or two people talking and giving instruction, with everyone focusing on a single special lesson. New-
comers and old timers can join the conversation as equal partners.
You will discover there are a lot of people who have ideas that differ from each other, and there are many
ways to achieve success and happiness with roses and with the people who grow them. Rose lovers tend
to become friends, like a big extended family, with stronger bonds as time goes on.—NB
OCTOBER BANQUET Joann Sayler, Chair
PLACE: Sandberg Event Center, 331 S 41st Ave, West Richland, WA
DATE: October 26, 2015
TIME: Food service begins at 6:30 pm.
PRICE: $25, includes tax and gratuity
Please sign up at the September meeting or call Joann Sayler any time
before October 16, 2015 at 509-994-4462.
Featuring
Guest Speaker Carol Newcomb
Every year Northland Rosarium purchases an ad
for the Rose Show Schedule! We thank Carol for
supporting us and we look forward to the fun and
informative talk she will present at our end of the
year banquet. Thank you, Carol AND Northland
Rosarium!
MENU: Mango pork
tenderloin
Scalloped potatoes
Salads
Dinner rolls
Coffee, ice tea, ice water
Desserts
Photo by Harlow Young
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I recently had an email sent to me with some very important questions and concerns. They are things I’ve also wondered about and now I realized it
was time to put some thought into it and hopefully draw some conclusions and make some resolutions. Here is the email...
Where to begin...Do we need to address these issues as a society? Do these concerns affect our numbers as a viable and effective group—now or for
the future? Do we fulfill our mission statements with the way our membership operates? Do these circumstances keep people from joining or re-joining? Is the
membership fee reasonable and justifiable? Should it be changed from dues to a donation (to make it a gift or contribution, instead of an obligation or stipulation
for membership)?
While thinking of the first question, I reflected through the pages of the TCRS scrapbooks-67 years–wow! We’ve got roots! All
these events, year after year, to promote the joy and love of roses. Maybe the styles have changed-for dress and facilities, but the rose
remains constant through all the pages. For many members it has been a labor of love. Lifelong friendships, mentorships and common
goals worked to establish the foundation which continues to support our society.
Member-a separate and distinct part of a whole, is one definition we can easily relate to. As the Tri-City Rose Society, we have the distinction of
being a local group which is a part of the Pacific Northwest District and the American Rose Society. According to the ARS website American Rose Society History
(click on to read) tells us this horticultural society dates back to 1892. The Pacific Northwest District of the American Rose Society was organized in 1975.
For our society, with the changes in technology within the last two decades the hard copies mailed through the post office to our members are almost a
thing of the past. Previous to the emailed editions, the publication of each month’s Rose Herald was one of the most important “perks.” Our own co-editor, Norma
Boswell spent hours (and hours!) assembling all the articles for each edition of the Rose Herald. Once it was compiled many, many more hours went into printing
the pages and even more time to correlate, label and mail. Our Rose Herald has been awarded national recognition in the newsletter competition. It was and con-
tinues to be a valuable source of information and education to our members.
Email distribution and online copies of our monthly newsletter saves our society money, so the need for a membership fee is a valid question. Our
society is financially solvent, which is a direct result of income generated by the dues and careful management of those funds every year. Our rose show often
incurs costs above the income generated by Rose Show Schedule advertisements. The Lawrence Scott Park Memorial Gardens in Kennewick is exclusively
funded by the TCRS—the budget allows the purchase of all the roses and the maintenance is provided by our volunteers. Members, such as Tom Miles, have
donated hours on end to showcase those roses for the community. Events such as the Home and Garden Shows and Mini Rose Sales provide opportunity to
educate and inform the public. We financially support the PNWD and ARS and in turn, our society benefits from the ongoing educational conferences, trainings
and shows. Another definition of a member is “either side of a mathematical equation linked by an equal sign.” We can put any of our societies on one side or the
other of the equal sign A=B, B=C and A=C. We are all in it together–each with unique opportunities to support and contribute!
As far as the benefit (perks) for members vs non-member? Members are counted and appreciated by the PNWD and ARS. Our insurance for events is
based on our number of members. As a local society, our Membership List is published in the Rose Herald for quick access for other members. The reason we
choose to be a member may be different for each of us. As members, some may be happy to have the newsletter delivered “hot off the press” to their inbox
(instead of waiting for it on the website.) Some may enjoy the ribbons and recognition from the Shows and Events. Others may enjoy learning from others and
growing healthy roses in our dry, desert area. A pat on the back after the doors close, with a sigh of relief another successful rose show is over, a hug from a mem-
ber who hasn’t been at a meeting for a while and a couple of hours spending time with friends each month-maybe you can relate to some of these suggested
“perks.” The cost of my yearly membership actually costs less than ordering a pizza! It is being a member, a partner, a supporter. I’ve learned the ins and outs of
growing roses, I know I can get information and suggestions from our Consulting and Master Rosarians. And maybe, just maybe, I can contribute to this group I
belong to and believe in.
In 1892—people in the United States joined together to make a difference and they did. In 1975 people in the Pacific Northwest
wanted to make a difference and they have. And closer to home, 67 years ago—men and women who could have been our neighbors—
regular people like you and me set out to make our Tri-cities bloom with healthy, vibrant colored roses. They organized and cultivated a society
which I expect will expand and continue for generations to come—and this is our chance to make sure we will.
“One thought I had is what is the benefit to becoming a rose society member? People are still able to come to the monthly
meetings. They can still enter their roses in the rose show every year. I know that non-members don't get the Rose Herald
sent to them. However, I was just on the website and the Rose Heralds are posted. So anyone can download them. My
thought is that non-members are getting the same perks as members. Is there anything else that benefits members that
non-members don't have? Just something I was thinking about.”
Why Are We Tri-City Rose Society Members? Jo Angelos, Co-editor
Sometimes our greatest joys are not what we “get ” but what we “give.”
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From the pages of the American Rose, July/August 2015 edition, an article, “Spray Drift” by Gaye Hammond on pp 44-46, tells
us about the factors involved in spraying chemicals in our gardens. The droplet size, equipment, pressure and distance, individual
product composition and weather are a few of the factors covered as the writer challenges us to be aware our spraying routines.
Many times, as consumers, we have a false sense of security in products which can be purchased off the shelves of our nurseries or hardware
stores. We think our government standards protect our health by regulating the safety of a given
product. The producers of these chemicals give guidelines for usage and publish the mandated
“possible hazards” but they have no control over how the public uses (and possibly abuses) their
products.
Gaye’s article encourages personal awareness and encourages us to use the precautions
and information to protect our own yards and areas beyond! Even if spraying has been a part of your
gardening routine for years, chemicals and equipment change quite often. As you can see by the
insert, the droplet size and coverage you are wanting for your spraying job has many factors to take
into consideration. A 1,000 micron droplet may or may not hit each individual leaflet but chances are many of the 250 micron drops will hit the specific leaflet
and possibly affect a greater coverage area.
As a beekeeper, this was of interest to me not only in the way different sprays and application methods affect my garden plants but in turn how
easily my colonies can be affected. My bees may ingest chemicals on the individual flower or may be sprayed directly by chemical drift. Once they return to
the hives, the nutrition they carry back to sustain the hive may have traces of the chemicals. I am more concerned about the health of the hive, but another
concern is the honey I extract. It may contain chemicals from up to 4 miles away (since the flight of a bee can cover that area).
This concern was addressed in a study in Philadelphia—62% of conventional honey and 45% of organic honey they tested in a grocery store had
levels of glyphosates (the main ingredient in Roundup). An article in Mother Earth News talks about the “Possible Connection Between Roundup and Colony
Collapse Disorder” (CCD). The author of this article lost honeybees when neighboring fields were sprayed with Roundup overhead by planes. Other articles
tell of the research and findings of using Roundup—such as Hazards of the World’s Most Common Herbicide. We may not be able to change the practices of
large scale operations but we can be in control of our own backyard methods and techniques.
Join the ARS
The American Rose Society gives you a window into the world of
roses and the people who grow, hybridize, research, educate, ex-
hibit, photograph and arrange them to enjoy, celebrate and pre-
serve a timeless floral icon.
If you have an affection for roses, this is the place where it be-
comes a passion and a lifelong hobby!
Join in with your fellow rose enthusiasts to share, learn and grow
Join NOW! (click here) A FULL YEAR of the American Rose Soci-
ety Membership for just $49. For a full list of the Member Benefits
(click here) or enjoy A four-month trial membership valued at $86
for only $10!
PNWD Fall Conference October 30-November 1 Heathman Lodge, Vancouver, WA
Staying at the Heathman? We have a special rate for our rooms. Ask for the Pacific Northwest District or
The American Rose Society rate, and you'll be set. We are already very excited for the Fall Conference, which is
scheduled for the weekend of October 30-November 1. You will be excited to learn that we have confirmed sev-
eral wonderful speakers on varied topics. For complete list of speakers and a schedule of the conference see
pages 4 & 5 in our August Rose Herald. Registration Before Oct 1 $45 after Oct 1 $60. Sign up now!
Pacific Northwest District & American Rose Society Opportunities
If you have the power to make
someone happy, do it.
The world needs more of that.
(And if we can do it with
roses—What a Bonus!)
Droplet Size Matters Jo Angelos, Co-editor
250 microns 500 microns 1,000 microns
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Map It Out
Many of us start thinking about next year’s garden in the winter, when garden catalogs start showing up in the mail.
Or possibly a little later—when the first pruning takes place. I’ve decided to start my 2016 garden now. This is the
time to look at each rose or other garden plant and take note of their conditions.
Did the plant thrive? Was the water system adequate? Was there proper drainage?
Have the surrounding plants crowded a particular rose or created too much shade for it? Next year’s growth
could equal this year’s new growth and create additional crowding or shaded areas. Was there any powdery
mildew or disease caused by the encroaching new growth in the specific area?
Should I consider moving certain roses for next year? Fall is a great time to transplant, I’ve had more success
with fall transplants than spring/early summer transplanting. We tend to have moderate and consistent fall tem-
peratures, unlike the sudden cold snaps in April or May which may harm the tender new sprouts and leaves.
And spring transplants often break the new sprouts-even when we are careful.
If you don’t have a record of the names of your roses, now is the time to see the color of the blooms for correct
identification. If you don’t know the names, contact our Consulting or Master Rosarians on page 8 or bring the
bloom to our September meeting.
If you have a rose (or more) which do especially well in your yard, try the techniques on our PNWD website
showing the complete process of propagating hardwood cuttings right now in your own garden!
Take a stroll through your garden, enjoy the last few weeks of blooms and prepare for 2016!-JA
Never say, “Never!” Jo Angelos, Co-editor
Many times during the child-rearing years, I would question my skills or techniques with our four
very impressionable and somewhat determined youngsters. Each, unique in their own way but unit-
ed with the statement “I will never be like that or do that when I am a parent.” Our youngest took it
one step farther when she was in high school after being asked to do some watering for me– when
she informed me, “I will never have a big yard or plants
or roses!” She was married 3 years ago, purchased a
home 1 1/2 years ago and as you can see, it is a big yard
(which had massive landscape issues—which she and
her husband tackled together) and as of a few months
ago...she has
roses! Yes, this
makes me smile.
Before
After
Before
After
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Soil moisture is crucial in every season. Ideally, soil should stay moist but not
soggy at 12 inches below ground level. Most roses simply can’t survive drought or
flood.
Today and in months to come we’ll talk about watering, crowding, what to do with new
roses, too much or not enough sun, slope of the land, problems below soil level, and
very limited room for expansion.
Finishing fall planting before my sprinkling system shuts down for winter is a problem – every year. Age
and reduced vigor, combined with extremely hot summer weather, tend to make me more of a turtle than
a hare. As I did last year, and years before that, I’ll resort to the emergency measure of burying all un-
planted roses still living inside their containers. When winters are kind, these necessary plantings always
survive better than the ones I bring into my dark, unheated garage.
I received this season’s miniature roses from Richard Anthony, http://forloveofroses.com in 4-inch pots.
These tall-topped newcomers needed bigger pots so they could grow roots for a strong anchor. While
their roots grew, I dug out quack grass, seedy weeds and plants I found competing with roses.
My neighbor, a very successful gardener, is as good on conserving water as anyone I’ve ever met. She
drags a hose around for hours and uses several different attachments at the business end. Her plant wa-
ter does not run into the courtyard and down the central drains. She grows vegetables and many colorful
annuals, but she also has a few roses in her border that are gifts from me. I prune them for her as needed
and tend them organically, as she does everything in her garden. We both try to protect her animals from
poisons. However, she doesn’t want or need any of my unplanted roses.
Removing sod is against my homeowners covenant. My only choice is to "make do” and try to improve
the very small landscape bed that the builders gave me. (I bought the house in 1973 before I fell in love
with roses.)
The soil is full of competing plant roots, invading grasses and knee-sized rocks. Some are smooth river
rocks, and others are coarse concrete chunks dumped by the builder.
My land is not level. Part of the front bed is a berm that I’ve never flattened! It has contained trees, over-
grown juniper bushes and dozens of plants from garden club sales, but now it’s jam-packed with roses.
Water runs off the berm slope into the courtyard, so I am forced to program the timer for very short inter-
vals to minimize water waste.
One of the most frustrating things about a timed sprinkler system is that it tends to plug and deliver mois-
ture unevenly. It calls for constant surveillance and hiring a knowledgeable yard expert when a problem is
detected.
One of the most interesting ways of achieving soil cover is smothering weeds with many layers of wet
newspaper topped with several inches of wood chips. Most of us don’t have the luxury of windless days.
In fact, windstorms and tree-toppling gusts are the norm. If I could manage to keep the ground covered
and the weeds out and conquer the disadvantages of a slope, I’d be in garden heaven.
September Rose Garden Norma Boswell, Master Rosarian
See you at the September 28th meeting! Bring your Roses and a Friend!
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Don’t you love mysteries? There is a rose mystery that is still puzzling me,
waiting to be solved.
A couple of years ago Jolene Angelos asked me if I’d had a chance to check
out the species roses in Zintel Canyon. Our local readers will probably know
that Zintel Canyon is located in the middle of the city of Kennewick in a
densely populated residential area. However, once on the “Spirit of America
Trail” that travels the approximately 1.2 mile length of the canyon, you are
into a quiet nature preserve that is filled with many species of birds and
small animals. There is a small creek that passes through most of the can-
yon, creating wetlands for much of the year. It is heavily wooded, with most-
ly deciduous trees and shrubs. There are three entrances: one is on the corner of Vancouver and
7th Avenue; another is off of Ely Street at the north end of Waste Management’s
property, and the third is at the south end of Anderson Street which intersects
with 7th Avenue.
So, when Jolene suggested that I check out the roses there, I was a bit surprised
because I had walked the trail on a couple of previous occasions and did not see
any. She gave me the locations and I went to check them. I found the two loca-
tions that she described. One bush is on the main paved path near where the An-
derson Street entrance intersects with the trail. The other bush borders the back
(east) border of Angelos’ property, and is not visible from the main trail. These
two bushes are about an eighth of a mile apart.
My first inclination was that these bushes were of the same rose variety. But upon careful examination
over the past two seasons, I believe that they may be two different species. The best clues to their differ-
ences are:
The larger of the bushes has five to seven leaflets per leaf, the other having nine to eleven; and
The colors of the blooms and stamens appear to be slightly different. The bush along the trail has
slightly larger blooms (maybe 2.5 inches) and is a lighter pink than the
bush bordering the Angelos property; and
The bush bordering the main trail appears to be much larger than the oth-
er (12 feet tall vs about 8 feet), its canes are much thicker at the base
(approximately 1.5” diameter vs about ¾”), and its canes are very arch-
ing whereas the smaller bush is more upright;
The leaflets of the larger, taller bush are bigger and darker green than the
smaller bush; and
Finally, the hips are quite dissimilar. The larger bush’s hips are ovoid, al-
most pear-like, while those of the other are much smaller and spherical.
It is my belief that the smaller bush is Rosa nutkana. Its flower, leaf and hip
structure resembles those growing along the banks of the Columbia and Yakima rivers in our area. How-
ever, the other is currently a “mystery.” I have done some internet searches into the various species roses
of the Pacific Northwest, but I am not confident that I have found the one that fits the characteristics of this
plant. I’ll keep evaluating and researching.
A Mystery By The Rose Whisperer, AKA Harlow Young
Hips (The “unknown” rose on the
left, R. nutkana is on the right
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President, Harlow Young, CR
3218 W 2nd Ave, Kennewick, WA
99336 (509)735-3481 [email protected]
Vice-President, Jim Campbell, MR
1307 Maple Lane, West Richland, WA
99353 (509)967-2606 (NOTE:
Dorothy Campbell is a MR)
Treasurer, Bob Louie, 20 N Jefferson
St, Kennewick, WA 99336 (509)
531-5727 [email protected]
Secretary, Kathy Weber, 604 S 48th
Ave, West Richland, WA 99353
(509)967-3336 [email protected]
Education Chair, Richard Kerkof, MR
4002 Meadow View Drive, Pasco, WA 99301
(509)547-1860 [email protected]
Rose Herald Co-Editor,
Jo Angelos, 719 S Yelm Pl, Kennewick, WA 99336
(509)586-0857 [email protected]
Rose Herald Co-Editor, Norma Boswell, MR
465 Mateo Court, Richland, WA 99354
(509)375-0567 [email protected]
Webmaster, Nancy Foster-Mills, 1537
Adair Dr., Richland, WA 99352 (509)
528-9083 [email protected] and
www.owt.com/rosesociety
JoAnn Brehm, MR, 1113 Saddle Way,
Richland, WA 99352 (509)627-0577
Tom Miles, CR, 118 Bremmer St,
Richland, WA 99352 (509)627-7003
Helen Newman, [email protected]
102703 E Vaca Rd, Kennewick, WA
99338 (509)627-0880
Hard Copy Distribution, Adam Diaz,
First Fruits Accounting, (509)308-8005
ARS LSRC & TCRS E-Distribution,
Janet Bryant, (509) 627-2687
Facebook Manager, Membership
Chair, Katie Dickenson 3611 W 15th Ave Unit 4, Kennewick, WA 99336 (509)521-7551 [email protected]
Co-Editor, Norma Boswell
Co-Editor, Jo Angelos
719 S Yelm Pl
Kennewick, WA 99336
Esteemed Rosarian
Final 2015 TCRS
Meetings at
Sandberg Events
Center
Sept 28
7:00 PM
‘’Bring your Beauties”
Share YOUR
Garden Colors &
Bring A Friend!
Oct 26
6:30 PM
Fall Banquet
Guest Speaker
Carol Newcomb
From Northland
Rosarium
Spokane, WA