Rose Herald, Kennewick–Pasco–Richland, Washington September 2015, Vol. 51, No. 9

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Society’s website & photos**

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www.rose.org.

**2015 Rose Show Photos!

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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 threegkids@frontier.com

Vice-President, Jim Campbell, MR

1307 Maple Lane, West Richland, WA

99353 (509)967-2606 (NOTE:

Dorothy Campbell is a MR)

scotch1943@charter.net

Treasurer, Bob Louie, 20 N Jefferson

St, Kennewick, WA 99336 (509)

531-5727 blouie1@charter.net

Secretary, Kathy Weber, 604 S 48th

Ave, West Richland, WA 99353

(509)967-3336 klrosefan@gmail.com

Education Chair, Richard Kerkof, MR

4002 Meadow View Drive, Pasco, WA 99301

(509)547-1860 rjkerkof@gmail.com

Rose Herald Co-Editor,

Jo Angelos, 719 S Yelm Pl, Kennewick, WA 99336

(509)586-0857 angelosfolk@gmail.com

Rose Herald Co-Editor, Norma Boswell, MR

465 Mateo Court, Richland, WA 99354

(509)375-0567 rosybos@owt.com

Webmaster, Nancy Foster-Mills, 1537

Adair Dr., Richland, WA 99352 (509)

528-9083 thundar2007@gmail.com and

www.owt.com/rosesociety

JoAnn Brehm, MR, 1113 Saddle Way,

Richland, WA 99352 (509)627-0577

jobrehm@outlook.com

Tom Miles, CR, 118 Bremmer St,

Richland, WA 99352 (509)627-7003

thmpmi@charter.net

Helen Newman, hnewman@owt.com

102703 E Vaca Rd, Kennewick, WA

99338 (509)627-0880

Hard Copy Distribution, Adam Diaz,

First Fruits Accounting, (509)308-8005

adam@firstfruitsaccounting.com

ARS LSRC & TCRS E-Distribution,

Janet Bryant, (509) 627-2687

janetsbliss@hotmail.com

Facebook Manager, Membership

Chair, Katie Dickenson 3611 W 15th Ave Unit 4, Kennewick, WA 99336 (509)521-7551 katie-maedickeson@gmail.com

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