An American Rose Society Affiliated Organization

Organized April 21, 1947

June’s Newsletter

RRS Home Page

May 15, 2002

June Meeting Announcement

Raleigh Rose Society Annual Picnic

Sunday, June 2, 2002

4:00 – 7:00 pm

Witherspoon Rose Culture

AARS Exhibition Garden

In Durham.

For directions call - 919-489-4446

Bring a dish to share and lawn chairs.

A drawing for prizes will be held for everyone who helped with the show.

Letter from the President

By Richard Radic

President, Raleigh Rose Society

May 18^th can be considered our biggest and most important monthly meeting. It is the time we can show how well we benefited from the Society by showing our roses to the public. So, on the morning of the 18^th, walk through your garden and pick a few roses to exhibit.

Remember, any rose is a show rose and the more roses we show will help honor our national flower in this Year of the Rose.

Hope to see you all there,

Rich

What’s in your grooming kit?

Here are as few things, which can be found:

Q-tips

Cotton balls

Paper towels / Panty hose

Scissors

Pocket knife

Brushes

Pruner

Eyedropper

Wedging materials

Pen / Pencils

Tape measure

Fishing line

Water pics

Index cards

Entry tags

ARS handbook

From the Rose Dictionary

Deadheading - The removal of spent flowers or flower heads.

Disbudding - The removal of surplus buds to encourage production of high quality blooms.

Hybrid - The offspring of genetically different parents, usually produced accidentally or artificially in cultivation, but occasionally arising in the wild.

Rootstock - A plant used to provide the root system for a grafted plant. Multiflora, fortuniana, and Dr. Huey are commonly used as rootstock.

Species - A category in plant classification, the rank below genus, containing related, individual plants.

Sport - A mutation, caused by induced or spontaneous genetic change, which may produce shoots with different characteristics, or flowers of a different color from the parent plant.

How do I get to Fairview for the meetings?

Fairview Greenhouses & Gardens is located at 8224 Holly Springs Road in Raleigh. Take I40 East to exit 292 and Follow signs to turn left on Walnut Street near Crossroads in Cary. Walnut Street turns into Holly Springs Road. Cross thru Penny Road intersection. Fairview will be on the right. The Education Building is behind the garden.

Fairview will give all Raleigh Rose Society members a 10% discount on all roses purchased with proof of membership.

Gardening Tips for

May - June – July

May -

· Continue fertilizer program

· Continue spraying routine; apply Diazinon for rose midge problems

· Water as needed. Roses required 2 inches of water per week

· Start applying liquid fertilizer

· Cut spent blooms to encourage new growth. (Deadheading)

June - July

· Watch for Japanese Beetles. Avoid hanging beetle traps, they attract the pests to your garden. To combat beetles you can apply Sevin Dust, Neem Oil, or hand pick and dispose of them by drowning in a bucket of soapy water. For long-term control, try applying Milky Spore, which kills the Japanese beetle grub. It takes 2-3 years to become effective, but lasts 10 - 20 years.

· Continue spraying routine

· Water once a week in hot weather. Roses required 2 inches of water per week

· Cut spent blooms (deadheading)

· Check leaves for yellowing (possible iron or magnesium deficiency).

2002 AARS Winners Featured in USA Today!

The 2002 AARS Winners, Starry Night and Love & Peace, will make every garden burst with color this season.

Together, Love & Peace and Starry Night create a picture perfect opportunity nestled within a garden.

· Love & Peace, a classic hybrid tea, the most beloved of all roses, treasured for its long stems bearing striking individual blooms.

· Starry Night, the other 2002 AARS winner, a landscape shrub, is the wellspring of inspiration to landscape gardeners.