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November 15, 2001
November Meeting Announcement
The next meeting of the Raleigh Rose Society will be held on Tuesday, November 27, 2001, at 7:00 PM at the Fairview Greenhouses and Garden Center on Holly Springs Road in Raleigh.
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Meeting Agenda includes:
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Community Project
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Update on Junior Rosarians
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Update on December Social
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20 Minute Q & A - Ask your Consulting Rosarians
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November Program. Terry Ellis will talk to us
about getting ready for winter and share her tips for rose garden planning for
next year. Materials will be
provided for you to start your planning using Terry's Tips.
Packets of Rose Catalogs will be given to each
member for spring planning at this meeting. Be sure to attend so you can get yours!
Please join us as we
share with each other and learn more about the Queen of Flowers.
Letter from the
President
By Terry Ellis
President, Raleigh Rose Society
Happy Thanksgiving!
If you were unable attend the October meeting you really missed a good one. Several of our members brought in roses from their gardens along with the list of varieties they grow. They shared information about the variety and how it grows in their garden (short, tall, wide spread, disease resistance, etc.). The roses were passed around for everyone to get a close look and smell the fragrance. It was great fun and very informative.
I hope to see many of you at the December Social on December 9th. We will have a sign-up list at the November meeting so you can let me know what you plan to bring. We want to coordinate so that everyone doesn't bring dessert. Satish Prabhu of Columbia, SC., former Carolina District President and awarding winning exhibitor, will present a program on Organic Rose Gardening. You won’t want to miss it. Look ahead in this newsletter for more info on the December social. Also, this social time is a great opportunity for us to get to know each other better. Please come so we can get to know you.
We are busily planning the rose show for next spring. This is a huge effort and requires a lot of involvement by our members. You will have an opportunity to sign up for specific activities after the first of the year. It's fun and very educational.
At the November meeting I will conduct a session on garden planning. I hope you're available to join us. See you there.
Terry
Membership
Renewal
Reminder
If
you have not already mailed in your membership renewal, please take a minute
and do it now. You may also bring
your renewal to the November meeting.
The annual membership fee is $15.00.
From the Rose Dictionary
Dormant Period - The time when the plant has naturally stopped growing due to low temperature and short day length.
Lime-Sulfur Spray -a dormancy spray used in the winter to eradicate diseases and insects from the previous season. Follow the directions on the container. Outside temperature is important. Most rosarians do apply twice about two weeks apart.
Winter Mulching - use a lose mulch (bark or pine straw) around the base of the bush and over the bud union to a depth of 6 to 18 inches depending on how exposed the bush is to the winter cold and wind. This helps to maintain an even temperature, preventing premature growth in mid-winter and spring.
Winter Pruning - Cutting back the rose bush to waist height as strong winter winds may loosen the roots of roses, making them prone to cold damage and drying out.
Winter Care of Roses
Winter protection involves allowing the rose bush to become dormant due to winter freezing, keeping the rose from breaking dormancy, and keeping sun and wind from drying out the exposed canes on the rose bush.
• Stop fertilizing roses six weeks before the first frost. Allow the last blooms to ripen into hips to signal the plant to slow its growth. Keep roses well watered through the winter. They still need the equivalent of one inch of rain per week.
• Prune back long canes. Shortening the canes before winter will lessen the risk of a bush drying in the wind. Waist-high cutting is a good guideline
Remove all branches that are dead or diseased.
• Test the Soil. Winter is a good time to test the pH of the soil around your roses. Add lime or dolomite to correct your acidity, if needed. pH testers are available from most garden centers, and are a very handy tool to have on hand, especially for serious rosarians!
• Apply dormancy spray. Insect eggs and fungus spores are in your yard by the billions. After pruning, Dispose of all prunings and clippings and debris from around the base of your and spray with an ovicide\ fungicide combination. Saturate the ground area around the bush, and of course, the bush itself. Dormancy sprays such as Lime-sulfur, volck oil, and copper sulphates in some form are the most popular.
• Hill the roses. Simply build a mound of mulch, soil or well-rotted
compost over the base of each rose. Cover the canes to a height of 12 inches.
Firm the soil or compost around the canes with your hands to keep it in place.
At this time you can spray the exposed canes with an antidessicant, such as
Wiltpruf.
2002
New Rose Introductions
The November 2001 issue of the American Rose magazine features an eight-page spread with beautiful color pictures of news roses for 2002.
One I particularly liked is Breath of Spring. This is a new miniature rose brought to us by Dennis Bridges of Bridges Roses. This medium yellow rose has exhibition form, high centered blooms on a vigorous plant with dark green foliage. The blooms are on long stems and are great for cutting.
You can see the more than 40 new varieties on pages 29 thru 36 of the November 2001 edition of the American Rose magazine.
Join the American Rose Society today to receive this informative magazine at your home each month. Applications are available at the monthly meetings of the Raleigh Rose Society. A copy of the November edition will also be available for you to check out this article.
The Raleigh Rose Society December Social
Arrangements have been made for our December Social to be held at clubhouse at Dominion Park in Raleigh on Sunday, December 9, 2001. Directions to the clubhouse are included in the insert to this newsletter.
The social gathering begins at 1:30. Our guest speaker, Satish Prabhu of Columbia, SC., former Carolina District President and awarding winning exhibitor, will speak to us about Organic Rose Gardening. His presentation will be followed by a potluck dinner. Please sign up for a dish to bring on the enclosed insert and notify Terry so we can coordinate the meal a bit and ensure we will eat more that just dessert. As always, this gathering is intended for our members and significant others.
As is our tradition, we will have gift exchange this year.
Bring a wrapped gift suitable for a man or woman at a limit of about $10.00 per gift. Please come and take this opportunity to get to know each other.
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Gardening Tips for November - December
November
- Stop deadheading to allow plants to go dormant
- Stop spraying routine
- Water as needed
December
- Top all rose bushes back to about 1/2 their height to protect them from being up-rooted during winter winds. Postpone severe pruning until February.
- Spray with Lime/Sulfur spray to defoliate and eradicate insects and diseases from the past season.
- Water as needed
- Select and order new roses for next spring.
2002 Election Results
By unanimous vote, the following
individuals will take on the responsibility for leading our society in 2002.
President Richard
Radic
VP Programs Darrell
Kohlmann
VP Membership Lisa
Locke
Secretary Beth
Spragins
Treasurer David
Illg
ARS Carolina
District Winter Meeting
The District winter meeting will be held Jan. 25 - 27, 2002 at the Holiday Inn, Airport, in Charlotte, NC and hosted by the Charlotte Rose Society.
The schedule and registration information will be available at the November meeting or contact Terry Ellis if you would like to have this information mailed to you. All members are encouraged to attend.
Consulting Rosarian School will be held again at the District Winter meeting. For more information contact John Dunn at ((704) 366-2566.