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NEXT MEETING
Sunday, October 9
2:30 P.M.
How to Make
Your Garden Sing
Guest Speakers
JULIE MOLINARE &
TAMI SMIGHT
Taking unconventional items and
creating garden art, some of which
blossom using beautiful plantings.
We approach this from the front
entry, through your home and into
the back yard! Pulling out unusual
pieces from yard sales, attics, and
thrift stores your garden will sing
the melody that becomes the song of
your home. Give emphasis to a focal
point, such as a fountain or a seating
area with just the right plantings.
Combine pottery and beautiful
plants with a column or riser, and
what about starting a collection?
There are many ways to make your
garden sing, and we will show you
how! Fa la la la ...
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OCTOBER 2011
Kitty Belendez, Editor
Antique Roses of Yesteryear
HYBRID PERPETUALS
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By Steve Jones, Master Rosarian
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Next to hybrid teas, hybrid
perpetuals (HP) were the most
popular rose class of all time. The HPs
were a complex breeding of bourbons,
gallicas, damasks, etc. With this class
came large, hardy plants that repeat
bloom. The blooms were large,
‘Rose du Roi’
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usually full petalled, and have a good
fragrance. Like the gallicas, the HPs
had a wide range of colors from white
to pink to red and deep red to mauve.
There are very few HPs that are
yellow, none that I believe are still
available today, and none in orange,
coral or apricot.
Most HPs are tall plants with rough
deep green foliage. They are often
disease prone, some more so than
others. They can grow from 3 feet to
well over 10 feet, plus there are
several climbers. Most make large
stand-alone plants with arching canes,
while others can be made into
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climbers. Most will repeat bloom,
often with a huge flush of blooms in
the spring and intermittent blooms
the rest of the year. A few varieties
will bloom the whole season. The
blooms are usually full, often with a
pip center where the petaloids reflex
back onto the center. There were
thousands of varieties at one time or
another, and were popular from the
1840s through the 1930s. The hybrid
teas ultimately knocked them from
their lofty perch.
The first HP is often listed as Rose
du Roi (c. 1819). Others list this rose as
the first Portland. In either case, this
rose did not further the development
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October Rose Care
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President’s Message
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Calendar of Events
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2012 SCVRS Nominations
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Consulting Rosarian Q&A
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Green Thumb Faire Winners
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Horizon Roses
Rose Show Trophy Sponsors
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Hot Water for Very Hot Roses
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‘La Reine’
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‘Marchesa Boccella’
‘La Reine’
‘Souvenir de la Reine d’Angleterre’
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of either class, so it is best left alone.
Duchess of Sutherland (1839) is often
the first of this class and was used as a
parent for other generations. In
Modern Roses 12, they list 14 other HPs
that were introduced before Duchess
of Sutherland, however, they did little
to perpetuate the class. This includes
Rivers (1832), Princess Helene (1837),
Phoebus (1837) and Miss House
(1838).
Modern Roses 12 lists 1,961 HPs,
however this is still a small percent
from the total roses introduced, which
has been suggested to be around
4,000.
In most of the older rose books HPs
were often listed by various families.
Often the breeding resulted from one
of several parents. Some of the HP
breeding groups were Duchess of
Sutherland, La Reine, General
Jacqueminot, Karl Frau Druschki,
Baroness Rothschild, and Geant des
Batailles to name a few. These were
the HP “stud” roses. From them came
many excellent roses.
These are some of my favorite HPs
in no particular order.
Marchesa Boccella (1842) – The
year 1842 was a banner year with
some of the best HPs of all time.
Marchesa Boccella (often labeled as
Jacques Cartier) is one of the best. The
3-inch blooms come singly or in small
clusters. Very full, it is the chameleon
of the rose world. The bloom fullness
can vary from refined and with a pip
center, to loose, informal petals. The
color also varies from light pink to
medium pink, and blends in between.
I have had blooms half-medium pink
and half-light pink. This is an upright
grower to 6 feet. With light green
pointed foliage with very thorny
canes, this rose is very distinctive. The
blooms have a good fragrance and
bloom pretty much year round. This
plant also will tolerate hard pruning
as most HPs should be cut back no
more than a third. A top winner of the
Dowager Queen award.
La Reine (1842) – Another of the
1842 group, La Reine is known for a
small plant to 4-5 feet, and large
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HYBRID PERPETUALS
OCTOBER ROSE CARE
4 Spray for Pests
By Kitty Belendez
Mildew may be especially active during this time of year as the nights
begin to cool down and the daytime may remain warm. Fungicide can keep
mildew under control if sprayed weekly. You may also see aphids reappear.
An insecticide may be helpful for insects. Washing your rose foliage with a
water wand can also be helpful in keeping insects and mildew under
control. Make sure your roses are well watered at least four hours before
spraying, otherwise the foliage may wilt and burn.
4 Fall Fertilizing
Continue fertilizing through October. Dr. Earth is an excellent organic
product that will benefit your roses at this time, to be used in addition to the
water soluble fertilizers such as Grow More. It’s helpful to use a high
phosphorous fertilizer during the weeks prior to the shows to encourage
bigger blooms. Available from Green Thumb nursery in Newhall. Make sure
the middle number on the package is high, such as 10-30-20. Alternate water
solubles with organic fish emulsion. A dose of iron, zinc, epsom salts and
SUPERthrive applied at the beginning of October will do wonders. Remember
to water your roses thoroughly before and after fertilizing.
4 Don’t Forget To Water
Just because it may become cooler does not mean that we can discontinue
watering. Hot and dry Santa Ana winds can dehydrate our roses. Check
sprinklers and drip emitters to make sure they are working properly.
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President’s Message
Susan Savage
I Love the Change of Seasons
I do miss the freedom of summer, hanging out, swimming, the child-oriented
day trips and all the time I got to spend with Promise watching her laugh and
play and just enjoying life.
However I do love the change of seasons too. Just when I think I cannot take
another day of our summer heat, with it going over the 100 mark and seeing our
roses look like burnt offerings. Then it comes quietly and softly. A cool breeze
comes in the night. You no longer need the air on till midnight, and you actually
wake up a little chilly. Hooray, I am ready to start thinking about new roses and
some yummy new soup recipes. Bring on the cool weather!
Promise has been in school a few weeks and she has a wonderful teacher. I feel
so blessed. We have always had wonderful people in our lives to teach her and
show her a love of learning and the excitement of new experiences. This is from
dancing to rose appreciation. Everyone has always been so nice and caring. I am
trying to give back so I am the teachers helper two days a week and I absolutely
love it. Five year olds are so open and honest and ready to learn.
We are getting ready for the up and coming season change. John has scrubbed
out my rain barrels (yuck) and made a lid for the barrel Kitty and Bob were
giving away that I was lucky enough to be the first caller on. And all our rain
gutters are cleaned of all leaves, bird nests and all that John found in them.
I got the tour of Bob and Kitty’s yard when I picked up the barrel; apparently
the sun knows better than to fry the Belendez roses. I can never believe how
healthy their roses are. Mine are crispy critters and theirs look like they just got
a facial. So when you hear them say anything about rose care take it as the
gospel. Because it surely is, even when I am not quite keeping up with Kitty’s
monthly rose care calendar, I make up a mix of what I am behind in and I can
almost hear them say thank you.
My time as SCVRS president is coming to an end, and it is bitter sweet. I had
wanted to try to learn and do more but then I did not know I would be so blessed
as to have my Promise be such a big part of my life. As much as I thought I
would like to try showing roses and start with our our monthly little rose shows,
I ended up spending my time visiting many of the beautiful rose gardens and the
Japanese gardens in Van Nuys with Promise and they are so beautiful and fun to
see through a child’s eyes.
I still plan to be an active part of our society and as many times as Kitty has
asked for rose stories, I would like to share some of the dumbest and funniest
ones I have done and hope they get a laugh from some of you.
We have a list of our nominees willing to serve as your 2012 Officers and
Directors in the news letter this month, and I will be announcing the nominees
at our October meeting.
At our November meeting we will hold the election, after call for nominees
from the floor. The 2012 Officers and Directors will be installed at our December
Holiday Party.
I want to thank every one of you for always being such a fun bunch to be
around and sharing all the experiences you have had with your roses. I always
enjoy my time at the meetings. I will see you at our next meeting. Please bring
some goodies and please enter the little rose show. I love seeing all of your roses.
Thank you all!
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Santa Clarita Valley Rose Society
Calendar of
Events
October 9
Santa Clarita Valley Rose Society
Regular Meeting
2:30 P.M.
Speakers: Julie Molinare &
Tami Smight
Saturday, October 22
Orange County Rose Society
Rose Show
Roger’s Gardens, Corona Del Mar
Info: [email protected]
Saturday, November 5
Santa Clarita Valley Rose Show
Hart Park, Newhall
NOMINATIONS FOR
2012 SCVRS OFFICERS
The election will be held at our
November meeting.
President
Carolyn Monday
1st Vice President / Show Chair
Kitty Belendez
2nd Vice President / Membership
Elissa Siefert
3rd Vice President / Ways & Means
Bob Belendez
4th Vice President / Programs
Kathy DeRoo
Secretary
Beverley Wexler
Treasurer / Historian
Steve Jones
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Directors
Ingrid Gonzalez
Karen T.S. Gubert
Candy LaChance
Charles Maness
Jan Parsoneault
Susan Savage
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CONSULTING ROSARIAN Q & A
By Kitty Belendez, Master Rosarian
Rose
enthusiasts
often have questions
about growing roses.
If you have any
rose-growing
questions, please feel
free to send an email to me at:
[email protected]
Why Are My Roses Wilted?
Q: Today in Los Angeles the
temperature is 96 degrees. I watered
my roses early this morning, but some
of my roses like Double Delight and
Brandy their petals are withered up.
Let me also say that the location of my
roses do get a lot of sun. Are there any
answers to my problem? – Andy
A: It is true that roses are going to
wilt in extremely hot weather. There
isn't much you can do about that
except wait for cooler weather to
enjoy beautiful blooms. Also, you
could try cutting some tight blooms
early in the morning before it gets too
hot outside, and put the roses in a
vase. You could also keep the cut
blooms in a vase inside of your
refrigerator until you get home from
work, or overnight so you can still
enjoy them the next day. In the
meantime, water your rose bushes
every day so they can survive. And
refill the vase with water every day as
well. This should help
Need Help Budding My Seedling
Q: Hello Kitty and Bob. I found you
on the Santa Clarita Rose site. It came
up when I “Googled” a search for rose
budding. I hope you can help me. For
the past 15 years or so I've been an
amateur rose breeder here in my
garden in Orinda across the bay from
San Francisco. I have a seedling that is
not doing well. I think it is because its
roots are not delivering enough
nutrients. It is important to me to save
this one if I can, and budding seems to
be its best hope. If you can help I can
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drive the plant down and, of course, I
will be pleased to pay you for your
help. Thank you. – Joe
A: Dear Joe, There are numerous
rosarians that live closer to you. There
are many rose societies in Northern
California. I would suggest that you
contact one of them. Or you could
contact Burling Leong of Burlington
Nursery. She taught Bob and I how to
bud roses. You did not say how old
your seedling is. It needs to be at least
6 months old (or more) before it can
be safely propagated. If it's a week
seedling to begin with, it may not be
worth propagating. At any rate, you
need to learn how to propagate for
yourself, and not depend on others.
Since you have been breeding roses
for 15 years, it is high time that you
learned how to take cuttings and bud
your roses.
Summer Pruning of Roses
Q: I found you on the Santa Clarita
website. I've owned this house for 4
years now & until he moved out, one
of my tenants has been caring for my
rose bushes for the last 1.5 years. In
truth, I'm very busy and I hate
landscaping. My former tenant
pruned them down to stubs several
months ago, but they're already over
the fence line, which I hate. The heat
of summer is killing the blooms and
they generally look like hell. All the
bushes are a different size, which I
also hate. Can I prune them now, or
do I have to wait until the end of
August? Thanks. –Alex
A: Your rose bushes in the photos
actually look quite healthy and
awesome. Although the blooms burn
quickly in the heat of summer, that is
natural, as spring and fall are their
best blooming times. It's impossible to
tell by the photos which type they are,
(hybrid teas, climbers, floribundas,
etc) and since you didn't tell me their
names it's a guessing game to advise
you (do they still have name tags?) At
any rate, this is the wrong time of year
to drastically prune any type of rose,
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as it would be harmful to them. They
need their foliage to help protect them
from the intense sun. However, it
would be okay to shorten their height
just a bit if you don't like them so tall.
They will bloom again in about 7
weeks. Different roses have different
growth habits and heights. They are
not like hedges where you can make
them grow all the same height, unless
all of your roses are all the same
variety. Complete pruning, down to
about 2 feet tall in Southern
California, should be done in January
or February. Never a need to cut them
“down to a nub.” And if some of your
roses are climbers, well that is a
different matter ... they should be kept
tall and trained to climb. My roses (I
have over 350 in my personal garden)
are all different heights, and they too
burn during summer. But I still love
them all, because I know they will be
beautiful during spring and fall.
Green Thumb
Harvest Faire Winners
Two SCVRS members won
awards for their entries at the
Green Thumb (Newhall) Harvest
Faire that was held at the nursery
on Sept. 17-18. Congratulations to
Elissa Siefert for her prizewinning Floral Bouquet, and to
Sharon May for her prizewinning Herbal Bouquet.
Photo courtesy of Green Thumb
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Horizon Roses
The 2011 edition of Horizon Roses is now
available. Horizon Roses, published annually for
nearly 40 years, is a compilation of comments by the
nation's top exhibitors on the exhibition potential of
the newest hybrid teas, floribundas, miniflora and
miniature roses. For most exhibitors, it has long been
considered an indispensible guide to buying new
show roses.
This year’s edition contains 100 pages of
information with 2,138 reports on 313 roses by 85
reporters. The reports include 67 new roses not
mentioned in prior issues. All comments are candid
and reported in the words of the reporter (with some
abbreviation and condensation). They appear single
spaced on both sides of 8-1/2” x ll” sheets folded into
a mailer.
The following varieties receiving the most reports
in each class:
Hybrid Tea: Falling in Love - 37
Grandiflora: Dick Clark – 26
Floribunda: Koko Loco - 18
Miniflora Show Stopper – 34
Miniature: Joy - 33
The reports are set forth alphabetically and include statistics of the show
results of the reported varieties. In addition, information is provided on
known sources for the reviewed varieties.
The following roses have been added to the Honor Roll this year:
Minifloras: Abby's Angel, Dr Troy Garrett
The Honor Roll consists of roses that have received high ratings in past
issues of Horizon Roses by exhibitors from a wide cross section of the
country. Honor Roll roses are generally considered “bankers” by exhibitors.
Horizon Roses is produced entirely by volunteers under the direction of
Bob Martin, National Editor and nine regional editors. The regional editors
solicit and compile the comments from selected top exhibitors in their
region and forward them for final compilation.
Horizon Roses is available by mail order at $10 plus $2 postage and
handling. Make your check payable to Johnny Premeaux, and mail it to him
at:
Johnny Premeaux. 700 Westbury, Orange, TX 77630
For more info contact www.RoseShow.com or [email protected].
http://www.roseshow.com/publications/horizon_roses.html
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medium pink blooms. They are very
fragrant as well. Great spring bloom
and blooms off and on the rest of the
year. One of the HP “stud” roses,
many excellent roses came from La
Reine and it does well on the show
table.
Baronne Prevost (<1841) – One of
the best all around HPs. A large shrub
or climber to 10 feet. Large, very full
refined blooms that are a top winner
at rose shows. Often with a pip center.
Very fragrant blooms. The plant can
mildew, so you need to plant in an
area with good air circulation.
Anna de Diesbach (1858) – The
year 1858 was another banner year for
top HPs. Anna is one of my personal
favorites. Blooms pretty much during
the whole rose season. It is one of
many seedlings of La Reine. Tall
upright grower to 6 feet, full, very
fragrant blooms come on a somewhat
clean plant. Blooms not as large as La
Reine, but a top rose. I find it likes
very light pruning to get 3-4 full
flushes of bloom per year. Stays at 6
feet even without pruning. I often
take a dozen or more blooms to the
show.
Paul Neyron (1869) – A cross with
Anna de Diesbach and Victor Verdier.
This rose can be the most frustrating
rose as it is prone to all diseases.
Luckily, most are not found in our
area. The largest of all blooms, it does
very well in the Victorian class. Very
fragrant, it grows on an 8-foot plant
with little to no thorns.
General Jacqueminot (1853) – The
first red HP is still one of the best.
General Jack was one of the most
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popular of all the HPs. It was quite a
willing parent as it sired many
excellent offspring. The exact
breeding of General Jack is unknown,
but it is suspected to be a seedling of
Gloire des Rosomanes. This is a
spreading plant that is about 4 feet
high by 7 feet wide. Deep red, full
blooms come throughout the year.
Blooms are also very fragrant. Not a
heavy bloomer, but still worthwhile.
Reine des Violettes (1860) – A very
popular member of this family. It is
more of a climber than a shrub, often
growing to 10-12 feet. Medium sized,
very full blooms that are bluish in
color. Has an unusual scent of pepper.
‘Merveille de Lyon’
Blooms throughout the year on a
clean plant. Can win at shows.
Souvenir de la Reine d’Angleterre
(1855) – A seedling of La Reine, this
rare rose is one of my favorites. A
larger version of La Reine, the blooms
are fuller and very fragrant. Grows to
7 feet. Should be better known.
Jules Margottin (1853) – A seedling
of La Reine, it is another of my
favorites. About the same size as La
Reine, but the blooms are refined and
smaller. Great fragrance too. Can be
grown in pots.
Mabel Morrison (1878) – Sport of
Baroness Rothschild. This is the white
sport of Baroness. I find it a better rose
and plant, not as prone to diseases as
the mother. Grows to 6 feet. Not much
fragrance.
Ulrich Brunner fils (1882) –
Allegedly a seedling or sport of Anna
de Diesbach or Paul Neyron. This rose
is often sold as American Beauty. The
real American Beauty has a pair of
thorns (ram horns) on the backside of
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each leaf set. A vigorous plant, best
grown as a climber where it will reach
12 feet. Few thorns, the reddish pink
blooms are cupped and very fragrant.
Should be better known.
Merveille de Lyon (1882) – Sport of
Baroness Rothschild. This is another
white sport of Baroness. I like this one
much better than the parent as it is not
as disease prone. Grows to 5 feet.
James Bourgault (1887) – Sport of
Auguste Mie. I fell in love with this
rose when I first saw it. Cupped
blooms of light pink on a manageable
plant that grows to 4-5 feet. Good
bloomer, it should be better known.
Nice fragrance, too.
Paul’s Early Blush (1893) – Henry
Schultheis sport. Tall grower to 8 feet,
this rose produces large medium pink
blooms that are somewhat full, but
packs a strong fragrance. Can mildew
so plant in an open area.
Sidonie (1847) – This HP makes the
rounds at rose shows. Very full pink
blooms with a good fragrance. It has
a split along one side of the bloom
that is distracting, but it can win
despite this.
Mrs. R. G. Sharman-Crawford
(1894) – Unknown parentage. I have
seen this sold as Rose Cornet and
Barbara Worl; either way it is the same
rose. Thin-petalled blooms that are
bluish pink and has one of the
strongest fragrances. Clean upright
plant to 6 feet, it is always in bloom. A
top rose for the garden and it can win
at rose shows, especially the fragrance
class.
The following list of HPs are not
easy to find and have to be mail
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throughout the season on a somewhat
clean plant.
Captain Hayward (1893) –
Triomphe de l’Exposition seedling. A
hard rose to find, but it makes a nice
mound about 5 feet tall. Blooms are
not real full, but have an awesome
Urdh (1933) – One of the latest
roses, but just as good as other HPs.
Grows about 6 feet tall, the very full
‘Reine des Violettes’
blooms have a great fragrance, and
come throughout the year on a clean
plant.
Oskar Cordell (1897) – From
Merville de Lyon. One of the smaller
HPs, this rose can be grown a in pot.
Blooms are more ovoid and are long
lasting with a great fragrance. Grows
about 3-4 feet tall.
Candeur Lyonnaise (1914) – From
Karl Frau Druschki. I love the full,
pure white blooms on this rose. Not
much for fragrance, blooms come in
small clusters. Normally has a big
spring bloom and smaller flushes the
rest of the year.
Arrillaga (1929) – From Father
Schoener of Santa Barbara, this rose is
one of his best. Very full blooms that
may not open in colder weather.
Medium
pink
blooms
come
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‘Mrs R G Sharman-Crawford’
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PHOTO BY KITTY BELENDEZ
‘Paul’s Early Blush’
individually and in small clusters on a
vigorous and healthy plant to 8 feet.
Nice fragrance.
Baron de Bonstetten (1871) – From
both General Jack and Geant comes
this deep purplish bloomed rose.
Always causes a sensation when I
enter it in rose shows, as the color
seems to glow. Not a great cut flower,
have to rush to show. But the color is
worth it. Grows to a lax 5-foot plant.
Oderic Vital (1858) – Another of the
top roses from 1858. This is a sport of
Baronne Prevost, similar in all ways
except smaller plant and blooms. A
dwarf Baronne, not as disease prone
in my yard. Grows to about 5 feet.
Mme Boll (1843) – A lot of
controversy regarding whether this is
the real Mme Boll or one of the other
HPs. In either case it is a good rose
with a strong fragrance, grows around
6 feet tall.
There are several other HPs I have
tried over the years, but few do all
that well in our climate.
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‘Anna de Diesbach’
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ordered. They should be better
known.
Francois Michelon (1871) –
Seedling of La Reine. I have loved this
rose since I first saw it bloom. Smaller
version of La Reine, the full pink
blooms are about 3 inches.
Comtesse d’Oxford (1869) –
Unknown parentage. This is a rare
rose, few have one. It is a stingy
bloomer and the plant may be weak
growing, but the blooms are exquisite.
Large, very full and very fragrant
deep red blooms.
Marchioness of Lorne (1889) –
Unknown parentage. A larger HP, the
very full and fragrant blooms come on
an 8-9 foot plant. Not as refined as
other blooms, but they bloom
fragrance. Great spring bloom with
intermittent bloom the rest of the
season. The blooms are a reddish
pink.
PHOTO BY KITTY BELENDEZ
HYBRID PERPETUALS from Page 6
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Miss Kitty’s Rose Blog
Excerpts from “Kitty’s Rose Blog” at scvrs.homestead.com/LogKB.html
9-18-11
I really didn't want to, but I got up early this morning and sprayed all of my roses. I had no choice. My indicator
plants are Yolande d'Aragon which is usually the first to get green bud worms, and it already had a big one munching away at
the new stems. They really love her. And for mildew, the indicator plants are Unbridled, Nancy Jean, Affirm, and Conundrum.
I also noticed that the floribundas in the front yard, which were trimmed three weeks ago, are already growing very fast. So I
suited up while Bob pulled the sprayer out of the garage and filled it up with warm water. Then I mixed a batch of Compass
(for mildew) and Orthene (for insects). Also in the mix was Response (liquid organic seaweed) and Indicate 5 (a spreader sticker
to help the mixture adhere to the rose foliage). We're good to go for another two weeks. Since my sprayer is battery powered,
we began recharging it yesterday, although it might be time to buy a new battery as the charger light never goes off.
9-17-11
In the afternoon we went through 240 gallons of liquid fertilizer. All kinds of goodies including fish emulsion, kelp,
water soluble fertilizer, and chelated iron. The roses dearly need it and will be so better for it. Although it might sound like a
lot of work, it only took 1-1/2 hours to feed all of our 350 roses. Thank goodness for the sump pump! We could not have done
without it. Gotta love that machine.
9-15-11
Our talk on propagation at the South Coast Botanic Garden went well. We dined with a small group, some we've
known for years, others are new to us. After dinner we went to the Gardens for the well- attended meeting. One of their members
had e-mailed me to request some cuttings of Peppermint Twist, my red and white striped floribunda that I've had for nearly 20
years (bred by Jack Christensen in 1992). Don't ask me how she knew I grow this rose. So, I obliged and brought her the
requested cuttings, and she gave me a stem of a beautiful orange-red hybrid tea called Rose Rhapsody. Very fragrant, it was bred
by Keith Zary in 1999. We also met a lovely lady named Margaret who had brought cuttings of a very old hybrid tea called The
Doctor, bred by Howard's Nursery in 1936. Margaret told us that her uncle had been the owner of Howard's Nursery, and her
brother was John van Barneveld (both famous rosarians back in the day, and now both deceased). So Bob budded The Doctor
onto Fortuniana rootstock for her, and I prepared the rest of The Doctor's stems for rooting. I really hope these are successful for
her as she had taken the cuttings off of an original plant that had been passed along through her family for more than 50 years,
and her plant is going downhill.
9-12-11
We finally finished the last four rose bushes yesterday, so all the fall trimming is now done. It was a big job and it took
the two of us two weeks, but to be honest we worked usually no more than 2 hours per day. And during the week after getting
home from our regular daytime job, it was usually only a half hour or an hour of rose trimming in the early evening. It just takes
determination to get the job done in the short time frame of August 27th through September 10th in order to have repeat blooms
by the end of October. That is our projected target. Now we sit and wait. Hah! Nope, cannot rest on our laurels. We continue to
water daily if necessary, or maybe every 2nd day if the temperature remains in the 80's. Next weekend we will begin the liquid
fertilizer regimen, and plan to apply 12 large bags of Kellogg's Gromulch, a big shovelful to each rose. We also picked up a 50
lb bag of alfalfa pellets at Fox Feed that we scattered throughout the garden.
9-5-11
We continue daily to deadhead our rose bushes, and as of today it appears that we are at least 2/3rds done. Mostly
just miniature roses and minifloras are remaining. About a dozen David Austin shrubs still to do, and a half dozen floribundas
in containers. I wanted to string them out until September 10th but honestly we just want to get them done and over with. But
roses in containers will recycle fast so I don't want to trim them too early. We also have four hybrid teas left to do, but I promised
some more budwood of Miss Kitty (white HT) and Cristina Lynne (orange FL) to Steve Singer of Wisconsin Roses so we will
do those next weekend when the weather is more conducive to mailing cuttings back east. The main target is to have blooms
for the Santa Clarita Rose Show. P.S.: The rabbits appear to be gone, thanks to Elmer Fudd and Pistol Packin’ Mama. ;-)
8-27-11
Bob and I got up early this morning and had some coffee and a pleasant breakfast of fresh strawberries, blueberries,
bananas, sprinkled with Cheerios and light milk on top. Knowing that it was going to hit 109 degrees today (and it did!) we
quickly got to work trimming the floribundas in the front yard. From 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. we trimmed 40 floribunda bushes in one
hour flat. By 9:30 a.m. it was already quite hot and so we had to cool off with ice cold water and wet towels. Bob finished up by
cleaning away debris from around the bushes, while I went into the house and e-mailed our show schedule to members. Our
floribundas are very bushy so we aren't worried about trimming them in this heat. Besides, we just deeply deadheaded them to
encourage reblooming for the end of October, we were not "pruning" them. We want to get all of our 350 rose bushes deadheaded
within the next 10 days. We might start on a few hybrid teas tomorrow, but will hold off deadheading anything that's growing
in a container as they get hotter.
October 2011
Rose Ecstasy
Santa Clarita Valley Rose Society
Volume 20
Number 10
Page 8
Mixing Fertilizers & Sprays
We learned long ago to use hot
water (NOT boiling, but very hot) for
mixing water-soluble fertilizers or
thick liquids like fish emulsion. We
also use hot water for mixing
pesticides of all types, granular,
liquid, and especially oily types. The
material will dissolve or blend in
much quicker than if you use just cold
water out of the water spigot. This
means we fill up buckets of hot water
out of our bathtub. Fortunately, we
have a door in that bathroom that
leads to the side of the house.
Hot Water for Very Hot Roses
By Kitty Belendez
October 2011
Rose Ecstasy
when temperatures rise to over 100
degrees. This is less than some people
spend on a carton of cigarettes, or
several alcoholic beverages, or a night
out at the movies.
‘Night Owl’
PHOTO BY KITTY BELENDEZ
Reviving Limp Rose Stems
Those who have been to my garden
know that I grow some very hot roses.
They are massively lush and green,
and they produce a multitude of
blooms. Proof of this is the 1,042
trophies (yes, TROPHIES, not just
ribbons) that we have won over the
past 25 years at rose shows. That
would not have been possible if my
roses did not get plenty of care and
plenty of water.
Although I would avoid watering
‘Golden Holstein’
PHOTO BY KITTY BELENDEZ
Roses love water and lots of it.
Since the moisture content of a rose is
relatively high, they don’t fare so well
when they are deprived of water.
That’s why I do not believe in the
advice to “wean roses off of water.” I
would rather grow sand than grow
twiggy, stunted, non-productive roses
that have been deprived.
Speaking of sand, the soil in my
garden is natively 100% sand. That is
why we amend it annually with huge
quantities of organic materials such as
mulch, alfalfa pellets, kelp meal and
other goodies, to help conserve water
and nutrients. We have no drainage
problem in my yard. Even during
heavy rainfall there is barely any
standing water.
Most important of all, my roses are
lavished with plenty of water. That
means daily during very hot weather.
Not wanting to be a water hog, we
have taken care to set our automatic
sprinklers to dispense only what the
roses need, which is 10 minutes a day
during extremely hot/dry /windy
weather, or 6 minutes every two days
during cooler spring, or totally turned
off during the rainy season. We have
also installed water conserving toilets,
dishwasher, and laundry washing
machine. We don’t let the faucets run
when brushing our teeth or using the
kitchen sink. We never wash our cars
in our driveway, but take them
usually four times a year to a water
conserving car wash. I would much
rather my roses get that water, than
flushing it out to the sea.
We also have a small 10,000 gallon
swimming pool that needs to
occasionally be refilled because the
water will evaporate during very hot
and dry weather. We used to cover the
pool to prevent water evaporation but
that caused a severe algae problem so
we do not cover the pool anymore.
Even with our lavish but careful
water use, our monthly water bill
averages a mere $35 per month
during the cool months, and gets up
to about $85 per month during the
very hot months of July and August
your roses with HOT water, and I
suggest letting the water run through
the hose to first expel any hot water
standing in the hose before watering, I
would like to share some tips for
when HOT WATER is very useful for
your roses.
Santa Clarita Valley Rose Society
Several days before a spring rose
show I had cut a large spray of the
floribunda Golden Holstein. But
when I refrigerated it, part of the stem
caught on the side of the milk carton
so the stem did not go all the way
down into the water. I did not realize
this until the next day when I
discovered that it went totally limp.
Just as I was about to throw the rose
into the trash, my brain went ding
ding ding, and I figured, why not try
reviving it with hot water. So I cut a
half inch off the bottom of the stem
and put the entire stem into a vase of
hot water. I let it sit there most of the
day and refilled with more hot water
several times throughout the day. In
about four hours the blooms had
revived and perked up completely. At
that point I put the stem back in the
fridge for just a little while to help it
harden off, and then let it sit on the
kitchen counter overnight in a vase of
cool water. This revived stem won
Floribunda Spray Court of Honor at
the next day’s rose show.
Encourage Tight Blooms to Open
While working with a lovely
specimen of the climber Night Owl, it
had closed up tightly and refused to
open for the rose show. Fortunately
near the exhibitor prep area there was
a sink with hot running water. I recut
the stem and plunged it up to its neck
(below the bloom) into very hot water,
and did this several times over a
period of two hours. This encouraged
the blooms to open nicely, and we
won Best Climber for this rose.
Volume 20
Number 10
Page 9
Europe in 31 Days – Part I, Spain
By Steve Jones
October 2011
Rose Ecstasy
Roses in the Town of Avila
PHOTO BY STEVE JONES
flight was delayed. Oh well, we had
extra time in Miami. Well… the flight
crew overslept, so we were another
hour getting out late. Now we had 1
hour layover. We got in the air finally
and got into Miami a few minutes
late. Luckily our connecting flight was
only 10 gates down so we went down
there, grabbed some dinner and wine
and boarded. It was a full flight, but
once we got on the plane everyone
Rose Garden at El Escorial
PHOTO BY STEVE JONES
Here we sit at a hotel in Los
Angeles and it already feels like we
flew around the world. We originally
planned to attend the World
Federation Rose Society (WFRS)
convention in Sakura, Japan until the
earthquake and the radiation forced it
to be canceled a month before we
were to leave. We scrambled to cancel
our flights and work around the last
three weeks of our planned trip in
Europe doing rose trials and
attending the newly planned WFRS
Executive Committee (EC) meeting in
Geneva, Switzerland. So we decided
to spend the extra time in Madrid,
Spain since we loved Barcelona so
much from last year.
Early in the morning we got up and
headed to the airport. When we got
there, there was nothing but chaos.
Apparently there were bad storms in
Chicago and Dallas which resulted in
the cancellation or delay of most
flights. The lines were very long of
people trying to change their plans.
Our flight was to Dallas and it was not
canceled, however, it was delayed
several hours, unfortunately to the
point we would have missed our
connecting flight to Madrid. So after
standing in line for over two hours,
we found out there were no other
flights that day from Dallas, or the
next day, and no flights to Madrid
through any airport today. So we
ended up changing our flight to 6am
the next day with a 4.5 hour layover in
Miami, Florida, and decided to spend
the evening at a hotel near the airport
so we can get an early start. We will
get into Madrid one day late which
will cut into our garden and
sightseeing time, but it is what it is.
We got up very early the next
morning and took the shuttle to the
terminal, and guess what? our flight
was delayed 2.5 hours! The next two
flights were full so there was little we
can do. Because of the previous day’s
delays, our flight crew didn’t have the
required FAA hours of sleep, so the
was there so we left 10 minutes early.
Finally… Well… we taxied out to the
take-off area, then we heard the pilot
say, “We were making great time
leaving early, however, we have to go
back to the gate as we have a
mechanical problem.” So back we
went and after only 10 minutes we
were told to deplane and they are
bringing another plane that just came
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out of maintenance and it would take
another 1.5-2 hours. Try 2.5 before we
boarded. What else could happen? We
found out a valve on one of the
engines wasn’t functioning properly
and wouldn’t close which could cause
the engine to catch fire. Good call. We
finally took off and except for about
10 minutes of rough weather, it was a
smooth flight. We should have flown
straight into Madrid airport and was
informed we have to be in a holding
pattern. Luckily it only lasted 15
minutes. By the time we landed, we
were 3.5 hours late, but we finally
made it to Europe!
We took a taxi to the hotel,
unpacked and took showers before
heading into town. We stopped for an
excellent lunch and wine at the
Mercado de la Reina. With one less
day to sightsee, we walked over to see
the Prado Museum and their excellent
collection of Velasquez, Goya, El
Greco and Rubens paintings. It is one
of the best museums in the world as
far as quality of their collection next to
the Louvre in Paris, France. Just our
luck, as we were leaving it started to
pour rain! So we walked back with
the one umbrella we happened to
take. Back at the hotel it stopped
raining and we went to the hotel
rooftop terrace to have a drink and
enjoy the view. We met four young
lads from Chicago and had a fun time
picking on them plus enjoyed
Bernardo’s sangria.
The next day we took a full day
tour to Avila and Segovia. Both are
very ancient towns. Avila is an
excellent example of a walled city. The
thick walls were built in the 11th
century on top of a hill and are in a
perfect defensive position. Inside, the
San Vicente cathedral was amazing.
The aqueduct in Segovia is one of the
most photographed structures in the
world. It is not Roman as many
believe, the Spaniards started
construction on it around the 1st
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Madrid Rose Garden at the Retiro
Rosaleda de Madrid
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PHOTO BY STEVE JONES
PHOTO BY STEVE JONES
Madrid Rose Garden at the Retiro
PHOTO BY STEVE JONES
century. We found a few rose beds
around the Castle, which looked like
something out of Disneyland and
some say it was copied by Disney. The
roses were super fragrant, but I am
not sure but I think they were Charles
Mallerin.
The next day we took in El Escorial,
a monastery started in the 1200s by
King Philip II. This also contains the
royal mausoleum where many of the
kings and queens were buried since
the unification. The marble crypts
were amazing. One thing I have to
mention, if you have issues walking,
don’t go. Susie and I are in pretty
good shape as we walk a lot, but we
were both dead tired by the end of the
day going up and down several
flights of stairs to head into another
area. No photography is allowed, but
the windows were open in places
overlooking the gardens so I took
photos out the windows which the
guards didn’t mind. When we got
back, we walked around the Sabatini
Gardens and the Royal Palace, then
went into Cathedral de Almundena,
another amazing church with
fascinating ceilings and stained glass.
We had lunch at a great little hole in
the wall restaurant then walked by
the Plaza Major and Del Sol. The latter
is where the protesters have set up
camp for the 14th day protecting the
corruption
of
the
Spanish
government. We stopped by the El
Corte Englishe department store and
stocked up on snacks and wine. They
have excellent selections of Iberico
ham, wine and manchego cheese.
The next day we walked to see the
Temple de Debold, a gift to the
Spanish people from Egypt for
Franco’s help. We then proceeded to
the Rosaleda de Madrid. It is a
fabulous rose garden designed in a
formal style. The garden was started
in the 1900s and has about 15,000
plants of 500 varieties. The roses were
generally on the back side of peak but
still had plenty of bloom. The rose
trials, which we missed, were the
week before, but we can tell they had
plenty to judge. I took hundreds of
pictures of the gardens. We met up
with Rosa Fernandez Fontanet, the
secretary of the gardens who we met
last year in Barcelona. She showed us
around the gardens and we saw all of
the winners from the trials. The Gold
Medal winner was a shrub with pink,
tight full clusters of small blooms
codenamed NIRPyrose by NIRP. We
were also impressed with the Silver
Medal winner ADAborop by Adam,
and the best fragrance winner,
VISancar from Viva.
Afterwards Rosa drove us over to
the original Madrid Rose Garden at
the Retiro, a huge park rivaling New
York City’s Central Park in the middle
of Madrid (350 acres). The gardens
were very formal with some
interesting treatments of roses,
especially the metal “rope/chain” for
trellising the climbers between each
other. This was used around the outer
rim to display climbers and ramblers.
It was a very nice garden although not
all of the roses were named. The beds
were outlined with trimmed boxwood
and contained one variety each. One
side of the garden mirrored the other
side with the same roses. Fountains
delineated the quarters and center. It
started to rain off and on so we went
to lunch near the Museo Sofia.
Afterwards we thanked Rosa for
showing us around and we went to
the Museum. Sofia is a modern art
which Susie and I are not big fans.
They did have an impressive
collection of Dali and Picasso,
including his huge painting of his
reaction to the Spanish Civil War,
Guernica. Afterwards we took in the
nearby Royal Botanical Gardens.
There were two areas displaying old
garden roses and examples of each
type of rose except for modern roses.
The garden was originally designated
according to Linnaeus’s classification
system.
We walked back to the hotel before
having tapas at the Mercado again.
Typically the Spanish eat dinner very
late. A restaurant I wanted to try
opened at 930 pm! So tapas are the
best way to go. We found by having a
large breakfast at the hotel, then a big
lunch, we really didn’t need dinner so
we snacked on ham and cheese
instead.
Part II next month ...
PHOTO BY STEVE JONES
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ROSE SOCIETY OFFICERS
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Susan Savage
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