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Buds & Blooms November 2017
Jacksonville Rose Society An ARS Affiliate
Inside this issue:
Nov. in the Garden 5
Meeting Minutes 7
President’s Message 7
November Program 8
Calendar of Events 8
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Choosing Roses for Your Northeast Florida Garden - Part 1 by
Wayne Myers, Master Rosarian
What choices lead to successful rose-growing in Florida? You see
a beautiful rose bloom and want it in your garden—easy in some
states, but not in Florida. Most roses suffer dreadfully in our
heat and humidity that create perfect conditions for leaf-spot
diseases like black spot and Cercospora. Most roses are miserable
when summer temperatures reach 90°F, and Florida roses have no
winter dormancy, which some rosarians believe is essential for
great roses. However, by carefully choosing rose varieties, sizes,
and rootstocks that are proven performers in Florida, you can enjoy
beautiful roses that win rose show prizes or provide lots of
landscape
color with very little care. It’s your choice!
First, decide whether you have the time, the will, and the
discipline to spray! Then choose your rose varieties. To survive in
NE Florida, roses must have excel-
lent genetic disease resistance to black spot and other fungus
diseases, or be
sprayed with fungicide regularly. Will you be happy if you
obligate yourself to spraying pesticides in your garden? Most of
the readily available modern roses, as well as many older rose
varieties, require fungicide spray EVERY two weeks to
prevent ugliness and slow death from black spot.
Second, make sure that the plants you choose will grow to be the
sizes and
shapes that you want. Your garden is your most valuable asset.
It’s your per -sonal space to add color and beauty to the outside
of your home. Like any other landscape plant, a rose bush should
meet your expectations as to the size, shape, and
growth habit of the plant. To grow those coveted
blooms you need the right variety in the right spot.
The classification system for roses can be helpful. Most roses
have been assigned to classes according to their growth habit as
well as genetic heritage. For example, you can generalize that a
hybrid tea will grow upright to a height of 4-6 feet tall and be
approximately one-third to one-half as wide as it is tall. In
recurring flushes, it will bear large blooms, singly or in small
clusters. Floribunda roses usual-ly grow only slightly taller than
wide and bear large clusters of medium-sized blooms in repeating
cy-cles. Polyanthas are small and bushy, covered with
large clusters of small flowers when in bloom.
However, the “catch-all” modern shrub class is a recently
established category because modern roses are so genetically
complex and varied that they don’t fit neatly in the traditional
classes. Many of the modern shrubs will have blooms continuously
during the growing season rather than recurring flushes of flowers.
There are many times more
Refreshments for the
November meeting
will be provided by:
Jean Alexander Claire Aschmeyer John Bottensek
Cheryl Buck
Conflict? Call Ed or Cheryl Buck at
997-1088
Beverly: This pink hybrid tea was
introduced in the U.S. in 2008. Not-
ed for its excellent disease resistance,
in 2016 it won a blue ribbon in the
Gainesville Rose Show in the fully
open hybrid tea competition. The
three-year-old plant has never been
sprayed with fungicide. From Kordes
of Germany’s Eleganza® collection,
she has won prizes for excellence and
fragrance in eight different countries
around the world.
Because of the length of this month’s feature
article, it will be run in two parts. Part 2 will be continued
in the December issue.
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modern shrubs sold today than all the other classes
combined.
From minis to house-eating monsters, rose plants come in all
sizes. If you’re not sure of the size or natural growth habit of a
rose you want, ask a local rosarian who knows the variety. Many
rose plants will grow bigger in Florida, especially if grafted on
Fortuniana rootstock. Early in my rose hobby I discovered that
hybrid teas should be bedded five to six feet apart ra-ther than
the three feet that is common in cooler cli-
mates.
Third, decide whether rootstock is im-
portant. Roses are genetically complex and do not reproduce from
seed. They must be cloned by cutting pieces from “mother” plants.
It is commercially ad-vantageous to accelerate this process by
grafting small pieces of the desired variety
onto established root systems.
University of Florida research in the 1960s demonstrated that
roses grafted onto For-
tuniana become larger plants and pro-
duce more blooms. They also stay
healthier and live longer because the roots are re-
sistant to damaging nematodes that thrive in our
warm, sandy soil.
However, Fortuniana roses are more expensive and less widely
available because of the additional time and
skilled labor required to produce the plants.
A few decades ago, almost all commercially available roses were
sold as grafted plants. Several factors were
involved:
1) Rootstocks optimized for conditions in mass-production rose
farms provided commercial uniformity
and took much less time to grow into sellable plants,
2) Most rose varieties grafted onto optimized root-stocks
produced bigger, healthier plants with more
blooms,
3) Labor skilled in grafting and production was cheap,
4) Particular rootstocks, ‘Dr. Huey’ for example, worked
uniformly well within the mass-production practice of harvesting
and shipping roses bare root.
Now that skilled labor is scarcer and more expensive, more roses
are being grown and sold on their own roots
or mass produced in pots, even in large-scale commer-cial
production. Many small retail producers ship their roses in pots
instead of bare root because potted roses are easier to care for
and more tolerant of delays before
planting.
Most consumers today prefer to see flowers on any plant they
buy. They want easy planting, continuous blooming, and minimal
post-planting care. Bare root roses need more complicated bed
preparation and much
more post-planting water and care.
Which roses should I choose if I want to
exhibit and win at rose shows? Below is an excellent list of
winners compiled in late 2016 by our Deep South District Di-rector
Ralph Stream. He polled the rose societies in Florida, Georgia, and
Alabama to compile the following lists of recom-mended roses. Keep
in mind that most
need regular fungicide spray!
Furthermore, Ralph is a champion rose exhibitor who strives for
perfection. He strongly recommends Fortuniana-grafted roses and
sprays his roses with religious
devotion. His version of Integrated Pest Management
is “zero tolerance” for pests or disease in his garden.
These lists include mostly show-winning varieties that must be
sprayed. However, I know that some of these gorgeous, show-table
stars thrive without fungicide. I have highlighted them in the
following tables. Jack-sonville’s Ray Guillebeau highly recommends
the four highlighted miniatures, and adds a personal
favorite—’Nashville Music’.
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Beverly Hannah Gordon Breath of Spring
Heart of Gold Iceberg Cooper
Louise Estes Kanegem Daddy Frank
Mister Lincoln Lady of the Dawn Fairhope
Moonstone Novalis Joy
Nine Eleven Play Girl Magic Show
Pope John Paul II Sexy Rexy Pierinne
Touch of Class Sun Flare Tiffany Lynn
Veterans’ Honor Sunsprite Whirlaway
Hybrid Teas Floribundas Minis & Minifloras
Bon Silène: Hybridized and intro-
duced before 1837, this little-
known, very-old tea rose grows
well and stays clean in a no-spray
North Florida garden.
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This chart was copied from a DSD website library arti-cle by
Ralph Stream, “DSD Top 10 Recommenda-
tions.”
Fortuniana is the rootstock of champions in the Deep South, and
increasingly the rest of the country in loca-tions where the
frost-tender roots and high graft are not subject to winter cold
injury.
Where can I buy these show roses on Fortuniana? The best sources
in the Southeast are K&M Roses of Bucatunna, MS,
(kandmroses.com) and Cool Roses of West Palm Beach, FL,
(coolroses.com). Both vendors accept mail orders by phone and
through their websites and sell at DSD meetings. Cool Roses also
sells at the
annual Jacksonville rose show.
Nelson’s Roses of Apopka, FL,
(nelsons-florida-roses.myshopify.com) supplies Fortuniana-grafted
ros-es, mostly popular old varieties, to some retail outlets in
Florida, including Philips Garden Store and Hard-
ware on Herschel Street in Jacksonville.
Are no-spray rose varieties available for Northeast Florida
gardens? YES, is the good news—the buzzword to describe no-spray
roses is “sustainable.”
Most Old Garden Roses (OGRs) thrive without
spray. By definition, all OGR classes existed before 1867,
before the first recorded use of man-made pesti-cides near the end
of the nineteenth century. The great roses before pesticides are
still great roses, but of course some are unsuitable for our
Florida’s heat and
humidity.
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Most of the OGR Tea, China, and Noisette classes thrive without
spray as do most of the Polyanthas, most of the Bermuda Mystery
Roses, and most of the Spe-cies roses. Current rose production is
trending toward selling roses on their own roots. However, most OGR
rose varieties grafted onto Fortuniana rootstock will
grow bigger, bloom more, and last longer.
The Ace Hardware at 1022 Blanding Boulevard in Or-ange Park
carries a basic selection of own-root OGRs. K&M and Cool Roses
sell OGRs as well as modern roses. Jacksonville is fortunate to
have two small retail nurseries within a two-hour drive that offer
wide selec-tions of OGRs on their own roots. Rose Petals
(rosepetalsnursery.com) near Newberry, FL and Angel Gardens
(angelgardens.com) near Alachua, FL, have
excellent websites.
Roses Unlimited of Laurens, SC, (rosesunlimitedsc. com) and the
Antique Rose Emporium of Brenham, TX, (antiqueroseemporium.com)
also have wide selec-tions, beautiful websites, and great customer
service for
mail order.
Wayne Myers’ Favorites from over 25 years of
growing roses in Northeast Florida:
Most of the OGR China class Roses (favorites listed)
Most of the OGR Tea class Roses (favorites listed)
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Shrubs & Climbers OGRs
Abraham Darby Blush Noisette
Belinda’s Dream Bon Silène
Carefree Beauty Champneys’ Pink Cluster
Darcey Bussell Louis Philippe
Dortmund Mrs B.R. Cant
Heritage Mutabilis
Jude the Obscure Paul Neyron
Molineux Pink Pet
Prosperity Old Blush
Sally Holmes Rêve d’Or
Archduke Charles Cramoisi Superieur Fellemberg Green Rose
Hermosa Louis Philippe
Mutabilis Napoleon Old Blush Papa Hemeray Pink Pet
Arethusa Baronne Henriette de Snoy Duchesse de Brabant Mme
Lombard Mme Antoine Mari Mamon Cochet Marie d’Orleans Marie Van
Houtte
Monsieur Tillier Mrs B.R. Cant Mrs Dudley Cross Rose Nabonnand
Rosette Delizy Safrano William R. Smith
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Most of the OGR Noisette class Roses (favorites
listed)
Although all classes of OGRs existed before the discovery of
fun-gicides, many OGR classes are unsuitable for Florida for other
reasons. First, our climate does not have enough winter chill for
the once-blooming North-ern-European classes (Albas,
Centifolias, Gallicas, and Mosses) to set blooms. Sec-ond, most
of the varieties in several repeat-blooming OGR classes (Bourbons,
Damasks, and Hybrid Perpet-uals) are not sustainable because they
are very suscepti-
ble to black spot.
Most of the Modern Polyantha class Roses (favorites listed).
Although not technically classed as OGRs be-cause they were
hybridized after 1867, Polyanthas were popular from the 1890s
through the 1940s. Most of them are smaller plants than most OGRs.
Most repeat-edly bear big clusters of small flowers. As
prolifically blooming, smaller plants, they have been replaced in
popularity by floribundas which bear large clusters of
larger flowers.
Other Favorites
F. J. Grootendorst (and other hybrid rugosa roses graft-ed onto
Fortuniana rootstock) Mermaid Souvenir de la Malmaison, Climbing
only (not the shrub) Tausendschὅn (large, almost thornless
climber)
The Bermuda Mystery Roses (Favorites listed)
Most of the Species Roses (favor ites listed) Cherokee rose (R.
laevigata) Swamp rose (R. palustris) Chestnut rose (R. roxburghii)
R. gigantea Lady Banks’ rose (R. banksiae) Macartney rose (R.
bracteata) R. rugosas alba & rubra (grafted on Fortuniana)
Brightside Cream: This Bermuda Mystery Rose was found in the
1950’s. A climber that grows long, supple canes, it blooms
throughout the year, has excellent disease resistance, and
delicious fragrance.
Clotilde Soupert Excellenz von Schubert La Marne Mlle Cecile
Brunner Marie Pavie Mevrouw Nathalie Nypels
Mrs R. M. Finch Perle d’Or Phyllis Bide, Climbing The Fairy
Verdun Weeping China Doll White Pet
Belfield Bermuda Kathleen Brightside Cream Emmie Gray
St. David’s Smith’s Parish (Red & White) Spice Vincent
Godsiff
Rosa palustris: A species rose native to North America, commonly
known as the “Swamp Rose,” this once-blooming rose is na-tive to
Florida, growing wild in swampy areas. This rose was first
described in 1726. Dr. Malcolm Man-ners of Florida Southern College
in Lakeland found this unusual reblooming version in Sumter
County.
F.J. Grootendorst: This 1915 hybrid rugosa was hybridized in the
Netherlands. The rugosas are native to Northern Asia and this
variety is recommended for Northern Sweden, but it surprises us by
thriving in North Florida without spray if grafted onto
‘Fortuniana’ rootstock. It’s a frequent show winner in the Classic
Shrub competition.
Next month in Part 2 Wayne will discuss the many new varieties
that are sustainable in Northeast Florida. His entire article is
available now on our website at jacksonvillerosesociety.org.
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Crepuscule Lamarque Marechal Niel
Madame Alfred Carriere Nastarana Reve d’Or
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November in the Garden by Wayne Myers, Master Rosarian
Our cool weather should return this month. Growth will slow but
blooms should be big and vividly-colored.
1. If your rose varieties need fungicide spray, contin-ue
spraying until frosty weather. 2. Reduce watering to once per week.
Even if the weather is dry, water no more than twice per week
un-less you’re sure your roses are thirsty. 3. Don’t fertilize;
test your soil if you’re dissatisfied with your roses. 4. Deadhead
early for Christmas blooms. 5. Grow hips. 6. Plan and plant for
next year. Start your garden re-
modeling and rejuvenation.
SPRAY: As we warned last month, cool weather is ideal for
powdery mildew. If you have a severe prob-lem, consider using a
specialty fungicide rated for pow-dery mildew. If your varieties
need spray, keep up your spray routine. Dr. Windham’s black spot
research in Tennessee indicated that if you grow disease-prone
varieties near your disease resistant varieties, black spot that
develops will spread much more easily to your re-sistant varieties
than if they were isolated. However, the good news is that unless
you want perfectly clean foliage, you can stop spraying as chilly
weather arrives. You may have a second pestilence of western
flower
thrips as the weather cools.
Chilli thrips reproduce more slowly as the weather cools, but
they do NOT go away. Our few frosts are not sufficient to kill
them. Don’t confuse the stunted growth caused by chilli thrips
infestations for the typi-
cally slower growth during winter.
WATER: Roses love water , and in our well-drained, sandy,
Florida soil, it is difficult to overwater roses. However, one year
I lost roses to a root-rot fungus that probably resulted from
continued thrice-weekly water-ing during cool, wet, fall weather.
Decrease watering to once weekly in accordance with the St. Johns
River Water Management District mandates. Drip irrigation and
hand-watering are exempted from the restrictions so enjoy
hand-watering if we have a spell of hot, dry weather. Installing a
drip system in your rose beds will save water and result in
healthier plants and more blooms. In any case, make sure your roses
are well
mulched to preserve water and discourage weeds.
FEEDING AND SOIL TESTING: DO NOT FER-TILIZE—frost will damage
the tender, new growth stimulated by November fertilizer
applications. During this hiatus in feeding is the best time to
take soil tests,
especially for pH, as well as nutrient levels.
pH: Roses thrive in slightly acidic soil, approxi-mately 6.5.
November, a month we’re not feeding, is also an excellent time to
adjust pH in your beds—a pro-cess that takes considerable time. The
required sulfur to lower the pH (make your soil more acidic) or
lime to raise the pH (make it more alkaline) can take months to
change your soil enough to improve the ability of the roots to draw
nutrients from the soil. If you decide to add lime, make sure it is
dolomitic or agricultural, not hydrated. Hydrated lime will kill
your roses. If your
roses have been thriving, don’t bother with soil tests.
I recommend buying an inexpensive soil tester and do-ing most of
the testing yourself. I was shocked to learn that soil pH can vary
widely in what seem to be similar beds nearby. Using your own
tester, you can test in many places. If preliminary testing shows
values con-sistently above 6.9 or below 6.2, you should have your
soil tested by a commercial service or through your local Extension
Office of the Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
(IFAS). Here is a link to the IFAS soil testing
information—http://solutionsforyourlife.ufl.
edu/hot_topics/agriculture/soil_testing.html. Here is the link to
the SL136 form to fill out and submit with your soil
sample—http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/ss187. Roses are classified as
“woody ornamentals”—Crop Code 602. The instructions on page two of
the form explain how the samples must be collected to obtain
reliable results. Follow the instruc-
tions carefully.
pH and ‘Dr. Huey’ Rootstock: ‘Dr . Huey’ is one of the most
widely used rootstocks for grafting roses in the U.S. Thomas Proll,
the lead hybridizer for Kordes Roses of Germany, told me the reason
for its wide-spread use: ‘Dr. Huey’ has the unusual characteristic
for roses of thriving in slightly alkaline soil. The soil in the
Southwest where the major U.S. commercial rose farms are located
has naturally alkaline soil; by using ‘Dr. Huey’ commercial growers
can mass produce
healthy roses without the expense of acidifying the soil.
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Jacksonville Rose Society
Membership
Single or Family
................................................ $24 Life member
.......................................................$200
Make checks payable to the Jacksonville Rose Society and send
to:
Franki Weddington, Membership 2842 Moorsfield Lane
Jacksonville, FL 32225-4703
Meetings
Meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of each
month except for January, June, and July. We meet at the Gar-den
Club of Jacksonville, 1005 Riverside Avenue.
JRS Web site: www.jacksonvillerosesociety.org
den infrastructure changes. Hard work in the garden is so much
easier in cool weather. Clarify your plans this month. Build new
beds and erect new structures. Im-prove your watering system so
that you use less water overall while improving the availability of
water to your roses’ roots. If you add a new bed, complete it soon.
The soil organisms will break down the organics,
improving the soil over the winter.
Analyze your approach to growing roses. Will fewer or more
disease-resistant plants make you happier? Should you fulfill
dreams by adding new varieties? Is a favorite languishing in an
ill-suited location? Will shovel pruning poor-performing plants
allow space for varieties that have better disease resistance or
that ful-
fill your longing for the newest garden stars?
Because Florida roses never really go dormant as they would in
colder climates, we can plant anytime during our “winter.” In fact
some rose experts suggest that winter dormancy is a genetic trait
that has been sup-pressed by the genes for continuous blooming that
were
introduced from Chinese roses.
November is a great time to plant container-grown new varieties.
The plants may look quiet, but because the soil never freezes, the
roots are establishing in their new homes. You will have a much
stronger and faster growing plant in the spring. However, don’t
plant cut-tings or tiny plants from mail-order suppliers
outside—these may be killed by the frosts of December and
Jan-uary.
Wayne
DEADHEADING: Enjoy cutting your beautiful fall flowers. Rose
blooms are a wonderful addition to the Thanksgiving table. If you
continue to deadhead early in the month, new blooms will appear in
6-8 weeks. If we have a mild fall, you will have roses for
Christmas. If frosts are mild through December, you’ll love the
late blooms. Of course, an early, hard freeze will kill new growth.
Our roses would normally stop flowering and produce hips as days
become shorter and cooler
with less intense sunlight.
HIPS: The hips that grow on different var ieties will have
nearly as much variance in size, shape, and color as the blooms.
The hips are green as they form but change colors as they ripen.
‘Cherokee Rose’ hips look like furry, yellow-green bottles then
turn brown. ‘Rugosa’ rose hips tend to be relatively large,
roundish, and orange to red. ‘Mutabilis’ and other China rose hips
will tend to be small, round, and black. ‘Karen Poulsen’s’ hips
ripen to orange. The Hybrid Musk ‘Ballerina’ will have sprays of
tiny, shiny-red balls. ‘Don Juan’ and ‘Mister Lincoln’ form huge,
globular hips. The hips of ‘Altissimo’ look like perfect little
pumpkins. All these and many more varieties add won-derful color
and texture to holiday arrangements and decorations. Birds enjoy
eating hips—yet another rea-son to let your roses make fruit this
winter. If you don’t spray, you could try rose-hip tea or jam, both
an excellent source of vitamin C.
Roses will grow from seed, but except for seeds from a species
rose that has pollinated itself, no rose seeds will grow plants
exactly like the plant that produced the hip. Rose genetics are
very complicated—similar to the ge-netic diversity of human beings.
A fun experiment is to read up on growing roses from seed, then to
grow new plants from the seeds of your favorite variety. Keep in
mind, though, that commercial hybridizers will throw away thousands
of seedlings while searching for a sin-gle commercially viable
variety. They carefully select proven, parent plants. One thing in
your favor though is that a new baby rose plant’s first effort will
be to re-produce itself by flowering. It’s amazing, in a
hybrid-izer’s green house, to see full-sized flowers on such new,
tiny plants.
PLANNING AND PLANTING: Here in Florida, late fall and winter are
the best time to make major gar-
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Hopefully the weather is going to cool down. It has been such a
long, hot summer. Amazingly my roses are doing great. I am truly
amazed at how healthy and non-stop blooming my ‘Savannah’ and
‘Beverly’ roses are. I am deadheading every day and taking blooms
inside as well.
By the time you read this I will have just returned from the
Deep South District Fall Convention and Rose Show in Tallahassee.
For any of you who have never attended a rose convention, please
consider attending one. You will get hooked. It is a lot of fun and
you make new friends from all over the south. Moreover, I always
learn a lot about what is happening in the rose
world.
I look forward to seeing you at our next meeting on November
7.
Karrie
President’s Message by Karrie Massee
It Happened Last Month - Minutes of General Meeting
Jacksonville Rose Society General Membership Meeting
Garden Club of Jacksonville Club Room October 3, 2017
The meeting was called to order by President Karrie Massee at
7:11 p.m. Twenty members were in at-
tendance. Karrie welcomed all attendees.
Minutes of the September 5, 2017, meeting were ap-
proved as printed in the October 2017 Buds & Blooms.
Shirley Teerlink announced that we have yearbooks
and were given out to all attendees.
Wayne Myers announced that he is still working on
the program for the November meeting.
Ray Guillebeau spoke about the upcoming Mini Na-tional
Convention. All the information about the con-vention is on the
website. The Lexington Hotel didn't have any damage from the
hurricane and things are
going along smoothly.
Everyone was asked to complete the Roses in Review
on the ARS website.
It was the consensus of the attendees to hold the annual
Christmas Party at the Winterbourne. Potluck Supper
as usual with the club furnishing the ham/turkey.
Bonnie Diamond gave an update on Ron that he had to go back in
the hospital on Friday. Hopefully he will
be released to home care soon.
Mabel Keller, Ray Guillebeau, and Wayne Myers took questions
from attendees about fertilizing, water-
ing, favorite roses, and numerous other topics.
Ray and Diane conducted the raffle.
The meeting adjourned at 8:10 p.m.
Diane Smith, Secretary
Jacksonville Rose Society 2017-2018
Officers President Karrie Massee
1st Vice President Ray Guillebeau
2nd Vice President Wayne Myers Treasurer Lyndy Myers
Secretary Diane Smith
Past President Krista Donchez
Directors
Hayes Basford
Sughra Dhanji
Ron Diamond Sandy Dixon
Consulting Rosarians
Middleburg Chris & Mabel Keller 282-4877 Orange Park Karrie
Massee 264-6070 St. Augustine Wayne & Lyndy Myers 272-7885
Southside Gene Waering 646-239-7935
Westside Sandy Dixon 778-2887 Ray Guillebeau 728-5957
Buds & Blooms Editors
Lyndy Myers & Shirley Teerlink
www.jacksonvillerosesociety.org
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NEXT MEETING
DATE: Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2017
PLACE: Jacksonville Garden Club 1005 Riverside Ave.
TIME: 7:00 p.m.
PROGRAM: Choosing Roses for Your Northeast Florida Garden by
Wayne Myers
720 Kendall Brook Lane St. Augustine, FL 32095-6862
Disclaimer The JRS makes no warranty, expressed or
implied, with respect to the material contained herein. The
advice and information in this
newsletter is believed to be accurate and true. The editors and
JRS cannot accept any legal
responsibility for any errors.
Entries for this newsletter may be sent to: Buds &
Blooms
720 Kendall Brook Lane St. Augustine, FL 32095-6862
or emailed to [email protected] Deadline for submissions is
the 10th of the month
Jacksonville Rose Society An ARS Affiliate
• November 7—JACKSONVILLE ROSE SOCIE-TY MEMBERSHIP MEETING, 7:00
p.m.
• November 21—JACKSONVILLE ROSE SOCI-ETY BOARD MEETING, 7:00
p.m., Winter -
bourne
• December 5—JACKSONVILLE ROSE SOCIE-TY HOLIDAY PARTY, 7:00 p.m.
Winter -bourne Inn, Orange Park . Details in Dec. B&B
Schedule of Events
Our November Program
Our November program will feature Wayne
Myers who will discuss how to choose roses
that do well in our area. Anyone who’s tried to
grow roses for a while knows picking the right
plants makes a world of difference in growing
success.
Deep South District
The Deep South District Bulletin is distributed in color by
email to all members of local rose societies within the Deep
South District, and to all American Rose Society
members residing in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida who
have a current address on file with ARS. If you cannot access
the newsletter by email, you may request a printed
copy for a charge of $20 per year. Send your name, ad-
dress with 9-digit ZIP code, phone number, and check for $20
made payable to “The Deep South District” to:
Kay Harrell, DSD Treasurer
121 Shore Rush Circle
St. Simons Island, GA 31522-1420
www.deepsouthdistrict.org
American Rose Society PO Box 30000
Shreveport, LA 71130
Membership benefits include the American Rose magazine, the
American Rose Annual, the Handbook for Selecting Roses,
and specialty bulletins available online.
American Rose Society web site: www.rose.org