Volume 21, Issue 2 Spring 2012 1:00 PM, SATURDAY, May 12, 2012 at the Carter’s, 14628 SE 245th Court, Kent WA. (253) 638-7035. Tacoma Photographic Society Secretary Roberta Marshall presents “Taking Good Rose Photographs”. HRNW member Evelyn Carter presents “Using Technology for Rose Photo Inspiration”. Potted Old Garden Roses (OGRs) will be available for a donation to the club. Send a list of what you will bring to: [email protected]so a list will be available at the meeting. Remember, door prize and snack donations are always welcomed! Driving Directions : From Seattle or Bellevue , take Highway 405 to Exit #2 at Hwy 167. Drive south on Highway 167 leaving the highway at the 84 th Ave S/Central Avenue Exit. Once on Central, drive south to James St. /240 th St. SE. At James St., turn left (east). Continue as in “Then” below. From Des Moines or Tacoma, take I-5 to Exit 149A (Kent-Des Moines Road). Drive east past Highway 167 and continue to Central Avenue. At the intersection of Central and the Kent -Des Moines Rd., turn left (north) and drive to James St./240 th Street SE. Continue as in “Then” below. Then: Drive east on James St/SE 240 th Street until you reach 144 th Avenue SE just west of where 240 th curves to the south. Turn south onto 144 th Avenue SE. You will see the sign for the Ridgefield housing development at the turn. Traveling south on 144th, take the 2nd left onto SE 243rd Street, the road will curve to the right and then take the first right onto SE 244th, the road will curve to the left and then take the 1st left onto SE 245th Court. The gray house right in front of you will be the Carter residence at 14628 SE 245th Court, Kent WA. A 2012 Rose Lover’s Calendar for Heritage Roses Northwest Events Note that we are occasionally scheduling Saturday events this year. SATURDAY , May 12. HRNW Meeting, 1:00 PM. Roberta Marshall, “Taking Good Rose Photographs”. Evelyn Carter, “Using Technology for Rose Photo Inspiration”. Kent. See below. SATURDAY , June 2. Len and Marilyn Heller Open Garden and More, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM. OGRs including Spinosissimas, Scots roses, and other rare, old rose varieties. Stanwood. See Page 2. Friday, June 15-Sunday, June 17. Annual Rose Fest. Antique Rose Farm, Snohomish. SATURDAY , June 16. Work Party, 10:00 AM. Prepare area for HRNW Rose Display, Antique Rose Farm, Snohomish. Sunday, June 17. HRNW Annual Rose Display, Set-up 9:00AM-11:00AM, Open to Pub- lic 12:00 Noon-5:00 PM. Antique Rose Farm, Snohomish. See Page 3. Saturday, June 23-Sunday June 24. Seattle Rose Society Show. Factoria Mall, Bellevue. Saturday, June 30-Sunday July 1. Rainy Rose Society Display. Emerald Downs, Auburn. Saturday, June 30. Tacoma Rose Society Show. Jackson Hall, Tacoma. Sunday, August (Date TBA). Open Garden and Picnic. Soos Creek Botanic Garden, Kent. Sunday, October 14. HRNW Meeting, 1:00PM. Annual Elections. Covington Library, Covington. Next Big Event! SATURDAY , May 12 Program on Rose Photography 1:00 PM Carter Residence, Kent (Directions below right) Inside this Issue Open Garden Information by Len Heller 2 President’s Letter 2 HRNW Rose Display 3 Tribute to Don McElhose by Carol Dakan 4 Prune the Once-Bloomers by Miriam Wilkins 4 New Library for HRNW by Susan Draine 5 Minutes of Feb. 20, 2012 by Susan Draine 6 Notes from ‘Old Roses at the Cutting Edge’ by G. Rose 7 Neely Old Rose Gardens by Margaret Nelson 8 OGRs at Pt. Defiance Garden by Margaret Nelson 8 Excerpt from The Trail and Tales of Rosa Mundi by Jeff Wyckoff 9 La Belle Sultane (HGal, before 1801), Len Heller Garden, M. Nelson photo
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Volume 21, Issue 2 Spring 2012
1:00 PM, SATURDAY, May 12, 2012 at the Carter’s, 14628 SE 245th Court,
Kent WA. (253) 638-7035.
Tacoma Photographic Society Secretary Roberta Marshall presents “Taking Good
Rose Photographs”. HRNW member Evelyn Carter presents “Using Technology for
Rose Photo Inspiration”.
Potted Old Garden Roses (OGRs) will be available for a donation to the club. Send a list
of what you will bring to: [email protected] so a list will be available at the meeting.
Remember, door prize and snack donations are always welcomed!
Driving Directions :
From Seattle or Bellevue, take Highway 405 to Exit #2 at Hwy 167. Drive south on Highway
167 leaving the highway at the 84th Ave S/Central Avenue Exit. Once on Central, drive south
to James St. /240th St. SE. At James St., turn left (east). Continue as in “Then” below.
From Des Moines or Tacoma, take I-5 to Exit 149A (Kent-Des Moines Road). Drive east
past Highway 167 and continue to Central Avenue. At the intersection of Central and the Kent
-Des Moines Rd., turn left (north) and drive to James St./240th Street SE. Continue as in
“Then” below.
Then: Drive east on James St/SE 240th Street until you reach 144th Avenue SE just west of
where 240th curves to the south. Turn south onto 144th Avenue SE. You will see the sign for
the Ridgefield housing development at the turn. Traveling south on 144th, take the 2nd left
onto SE 243rd Street, the road will curve to the right and then take the first right onto SE 244th, the road will curve to the left and then take the 1st left onto SE 245th Court. The gray
house right in front of you will be the Carter residence at 14628 SE 245th Court, Kent WA.
A 2012 Rose Lover’s Calendar for Heritage Roses Northwest Events
Note that we are occasionally scheduling Saturday events this year.
SATURDAY, May 12. HRNW Meeting, 1:00 PM. Roberta Marshall, “Taking Good Rose Photographs”. Evelyn Carter, “Using Technology for Rose Photo Inspiration”. Kent. See below.
SATURDAY, June 2. Len and Marilyn Heller Open Garden and More, 11:00 AM-3:00
PM. OGRs including Spinosissimas, Scots roses, and other rare, old rose varieties. Stanwood. See Page 2.
Friday, June 15-Sunday, June 17. Annual Rose Fest. Antique Rose Farm, Snohomish.
SATURDAY, June 16. Work Party, 10:00 AM. Prepare area for HRNW Rose Display, Antique Rose Farm, Snohomish.
Sunday, June 17. HRNW Annual Rose Display, Set-up 9:00AM-11:00AM, Open to Pub-
lic 12:00 Noon-5:00 PM. Antique Rose Farm, Snohomish. See Page 3.
Saturday, June 23-Sunday June 24. Seattle Rose Society Show. Factoria Mall, Bellevue.
Saturday, June 30-Sunday July 1. Rainy Rose Society Display. Emerald Downs, Auburn.
Saturday, June 30. Tacoma Rose Society Show. Jackson Hall, Tacoma.
Sunday, August (Date TBA). Open Garden and Picnic. Soos Creek Botanic Garden, Kent.
Len and Marilyn Heller will be having two open gardens in 2012. They are hosting the first for Heritage
Roses Northwest on Saturday, June 2, 2012 from 11:00 to 3:00. The second will be hosted by the Tri-Valley Rose
Society on 28 July from 10:00 to 3:00. Both are open to the general public. Located east of Stanwood, Washing-
ton, Len and Marilyn Heller have a large rose garden in four parts.
They wrote: “The first garden we built is the one at the front of our house. We call it Rosarium Gallicum.
This garden contains most of our old garden roses and in particular Gallicas. To extend the bloom season in this
garden we will be adding Damask Perpetuals and China roses in the coming years. This garden has its heaviest
bloom in June until about the middle of July. “The second garden we built is located to the east of the house, surrounding the gazebo. It is named Rosa-rium Canadacum. This garden contains an extensive collection of Canadian roses. It also contains cold weather
roses hybridized by Griffin Buck and the Brownells. Most of the roses originally in the raised outside bed of this
garden were killed by the sudden onset of cold weather last year (2011). It has been replanted with hardy varieties.
The garden also contains our collection of historic Hybrid Teas. This garden is in bloom from early June until Oc-
tober. “Our newest garden is located to the rear of the property. We call it Rosarium Scoticum. It houses our
extensive collection of Pimpinellifoliae. We have been able to gather over 190 varieties of these. Most of them are
not available commercially in the US or Canada and have been imported from Europe and non-commercial
sources in Canada. The Pimpinellifoliae section of the sub-genus Eurosa contains the following groups of roses:
Spinosissimas including the Scots Roses, Ecaes, Foetidas, Hugonises, Harisoneis, Sericeas and Omeiensises and
the Xanthinas. It also contains some minor groups. I also include the Hulthemia in this garden because of their probable close relationship with the Pimpinellifoliae. I refer to them by their old name Rosa Persica. “There is also a garden around the parking lot and in its center. In this area are found the Rugosas, Foeti-
das and Pimpinellifoliae.”
The Hellers will generously be providing barbeque beef sandwiches, paper plates and forks for the club
members. If you wish, bring snack donations to supplement the sandwiches, there will be a microwave and small
refrigerator available. Please plan to arrive at 11:00 AM. Len has offered to give tours and you will need a few
hours to see everything. Lunch is planned for noon, followed by an auction of some Spinosissimas donated by the
Hellers to benefit HRNW. The garden was gorgeous last summer and I predict the weather will be fabulous!
Driving directions: 1) Take I-5 to Exit 212, Stanwood-Camano
2) Go west to 28 Avenue NW then turn 4) First house on the north side of the street, 2909 280th Street NW,
Stanwood, WA. See you there!
We are fortunate to have so many great activities lined up in May and June. Our Saturday, May 12
meeting will be an opportunity to learn useful rose photography tips from Roberta Marshall of the Tacoma Pho-
tographic Society. Roberta has already been photographing OGRs at some of our gardens and at last year’s Rose
Display and she understands what works well in portraying theses wonderful blooms. Evelyn Carter will use the
opportunity to show us some websites that may help further photographic inspiration. Maybe we will be able to have a members’ photo exhibition next year?
The Hellers have graciously invited us to an Open Garden on Saturday, June 2. Al and I went there last
summer and were overwhelmed by the large number of mature OGRs and beautiful blooms. We spent a great of
time enjoying photographing the beauty and smelling the wonderful fragrances of the roses and seeing some
very historic roses too. You also will not want to miss the opportunity to see Len’s large collection of Spinosissi-
mas.
Our own Rose Display will be held on Sunday, June 17, but we need some club volunteers to go to the
Antique Rose Farm at 10:00 AM on Saturday, June 16 to help prepare the tables and greenhouse in which we
always display our roses. Will you help too? RSVP to Margaret at [email protected]. It will be fun and many
hands make light work
President’s Message from Margaret Nelson
Saturday June 12, 2012, 11:00 AM-3:00 PM
Open Garden, Lunch and Rose Auction at the Hellers’ Garden,
2909 280th Street NW, Stanwood, WA, (360) 629-4692
Both HRNW members and the public are welcome to bring Old Garden Roses (OGRs) to our
annual Rose Display. We are interested in seeing all forms of the unique OGRs grown in the area. Do not be shy about bringing yours in, this is an educational display to show all variations of the roses, not just
the perfect ones.
Exhibitors should bring their OGRs to the Antique Rose Farm from 9:00 -11:00 AM. All
roses must be labeled and in vases before noon when the Display opens to the public. Come early. It will take longer than you think to prepare your displays. We will have labels there and you may also get
labels at our May 12 meeting, the June 2 Open Garden event or by special arrangement with club secre-
tary Susan Draine. Remember this is not a judged show. It is for display only, and we would love to have you come and enjoy these garden treasures.
Our Rose Display is a time when many varieties of OGRs are available in one spot, and it is an
excellent time to learn the characteristics of each variety. Club members have volunteered to do mini-
programs on their own favorite type of rose during the Display. We can all share our knowledge and learn more about OGRs. There will be more opportunities to sign up for this at the May meeting and at
the June Open Garden; and you, too, can volunteer to tell us about a variety that you love to grow. Thank
you, Evelyn Carter for suggesting this great idea!
To make your set-up time much shorter, bring your roses, a towel (to mop up your spills when preparing the roses), pruners, and a list of your roses with their variety and year of introduction along
with your sunhat and sunglasses,. Club members are always willing to help first-timers prepare their
roses.
Driving directions to the Antique Rose Farm
From the South: Take Highway 405 to Hwy 522 and exit at Highway 9. At the light, turn north (left)
and follow Highway 9 for about 10 miles. Near where Hwy 9 drops into the Snohomish River Valley, look for a stoplight at Broadway. Turn east (right) on Broadway. The next road to the left is Springhetti.
Drive north on Springhetti approximately one mile, past the Christmas tree farm, to the Antique Rose
Farm.
From the North: Take I-5 and exit at Highway 2. Drive east to Highway 9 and turn right onto it. Go over the Snohomish River Bridge to the next stoplight and turn left onto Marsh Road/Airport Road.
Make an immediate right turn onto Springhetti Road and continue one mile further south to the Antique
Don McElhose, a longtime member of Heritage Roses Northwest passed away on March 10, 2012 from complications due to a fall last September. Don and his wife Jackie founded the Antique Rose Farm, Snohomish, WA. They generously made their home and farm with its lovely rose gardens available for many HRNW meetings and annual Rose Dis-plays. Don was very active in the club and he and his wife Jackie were co-presidents for two terms. At many meetings, Don shared his ex-pertise on Old Garden Roses with us and his sage advice was a big help to both new and old members. This kind and gentle man al-ways had a welcoming smile for everyone and made each of us feel special. Don will be greatly missed by all of us who knew him. Our condolences go out to Jackie and all of her family. They are in our thoughts and prayers.
A Tribute to Don McElhose
By Carol Dakan
Thank you, Don, for bringing sunshine to so
many peoples’ lives.
M. Nelson photo.
Every expert tells us not to prune most roses for the first three years. By that time, the bush will have reached its inborn size and form. From then on, you will cut it back to accentuate those
characteristics.
All rosebushes need to be renewed from time to time. Woody old canes produce little foli-
age and bloom. You can remove them at the base, whether own-root or budded, taking out the entire cane. Again, do this after the rosebush has bloomed: all live canes will produce some roses, but tak-
ing out tired ones will cause the bush to send new canes out to balance top and root systems.
If you can perform only one chore in the garden, at least do this (cut out dead wood and die-back). Dieback will continue down, and the whole cane will die (and) if down and into the bud
union, you may lose the plant.
Prune all once-bloomers after they finish blooming, unless they have decorative heps. Prune Gallicas back as much as one third; take out old canes so new ones will emerge. Albas, like the
Damasks, mainly bloom on older wood so do not over-prune. They are more gangly than the Galli-
cas, so you can cut back side branches in addition to the main canes. Damasks can attain some
height. You may cut them back, particularly if bottom canes are becoming bare. By shortening canes, you will have a fuller bush, but they do not like to be pruned heavily. The Centifolias, includ-
ing their mossed sports do not need to be pruned much. If too tall, you can cut back one third and
trim side canes.
Reprinted from the February 2012 Rose Letter, Darrell g. h. Schramm, Editor
Pruning the Once-Bloomers by Miriam Wilkins (April 1999)