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NOVEMBER 2014 1
MESA EAST VALLEY
Rose Lore WRITTEN BY AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE EAST VALLEY
EDITOR: JUDY SWEADOR CO-EDITOR—PHYLLIS HENSLIN
[email protected] [email protected]
Monthly Meeting: Mesa Community College
(FREE PARKING)
Thursday 7 P.M. November 13, 2014
Elsners Library
PROGRAM: Getting ready for the Rose Show
Rosarian Gregg Lowrie
NOVEMBER 2014 2
November 13, 2014—Members Meeting —Getting
ready for our “Rose Show”—LeRoy Brady, Helen
Baird, Phyllis Henslin, Mike Jepson and
Lynn Twitchell do a show and tell on presenting your
roses to win at this years show
NOVEMBER 2014 3
WHAT YOU MISSED!!! At the October Meeting.
Thanks to Adrianne Grimaldi for her interesting presentation and
thanks to all our special little friends who joinied us for the
evening.
NOVEMBER 2014 4
ROSE CARE CORNER for November , 2014
by Phyllis Henslin, Master Rosarian
November has arrived, our summer heat has left and our roses are recovering from the stress of
summer. The mild days and cool evenings allow the blooms to mature more slowly and our ros-
es are rewarding us with big beautiful blooms. November is a busy month for all who love and
grow roses. Our own MEVRS Rose Show is on November 15th
. This is a wonderful opportunity for
you to bring several of your best blooms and enter them in the Rose Show. If you are planning
on planting new roses in your garden, attending the Rose Show also allows you to see the differ-
ent varieties of roses that grow well in our area. Continue to be attentive to your fall rose care.
Watering: Be aware as temperatures drop below 90 degrees you can start adjusting your water-
ing schedule accordingly.
Fertilizing: Continue to fertilize heavily until around the end of November and finish with a ½
rate application the first part of December. You can use a water-soluble fertilizer such as Mira-
cle Gro or Magnum Grow or, if you prefer, a granular product such as Arizona’s Best Citrus Food.
Fish emulsion can be used at the rate of one tablespoon per gallon of water, with one gallon ap-
plied to each large rose bush and ½ gallon to miniatures. Adding fish emulsion every two weeks
during October and November helps improve the size and color of the blooms.
Remember: Water before and after you apply fertilizer.
Spraying: With the return of cool nights and warm days, you may see powdery mildew appearing
on your roses. Use a fungicide to prevent powdery mildew. Thrips will invade the buds on your
roses and cause brown edge damage to the petals. Spritzing only the buds as soon as they are
pea sized will help keep the thrips under control and help avoid killing the beneficial insects you
have in your garden. For small gardens you can purchase premixed Bayer Advanced Rose &
Flower Insect Killer. For large gardens you can purchase Captain Jack Dead Bug concentrate
and mix according to directions. When mixing a concentrate, add 1 teaspoon of Spreader Stick-
er to your water first and then add your product. The spreader sticker helps with the retention
and distribution of the product.
New roses for your garden: Now is the time to get your garden ready for planting new roses in
those empty spots. There will be a nice selection of Miniature Roses for sale at our MEVRS
Rose Show on Nov. 15th
. Check out the garden gloves and small pruners (perfect for deadhead-
ing) that will also be for sale. Berridge Nursery will have bare root roses available starting late
December. Our other excellent source of roses, Bakers Nursery is closing their doors the end of
the year.
Share your love of roses: Give a rose to a friend or neighbor. It will make both of you feel good.
NOVEMBER 2014 5
RES
S
P
Steve Sheard reporting from the Arizona Rare Fruit Growers plant sale
on Saturday October 18th where he was answering Rose Questions and
promoting MEVRS and the MCC Rose Garden.
NOVEMBER 2014 6
ARIZONA ROSE SOCIETIES
Bill Sheperd, Treasurer
The Arizona Rose Societies was formed in 1967 and presently is made up of 5 Arizona
rose societies who are affiliated with the American Rose Society. Its purpose is to en-
courage fellowship and cooperation among the members of the various societies by
promoting the banquet as a cooperative effort of mutual interest.
The 5 participating societies are: Rose Society of Glendale, Rose Society of Green Val-
ley, Mesa/East Valley Rose Society, Phoenix Rose Society and the Tucson Rose Society.
The Arizona Rose Societies is governed by a Coordinating Council consisting of one
delegate, usually the society President, from each society. A coordinator (currently
Helen Baird) carries over the records from year to year and assist the general chair-
man who is the delegate from that years host society. A Secretary (currently Marylou
Coffman) records and distributes minutes of the Council meetings and a Treasurer
(currently Bill Sheperd) handles the financial records. Although there are no regular
dues, the Coordinating Council has the power to level member societies equally when
necessary to defray expenses which to my knowledge has never happened.
On a rotating basis each society is responsible for a certain task ranging from being
the host society, who secures the venue, to procuring the speaker or entertainment,
to running the small rose show. Other task include printing programs, printing and
distributing the tickets etc.
There is a small rose show during the banquet, that allows each attendee to enter
one Arizona grown entry (either single stem or spray) in any one of 7 classes which
are: 1. Hybrid Tea/Grandiflora, 2. Floribunda, 3. Miniature/Miniflora, 4. Large or Minia-
ture Dried Rose, 5. Shrub/Old Garden Rose, 6. Fully Open or Climber and 7. Small Ar-
rangement. There will be trophies awarded to the Blue Ribbon Winner in each class.
The best entry in the show is awarded the “David Guyton Award” which was donated
by the late Grace Seward of California in memory of a long time rose grower, judge
and friend from Sun City, Arizona.
NOVEMBER 2014 7
Several additional awards are presented at the banquet each year. The “Rosa Galica
Award” is presented to a person or couple who has contributed notably to the cause
of the rose in Arizona over a period of years. The “Dr. Ray Allen Education Award”,
donated by Grace Seward in 2001, is presented to the individual or Society that has
made an exceptional effort in introducing the rose to the people of Arizona and pro-
moting the value of membership in a local rose society as well as membership in the
American Rose Society. Grace Seward established still another award in 2003, this
time to honor an outstanding Consulting Rosarian in Arizona. The award is named for
Paul Wright, its first recipient. The latest award established in 2005 is the “Dr. Richard
“Doc” Fields Lifetime Achievement Award”. Nominees for these awards are accepted
at the Coordinating Board’s May meeting and voted on at the October meeting. The
voting is done by secret ballot by the societies Presidents and the results are only
known by a few until they are awarded at the banquet. Also, each member society
may award the American Rose Society sanctioned “Rose Bud Award” to a person or
couple from their society who is a relative newcomer showing great promise of pro-
moting the cause of the ROSE.
Arizona is the only state that has this special tradition. It is very important that we
don’t let this wonderful tradition fade away. The banquet is always the first Saturday
of December and it may be a luncheon or dinner depending what the Host society de-
cides.
Our Host for 2014 is the Mesa/East Valley Rose Society and it will be a luncheon held
at the Mesa Community College on December 6th. So, please join us for a few hours
of rose fellowship with old friends and meet new one. They promise the food will be
tasty and the guest speaker will be interesting and educational.
NOVEMBER 2014 8
Get ready for fall rose care
MEVRS will have gloves and pruners for sale at our monthly meet-
ings starting in September. These gloves come in small, medium,
large and x-large sizes. A must have as they protect your arms from
the rose prickles. The pruners are just the right size for deadhead-
ing and trimming small rose canes. We hope to have them available
also at the monthly MCC Rose Garden Dead headers mtg. that is
held on the 3rd Saturday of each month.
NOVEMBER 2014 9
Sunshine N Roses PSWD 2015 District Convention
November 19 – 22, 2015
We formed a committee earlier this year to begin planning this event that will be
hosted by MEVRS at Mesa Community College. We have put together a tentative
program with a Rose Show and Educational Programs around the ARS meetings
that take place at these events.
We are planning to make this event a “One-to-be-remembered” and spoken about
throughout the Rose community. We are intending to have programs that will draw
not only rose enthusiasts, but also gardeners of all types from across the valley. The
Banquet will not be a dreary meal, but entertaining, and a MUST-ATTEND event.
To help reduce the cost for some of our out of town visitors we are going to offer
them an opportunity to get to know fellow rose enthusiasts a little better, by offer-
ing them Bed & Breakfast accommodation with a local Rose Society Member. If you
feel you would like to host a visitor, please let me know so we can include you in
the planning process.
Watch this space for more news on our Sunshine N Roses 2015 Convention.
Steve Sheard
PSWD 2015 District Convention Chairperson.
480 831 2609
NOVEMBER 2014 10
We need help with the upcoming rose
show on Saturday November 15.
Please call Phyllis Henslin 480-748-1022
or Helen Baird 602-953-9133
1. Friday set up
2. Saturday bring entries to the tent
3. Clerks (call Mike Jepsen)
4. Judges luncheon set up.
5. Saturday morning breakfast set up
6. Saturday tear down.
Any little or big thing you can do will make this Show
A success.
NOVEMBER 2014 12
MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE PRESENTS
50TH Anniversary Golden Celebration
April 9 and 10, 2015
April 9, 2015 is the Gala Dinner and Live Auction held at the Hilton
Phoenix/Mesa. Champagne reception and silent auction begins at
5:30 p.m.
Proceeds from this event will benefit student scholarships
April 10 at 8:00 a.m. an all inclusive 9 hole tournament at Fiesta
Lakes Executive Golf Course. Proceeds will benefit MCC student
athletes.
Rose Garden Tea
April 10 at 9:00 am in the Rose Garden at MCC. Enjoy a guided tour and live music
that starts at 9:00 a.m. with the high tea and brunch at 10:00 am.
NOVEMBER 2014 13
The Phoenix Rose Society
Cordially invites you to attend:
“A Holiday Tea”
Sunday December 7, 2014
From 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.
Hosted at the Valley Garden Center
1809 N. 15th Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85007
Tickets are $10 each
No admission tickets will be sold the day of the event
For tickets or questions – contact Gerry at 623-581-3756
or e-mail at [email protected]
We will be serving afternoon tea refreshments and desserts. There will be a self-tour of the grounds – featuring the garden sponsored by the Valley of the Sun Garden Club, the Herb Gar-den, the Rose Garden and the koi pond-Japanese garden area.
Vendors will have gift items for sale.
There will be a raffle for selected prizes.
Each ticket holder will have one free raffle ticket.
NOVEMBER 2014 14
The following MEVRS members are Consulting Rosarians
Helen Baird* [email protected] 602-953-9133 Phoenix
LeRoy Brady* [email protected] 480-962-9603 Mesa
Marylou Coffman** [email protected] 480-926-3064 Gilbert
Cheryl Doan [email protected] 480-838-4062 Tempe
Phyllis Henslin* [email protected] 480-748-1022 Mesa
Millie Hisey Winter Months Only 480-474-9139 Apache Jct
Phyllis Jiacalone [email protected] 480-529-8172 Prescott,
Prescott Valley Chino Valley
Mike Jepsen [email protected] 602-312-1813 Tempe
Royetta Marconi-Dooley [email protected] 480-802-9914 SunLakes, Chandler
Steve Sheard [email protected] 480-831-2609 Tempe/Chandler
Liz Strong* [email protected] 520-797-7890 Tucson
Jimmy Tribby [email protected] 602-615-5458 Mesa
Lynn Twitchell* [email protected] 480-202-4215 Gilbert
* ARS Judge **Vice- Chairman of PSWD
Consulting Rosarians are members of the American Rose Society who have
taken a test and volunteered their time to help others grow the rose. Their
advice is free but work may not be.
NOVEMBER 2014 15
2014 OFFICERS
President LeRoy Brady 480-962-9603
1st Vice President Marylou Coffman 480-926-3064
2nd Vice-President Helen Baird 602-953-9133
Recording Secretary Carol Hurlbut 480-369-0563
Corresponding Secretary Linda Ahlborn 480-695-5891
Treasurer Judy Sweador 480-969-5490
2014 BOARD
Alta Russell 480-833-0318 8teve Sheard 480-821-2609
Jeremy Poll 605-703-1671
Kyle Burnis 602-717-6788 Cheryl Doan 480-838-9497
NOVEMBER 2014 16
SAVE THE DATES-
UPCOMING EVENTS
November 13, 2014—Members Meeting —Getting ready for our show—
LeRoy Brady, Helen Baird, Phyllis Henslin, Mike Jepson and Lynn
Twitchell
November 15, 2014—-MEVRS Rose Show
December 6, 2014 —Festival of Roses (see flyer for details)
December 7, 2014 Phoenix Tea—( See flyer for details)
December 11, 2014 MEVRS POTLUCK. BRING A DISH AND A
NON PERSISHABLE FOOD ITEM TO BE DONATED TO ST
MARYS FOOD BANK.
January 8, 2015—Pruning—Mike Jepsen
February 2015— Fertilizers—Bill Sheperd
March 2015—Good and Bad Bugs
April 2015—How to arrange those beautiful blooms from your
garden—Jim Anderson
April 9 and 10 MCC Anniversary Golden Celebration
May 2015—Installation of Officers and picnic in the Rose Gar-
den
SAVE THE DATE FOR OUR 2015 DISTRICT/ROSE
SHOW NOVEMBER 20,21 and 22.
NOVEMBER 2014 17
Mesa-East Valley Rose Society
Garden Products Order Form
The following products can be ordered at the monthly meeting or by special arrangement with Mike Jepsen
(cell: 602-312-1813). Fill out the form below, showing both the quantity and the amount. Checks payable to:
Mesa East-Valley Rose Society or MEVRS and due upon receipt of product. Product order form can be e-mailed
to [email protected] or turned at the monthly meeting. LOCAL SALES ONLY
Thank You for your participation. These sales help provide funds for our annual rose show, as well as a savings
for our members only on great products to use in your rose garden.
PRODUCT MEMBER
COST
NON
MEMBER
COST
QUAN
TITY TOTAL COST
PawPaw Everlast Rose Labels: made of
double wire standard with an extra large
zinc nameplate. Use with waterproof la-
bels or pen
50¢ 1-49
40¢ 50-99
35¢ 100+
55¢ each $
DVD: Growing Roses In the Desert
Southwest $10.00 $10.00 $
Punch N’Cut large/small $10.00/ $12.00/ $
Alfalfa Meal (10# bag) $ 5.00 $6.00 $
Alfalfa Meal (50# bag) $17.00 $19.00 $
Dispersul (10# bag) $ 6.00 $7.00 $
Dispersul (50# bag) $22.00 $25.00 $
Epsom Salts (10# bag) $ 7.00 $8.00 $
Epsom Salts (50# bag) $28.00 $30.00 $
Floral Preservative (powder 10 oz.) $ 2.00 $2.25 $
KeRex Iron Chelate (1 lb. 12 oz canister) $ 11.00 $12.00 $
Super Spread 7000 – Spreader Sticker (12
oz.)
$ 4.00 $4.50 $
GroGanic Rose Food 3-2-6 (40# bag) $25.00 $27.00 $
Triple Super Phosphate 0-45-0 (8 # bag) $ 6.00 $7.00 $
TOTAL DUE $
NOVEMBER 2014 18
Mesa–East Valley Rose Society Membership
Annual family or individual membership is $25. Annual dues are payable by
June 1.
Payments in cash or check at a meeting; or by check to this address:
MEVRS/Membership, P.O. Box 40394, Mesa, AZ 85274-0394
Date__________ New____ *Gift*____ Renewal________ Amount Paid ________
Cash_____________ Check#___________________
Names:_________________________________ Telephone # : _____________
WEB Pages of Interest
Mesa-East Valley Rose Society
www.roses4az-mevrs.org
OR
http://www.roses4az-mevrs.org/site/
home.html
Find past newsletters or articles by
clicking on the “Newsletters” or
“Articles” tabs on the Home page.
MCC Rose Garden
www.rosegardenatmcc.org
Help Me Find Roses
www.helpmefind.com/rose
Pacific Southwest District
Thank you to Phyllis Henslin for providing photos.
REMINDER
Dues are now past due.
Please mail your renewal as
soon as possible .Please feel
free to bring your payment
along this Thursday when
you attend the General Meet-
ing
NOVEMBER 2014 19
MEMBERSHIP
DISCOUNTS
The following nurseries will
give MEVRS members a 10%
discount (unless otherwise
indicated) on any rose-related
purchase when you show
your membership card.
In some stores you must pay by cash
or check
only to receive the discount.
Be sure to get your annual
Membership Card from the
Membership Chairman.
A & P Nurseries (15%)
Four Valley Locations
Gilbert, Mesa (2), Queen Creek
Berridge Nursery
4647 E. Camelback Rd Phx
Potted roses always in stock!
Gardener’s World
3401 E. Baseline Rd., Phx
480-964-4909 (Mesa)
Treeland Nursery
2900 S. Country Club Dr., Mesa
480-497-2525
When you patronize
these businesses, please thank the
manager for supporting the
Mesa East Valley Rose Society
Currently Board Meetings are held monthly
one hour prior to general meeting—
General Member and Friends Meeting
second Thursday each month
Rose Garden
volunteers work—3rd Saturday—8a.m.
ALL NEEDED
Do You Shop at Frys?
If you do...you can help the Rose Garden at Me-
sa Community College grow by just using your
Fry's VIP card when buying groceries. The Gar-
den is registered in Fry's Community Rewards
program, which provides a rebate to the Gar-
den each time you use your VIP card to pur-
chase groceries
It only takes a few seconds..., but you must
link your Fry's V.I.P. Card online at
"Fry's Community Rewards Program", using
the organization name "Rose Garden at Mesa
Community College" and/or the Garden's NPO
number "80550".
Please take a few minutes to do it now. Thank
you.
NOVEMBER 2014 20
Rose Lore
Judy Sweador
Mesa-East Valley Rose Society Inc.
PO Box 40394
Mesa, AZ 85274-0394
Developers of
The Rose Garden at Mesa Community College,
the largest public rose garden in
the Desert Southwest!
Mesa-East Valley Rose Society is proud to be
Affiliated with the National Rose Society