NRL November 2012

NASHVILLE ROSE LEAFOfficial Publication of The Nashville Rose Society

Serving Rose Enthusiasts Throughout Middle Tennessee

November 13th - NRS Meeting at Cheekwood Refreshments & Chili Cook-off at 6:30 PM

Meeting at 7:00 PM - How To Winterize and Propagate Your Rosesnovember 2012 volume 45, Issue 10 Affiliated with the American rose Society - www.ars.org

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TENARKY 2012 Fall Convention and Rose Show Highlighted Outstanding Roses, Speakers, and Ante-Bellum History at Belmont University

By Mary Ann Hext and Sam Jones

nashville’s historic belmont Univer-sity warmly welcomed the Tenarky Dis-trict Fall Convention and rose Show, october 5-7, 2012. The weekend event included something for all rose lov-ers. Speakers and presenters included: Clayton beaty, “Fertilizers as manage-ment Tools;” Gene Penick, “Science of Compost as mulch;” Dr. Tina Jennings and Geri Sink, “Growing buck roses;” Dan brickman, “Propagating roses;” ron Daniels, “The basics of Growing roses in Tennessee;” Cecil Ward, “Lov-ing and Growing roses in Tennessee;” mark brown, “belmont Gardens & Hor-ticultural Heritage;” and Connie baird, “Adelicia Acklen, builder of belmont.”

At Saturday’s Award banquet, Clayton beaty, owner of beaty’s Fertilizer and producer of mills magic rose mix, was presented the TenArKY District Silver Honor medal for his outstanding service in the promotion of roses, rose cultiva-

tion, and generosity. Kathy brennan was recognized for her educational and rose-growing efforts as the outstanding Consulting rosarian for the year 2011. richard and Harriet Weidner were rec-ognized for their loyalty and service to the District by a presentation of a “See-rock-City” bird house, a gift from Ted mills, representing the good will of the city of Chattanooga.

A vast array of beautiful roses sur-rounded those viewing the rose show. Queen of the Show, ‘randy Scott’ and mini Queen, ‘Joy,’ were exhibited by bill and Jill Chappell. ‘Shameless,’ shown by Howard Carmen was miniflora Queen. The ArS J. Horace mcFarland District Award went to Dan and barb brick-man showing ‘marlon’s Day,’ ‘Carolina Pride,’ ‘Lynn Anderson,’ ‘Louise estes,’ and ‘Hot Princess.’

Among many arrangements, following the theme of “our Tribute to belmont,” winners included the Gold medal

award, an oriental style by Jill Chappell using St. Patrick roses, and the mini-Gold medal, a traditional mass design by Paula Williams with ‘Joy’ miniature roses.

A special belmont tribute occurred on Saturday evening. A proposed new rose variety named ‘Adelicia Acklen,’ hy-bridized by Anne owen, nashville rose Society member, was presented at the awards banquet to two direct descen-dants of the “builder of belmont.” The rose is a pink, old-fashioned style, full-petaled rose, developed from a crossing owen made in 2011, which first bloomed during early spring of this year. After this rose becomes well-established and evaluated by the hybridizer over a suf-ficient period of time, assuming it meets requirements, the original plant will be propagated for distribution.

Tenarky District Director Sam Jones and Nancy Jones present descendants of

Adelicia Acklen, with a rose named in her honor that was hybridized by NRS mem-ber and Master Rosarian, Annie Owen

King of Show, ‘Marilyn Wellan’; Queen of Show, ‘Randy Scott’ and Princess of

Show, ‘Veterans’ Honor’

Charles Lott, (left) presents Clayton Beaty, (center) with the ARS Silver Medal

along Sam Jones, (right)

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President’s Column

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Editor’s Desk

When Jim asked me to write this month’s editor’s column, I wondered if any of our male readers would even bother to pick up the newsletter, let alone read my column. After all, it is football season, which also happens to be Jim’s primary rose distraction this time of year. I have often thought all the referees should just drop by our house and lay down on the couch every Sun-day. Clearly, it is the best vantage point from which to assess all the bad calls they make. In fact, Jim has honed this skill with such precision, he can do it with his eyes closed, and often he does.

It’s not that I’m anti-nap, folks. It’s just that our naughty little rose bush-

es still haven’t learned to take care of themselves. This leaves me to be the bad guy every year as I prod Jim to help me in the rose garden when he obviously would rather be coaching (I pronounce it couching).

Tired of this annual conflict, I tried something new this year by incorpo-rating football terminology in the rose garden. “’Aloha’ seems to have jumped “offsides”, I began. “And I believe Tahi-tian Sunset is guilty of encroachment”. The fact that I even used the word en-croachment seemed to pique Jim’s in-terest enough to walk outside.

Game on, my friends!

The next thing you know, Coach Jim is off the sidelines and back in the rose game, now as a referee calling out our roses for a myriad of other indiscre-tions:

‘Sunglow’ got flagged for an “illegal block” because it was blocking the sun-light from ‘moonstone’.

‘easy Going’ got an unlikely call of “unsportsmanlike conduct” for need-lessly hitting rosie o’Donnell with a cane.

“False start” was the call on ‘Gold-en Celebration’ for bearing too many blind shoots.

After that, Jim noticed that ‘Dou-ble Delight’ also had a double center which he deemed “illegal formation” and he was particularly miffed with ‘Crystalline’ for sporting a queen-wor-thy bloom just one week shy of a rose show... an offense known as “delay of game”.

Pleased with myself for the success of this little tactic, I took on the task of taming ‘America’. As it pulled my hair, I could hear Jim calling it out for “unnecessary roughness”.

my little game continued as he made out the injured reserve list (sickly ros-es) and then began to discern between the starters for next year’s rose line-up versus those who won’t make the “fi-nal cut”.

Dear Fellow rose Lovers,

This is my second to last President’s Column for the calendar year 2012. I wish to express my heartfelt feelings of thanks for having been given this won-derful opportunity. As your president, I have witnessed firsthand the tremen-dous amount of effort put forth by so many of our members. The nashville rose Society is truly a membership driven society. Though most of the administrative duties are performed by only a few people, our membership steps up when necessary.

my leadership style has been to en-courage others to participate at our regular meetings. The collective knowl-edge of roses and their care, at any giv-en meeting, is impressive. I have been able to call individuals just weeks be-fore the meeting and request that they take a speaking role. no one has ever turned me down. As a result, we ben-efited in many ways. You didn’t have to listen to me drone on. We learned various ways of growing the same rose. Also, different techniques encouraged many questions. At least two of our meetings ran late because of numerous questions and lengthy discussion.

Congratulations to nancy and Sam Jones for another well run Tenarky District meeting. To all those who helped set up and work the rose Show, thank you. The entire weekend ran like a well oiled machine, owing to the hard work of so many individuals. I got to attend my first Judge’s Luncheon and was very impressed with the room and the menu. belmont University went out of their way to ensure a successful event. Though I missed it, I was told by too many to count that Connie baird put on an oscar winning performance as Adelicia. many nrS members were represented on the winner’s tables. Thanks to Sam Jones, Larry baird and Doyle Clark for their demonstrations at the last meeting, on how to get your roses there.

our next meeting was scheduled at its usual time, but that date falls on election Day this year, so we are mov-

ing our meeting back to Tuesday, no-vember 13th. our December meeting, which is our Christmas Party evening, has a possible conflict with Cheekwood’s policy of renting the space for various functions. They are 90% committed so we thought it best to push that meet-ing back as well. our Christmas Party will occur on the second Tuesday of the month, which is December 11th. Please mark your calendars. The Christmas Party is a mostly social time. However, there will be some awards presented, so please plan to attend.

our november 13th meeting will fea-ture our own vice President Gene mey-er. He will discuss winter rose care and shutting down the garden until spring. Also, Larry baird will have a demon-stration on rose propagation by rooting cuttings.

Please do not forget that this is Chili Cook-off night. This is the opportunity for those who don’t own ice cream mak-ers to achieve stardom. We have an ex-tra week to prepare, so break out those recipes and enter your best.

This cooler weather and occasional rain has caused my roses to take off. If your roses are kicking, as well, show some of them off at our next meeting.

Sincerely,Tom beath —

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I was just about ready to invest in a striped shirt and a whistle for Jim when he made the worst call of the game; “clipping” on my ‘Clair matin’. before I could boo and hiss, he began enforcing his ruling with a “pruning penalty” which I found to be way too excessive, prompting me to consider an “illegal use of hands.”

I had no choice but to eject him from the game lest I begin spewing some locker room language. He asked me some nonsense about whether or not he was being intentionally grounded as I gave him a final two minute warning. I’d be willing to wager that even Titan’s Chris Johnson couldn’t have beat Jim’s swift sprint.....back to the couch.

In the end I was able to keep his eye-lids out of the backfield for longer than usual. now, with the World Series upon us, I suppose Couch Jim will be snor-ing through his own Field of Dreams.

Starla & Jim Harding —

ARS Membership

everYone LoveS A bArGAIn!!

every rosarian should be a mem-ber of the American rose Society; the benefits far outweigh any costs. A full membership is only $49 a year and given the long list of benefits, it is in-deed a bargain all by itself.

If you are a try before you buy kind of person, there are several ArS Trial membership Programs available.

The Free 4-month Trial member-ship is for new non-ArS, local soci-ety members. “new” is the key word here. every new member that joins the nashville rose Society that is not an ArS member, is eligible to re-ceive a Free 4-month Trial member-ship to ArS. In other words you can join our society today and receive a Free 4-month trial membership to the American rose Society – an $86 value!!

There is also a $5.00 4-month Trial membership that is available for ex-isting local society, non-ArS mem-bers. The $5.00 fee offsets process-ing and mailing costs. ArS does not make money on this offer. For this small fee, any nashville rose Society member who is not already an ArS member can try ArS out.

NRS News

2012 Grand Prix

Winners by Dillard Lester

The Grand Prix winners were an-nounced and awards were presented at the october meeting. In the Hor-ticulture Division the Advanced ex-hibitor winners were Jim and Starla Harding, the Intermediate exhibi-tor winner was Gene meyer and the novice exhibitor winner was Lanni Webb. In the Arrangement Division, the winner was Sam Jones. I want to thank everyone that made entries and all that helped in the preparation and judging at the two shows.

Dianne and I have enjoyed chair-ing the Grand Prix for seven years and appreciate everyone’s support. Long time nrS members Keith and martha Garman have indicated they would chair the Grand Prix next year. We will give them all the support they may need in carrying on the tradi-tion

NRS 2013 Fortuniana Rose Sale

by Charles Lott

The nashville rose Society 2013 Fortuniana rose sale is bigger and better than ever before. our supplier (K & m roses, a.k.a. James mills) has added new varieties with now more than 250 roses (all grafted on for-tuniana root stock) available in the sale. The order form for the 2013 nrS Fortuniana sale is an insert with this issue of your newsletter. The or-der form is also available on the nrS website nashvillerosesociety.com . Quantities are limited, so send your order early if you want to ensure get-ting the roses you want.

remember that all proceeds from the rose sale go to support publica-tion of our newsletter, the nashville rose Leaf. If you have any questions or need a copy of the order form con-tact Charles Lott at (615) 824-5614 or [email protected]

Annual NRS Chili Cook-off

The month of november will host the Annual nrS Great Chili Cookoff. everyone is encouraged to bring their favorite recipe for chili and cornbread for the competition. Whether your chili is a smack your mama, hot as blue blazes or mild and chunky ver-sion, whip up your batch for the night of november 13th.

We will also have a category of corn-breads to sample and judge, so get out the iron skillet.

Prizes will be awarded.

Editor’s Desk(Cont’d from pg 2)

Here is an example of a first year ‘Moonstone’ rose from Millie & Dudley Dolinger’s rose garden grown on Fortu-

niana root stock.


A highlight of the Tenarky Fall Confer-ence weekend was a dramatic presenta-tion by Connie and Larry baird on the Friday evening following the welcome supper. Connie portrayed the 70-year-old Adelicia Acklen “returned from the grave.” beginning her life in nashville as Adelicia Hayes, daughter of a Pres-byterian minister and contemporary of

her cousin and later President, ruther-ford b. Hayes, Adelicia’s “apparition” described her fairy-tale-tragic life-story. beginning with her first marriage at age 22 to the middle-aged Isaac Franklin, a wealthy slave trader turned planter, she told of giving birth to four children, none surviving childhood. After Franklin’s death, Joseph Acklen, an astute lawyer and businessman, assisted her in be-coming the sole possessor of Franklin’s disputed vast fortune of plantations and slaves. becoming her second husband, with his business acumen Acklen helped triple Adelicia’s holdings among three states, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Texas. He made her one of the nation’s wealthi-est women, while fathering six of her 10 children. Together, they built belmont, the grandest, most ornate, Italianate-villa estate in the South, comprising 180 acres of formal gardens with statu-ary and gazebos, a bear house, zoo, deer park, bowling alley, and art gallery.

After Joseph Acklen’s untimely death during the Civil War, Adelicia survived

Adelecia AcklenBy Sam Jones

near ruin, defying northern blockades and selling her cotton in england. Col-lecting her earnings in england after the war, she married the respected nash-ville physician, Dr. William Cheatham (portrayed by Larry baird).

Laced through this spell-binding enact-ment was Adelicia’s sadness over her losses of husbands and children, the threat of financial devastation during the War, and finally her own unexpected death in 1887 while shopping in new York City. Her unforeseen demise oc-curred shortly after re-establishing her life in the social circles of Washington, D.C. While there, she had briefly moved among friends and lingering connec-tions of her famous northern cousin, ohio’s ex-Governor and U.S. ex-Presi-dent rutherford Hayes. Incidentally he was severely wounded fighting to free the slaves during the Civil War, and who, ironically, publicly bemoaned the social evils of America’s growing exces-sive wealth in the hands of the few.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who donated to the rose Show. We received $1,500.00 in dona-tions this year.

Dan Andrews in Memory of Dr. Van Fleet [Rosarian]

Tom and Lisa Beath

Rowena and W.C. Bennett in Memory of Tom and Kathleen Whitfield

RADM Jerry Breast in Memory of Van Kirtley Breast [Rose Judge and Consulting Rosar-ian]

Dorothy Brevard in Memory of John Bre-vard

George and Patricia Bullard

W.R. and Anne Carpenter in Honor of Billy Carpenter

Cynthia Cato

Harriett Dunn in Memory of Richard M. Lovelace

Lori Emery in Honor of All Rose Show Donors and Volunteers

Wayne Gamble and Agnes Webb Joels

Kevin and Janie Lipps Hagan

Evelyn and Shirley Hammond

Beverly Hanselman

Peggy Hays

David and Nancy Hazelwood

Pieter Hoonderd

Mary Ann Houghland in Honor of Sara Jo and Don Gill

Sam and Nancy Jones

Cynthia Kwazu

Dillard and Dianne Lester

Malcolm and Marion Liles

John Mallernee

Mona Mishu in Memory of Louis Mishu Annie Owen in Honor of Sam and Nancy Jones

Marty Reich

Dianne Richardson

J. Ware Ricketts

Rosemania

Ginny Russell in Honor of all NRS Members

Pamela Rutledge

Sue and E. Dan Smith

Alyse Sprintz in Memory of Karen Sprintz

Frank and Jean Toevs

James Turner in Memory of Mitzi Turner

Ray and Fay Vandiver in Memory of John Brevard

Rita Webb

NRS Rose Show Donations By: Lori Emery

The restored belmont mansion and rose garden, completed in 1853 for the summer home of Adelicia and Jo-seph Acklen, wealthy plantation own-ers, was open for tours, along with the nashville music Garden and two nrS member gardens: those of millie and Dudley Dolinger and Gene meyer (see photos on back cover). Today, the his-torical mansion is the architectural fo-cus of belmont University, the site of a nationally televised presidential debate in 2008.

outstanding features of the two-day rose show were the bloom sales, chaired by margaret Devine and her team of helpers, Hayes Gibson and Laila Isa. They collected, arranged, and offered to visitors and the public rose blooms that had been donated by exhibitors and gardeners, asking only for donations supporting the educa-tional mission of the nashville rose Society. Their motto: “everyone com-ing to the rose show should have roses to take with them.”

The District rose Show was dedicat-ed this year to the late monty Justice (1927–2012), influential rose gardener and creator of monty’s Joy Juice, and member of the Louisville rose Soci-ety. The nashville and Chattanooga Tri-State rose Societies co-hosted this year’s TenArKY event, which rotates annually among societies and cities in the district. next year’s TenArKY District Convention and rose Show will be held in Louisville, September, 27-29, 2013.

very special thanks to the many members of the nashville and Chatta-nooga rose Societies who helped with the success of the 2012 TenArKY Convention and rose Show. These included, from nashville: Co-Chairs of the Convention and rose Show, Judges, and Judges Luncheon: Sam and nancy Jones; Connie and Larry baird, Arrangements, Set-up, and royal Court Tally; margaret Devine, Hayes Gibson, and Laila Isa, bloom Sales; marty reich and Denise Thorne, Clerks and records; Lori emery, Do-nations; Gary Spencer Finance, Stag-ing, and Properties; Ann and Charles Lott, Hospitality; Keith and martha


TENARKY 2012 Fall Convention and Rose Show Highlights (Cont’d from page 1)

From left to right: Gary Spencer Finance, Staging, and Properties; Marty Reich

Clerks and Records; and Lori Emery, Dona-tions. All just a few of the many people

who generously shared their time to make the rose show a success.

Thanks to Margaret Devine and her team of helpers, Hayes Gibson (pic-

tured above) and Laila Isa, the bloom sales tables were full of roses.

Thank you to all the judges who traveled many miles to Nashville!

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Garman, membership and Welcome Desk; Dick Sittel and Tom beath, Placement; Anne owen, rose Show Schedule and Program; ron Dan-iels, Staging and Properties; Cindy Worch and Hayes Gibson, Trophies and Awards; Lee and martha Jeffery, Water monitors; and Gene meyer and Dudley and millie Dolinger, rose-Garden Tours.

From the Chattanooga Tri-State rose Society, special gratitude goes to Ted mills, Jeff Garrett, Susan ruxton, richard and Carol Sharpe, Charles and Phyllis belcher, Tina Jennings and Geri Sink, Dan and barbara brick-man, and Clayton beaty and the beaty Fertilizer Company for supplying the registration packets, favors, and spe-cial gifts, and for furnishing speakers for the seminars and lectures.

Special appreciation also goes to bel-mont University and to the event coor-dinator, michelle Campanis, for mak-ing available to the TenArKY District the school’s entire services, staff, and facilities, including parking, catering, janitors, student assistants, and me-dia publicity. Also, the Holiday Inn vanderbilt deserves high praise for granting a special Convention rate of almost one-half off of the usual charge for rooms for this time of year.

Tenarky Fall Conference & Rose

Show Highlights


‘Randy Scott’ Queen of Show Bill & Jill Chappell

Mini-Flora Queen of Show, ‘Shameless’ by Howard Carman and Mini-Flora Prin-cess, ‘Whirlaway’ by Bill & Jill Chappell

Lester Smith District Challenge Award ‘Louise Estes’ by Dan & Barb Brickman

American Box ‘St Patrick’ by Lavonne Glover

ARS Mini Bronze,Mini Princess Award ‘Irresistable’ by Mary Ann Hext

Princess Award, Lani Webb with ‘Gemini’ ‘Cherish’ and ‘New Zealand’

Old Garden 1867 or later(Victorian) ‘Clotilde Soupert’,1890 by

Martha Garman

English Box ‘Louise Estes’ by Dan and Barbara Brickman

Mini Oriental Award ‘Joy’ by Ann Jacobs

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Artist Award ‘Marilyn Wellan’ by Sam Jones

ARS J. Horace McFarland District Award ‘Marlon’s Day’, ‘Carolina Pride’, ‘Lynn

Anderson’, ‘Louise Estes’, ‘Hot Princess’ by Dan and Barb Brickman

Sam Jones presents the Tenarky District Oustanding Consulting Rosarian Award to

Knoxville’s Kathy Brennan

Senior Challenge - with Two ‘Moonstone’ roses by Marty Reich

ARS Mini Silver Medal Certificate Mini Modern Award ‘Soroptimist International’ by Mary Ann Hext

Richard and Harriet Weidner were recog-nized for their loyalty and service to the

District by a presentation of a “See-Rock-City” bird house, a gift from Ted Mills,

representing the good will of the city of Chattanooga.

ARS Gold Medal & Oriental Award ‘St. Patrick’ by Jill Chappell

Mini Gold Medal,Mini Royalty ‘Joy’ by Paula Williams

Duke Award ‘Brass ‘Band’ by Ann Jacobs


Tenarky Fall Conference & Rose

Show Highlights

Best Miniature Spray (Mini Duchess) ‘Green Ice’ by Bob Jacobs

Best Open Bloom ‘Mister Lincoln’ by Gene Meyer

Best One Bloom Floribunda ‘Kanegem’ by Keith Garman

The rose show at Belmont University

Nashville Music Garden Challenge ‘Nashville Music’ by Sharon Wuorenmaa

Left photo: Princess of Show,

‘Hot Princess’ by Bill & Jill Chappel

Right photo: Roses in a bowl

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roseDoc realizes that every good deci-sion is prefaced with careful thought. In choosing rose cultivars it is very impor-tant to make the right choice. Progress in the end depends on just how much interest a person has in the final result. Does haphazard thought permeate the deciding process? Is there real abiding interest in the results? Does it matter in the long run? All of these factors play into selecting rose plants. Success in the hobby relates to the degree of in-terest shown by the rosarian.

America is facing a very important election. roseDoc sees a very definite relationship between choosing political leaders and selecting rose cultivars for a top-notch garden. The same criterion is prevalent. Dedicated thought must guide the decision. Haphazard choos-ing will not cut it.

Choosing a President demands care-ful thought if the country is to experi-ence progress. Analyze the debates and be sure to give credence to the one

who best meets concerted public ap-proval. Promises are sometimes lost in the passing of time. Decipher the record of the political nominees in the things that have proven to be helpful. Is it not true that the best roses are those that satisfy the analytical eye of the ob-server? Then too, consider the “staying power” of the cultivar. Is it dependable to perform with excellence with the pas-sage of time?

by choice, political parties are divided into two groups – liberal and conserva-tive. It seems impossible to relate these qualities to roses. but it can be done. Certain cultivars are liberal and adhere to bountiful blooming – even too much. These require “finger” pruning. other varieties are stingy in producing blooms – a definite sign of conservatism. Poli-ticians choose the banner of whichever trait satisfies their thinking best. In comparing roses to this behavior one needs only to view the person’s garden. If it is filled with majestic hybrid teas, it is a good bet that exhibiting is their goal. Conversely, if the garden has only the popular cultivar, ‘Knock out’ the choice is growing for landscape beauty mainly.

Choosing rose cultivars is an impor-tant duty. It is the same with electing political leaders – national, State, and Local. A successful future requires the right choices be made. If tried and true candidates who best meet the qualities of integrity and dedication to duty are

Candidates And CultivarsBy: Ted Mills. ARS Master Rosarian and Judge

elected, the future is bright. If proven rose varieties are chosen, the floral fu-ture is one of beauty.

never in history has choosing politi-cal figures to lead our nation been so important. Liberty and Peace are at stake. Turmoil is rampant in critical areas of the globe. The regard for life is at low ebb. order must be restored throughout the world. The pursuit of happiness needs international atten-tion. And so it is with the rose growing hobby. Dedicated interest of the past is waning. membership rolls have suffered. electronic devices and rock bands have gained a foothold. Young-sters steer clear of raising roses. Dedi-cated rosarians must step to the plate and provide assistance to stem the tide of disinterest. The rose growing hobby is dwarfed in importance when compared to the political agenda. but if rosarians allow disinterest to creep in, who will be the saviors of our cher-ished hobby?

Choose rose cultivars with care and political leaders with prayerful consid-eration. our way of life may be threat-ened to extinction if complacency sets in.

Liberal or Conservative - Choose wisely.


November Rose Care; A Time to Look Backwards and ForwardsBy: Jim Harding

november is the time to look back-wards and forwards. When staring at the year’s last blooms with winter’s first frost on the horizon it is also a time when rosarians can use a little motivation so here are some words of inspiration.

“Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.”

Soren Kierkegaard, Danish Philosopher

rosarian translation: Checking the rear view mirror is a good thing, but keep your eyes on the road. Every ro-sarian has been guilty of looking for-ward to spring and letting our roses languish after the last fall flush of blooms, but understanding where we have been.

“The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.”

Winston Churchill

rosarian translation: Taking time to reflect on mistakes made in the past will help avoid making the same mis-takes in the future.

“A person with half volition goes backwards and forwards, but makes no progress on even the smoothest of roads.”

Thomas Carlyle, Victorian era Scottish au-thor

rosarian translation: Don’t be a slacker; make a commitment to fall rose care so your roses will be ready for a great spring.

So what does that commitment to fall rose care look like?

barney, the purple dinosaur, loved by kids and despised by adults said it best, “Clean up, clean up, everybody, every-where!” Clean up debris around your rose bushes. Discard old leaves and old

blooms that may be harboring fungal diseases. Do not put any of the debris in your compost pile.

After two good hard freezes, (28 de-grees or less), trim back canes on large roses waist high to prevent winter winds from rocking the rose up from the roots. Don’t prune back too far this time of year, because you will prune back to live wood in the spring.

Also after the first few hard freezes, the roses will begin the dormancy and it will be time to add some winter pro-tection. experience is a good guide to what works best in your garden, but if you are wondering what to do, step one is calling an nrS consulting rosarian who will guide you through various op-tions of winterizing material and appli-cations methods. The basic concept is to protect the bud union from freezing by mounding up mulches, compost, and soil around the base of the rose. Starla and I have tried various material and we have gravitated to using organ-ic soil amendments that we can spread out in the spring that helps build up the soil.

most miniatures are on their own root but can still benefit from winter protec-tion and can also be trimmed back for winter.

Looking backwards, Starla and I have also experimented with our roses we grow in containers. We have a fairly large crawl space/basement area where we have stored our potted roses. We have also stashed them up against the southeastern brick wall of our home and covered them with winterizing ma-terial. both are valid options, but the potted roses stored against the brick wall seem to actually fare better. either way, the potted roses will need some water to make it through the winter.

Looking forward, fall is absolutely the best time to build a new rose bed or re-juvenate old ones. Here in middle Ten-nessee, raised beds with good drain-age work best. If you have the money

and are short on time, the simplest way to fill your new raised bed is buy a truckload of royal Soil from the Com-post Farm or nutriSoil from Southern nurseries. In addition to several soil options the good folks at Southern nurseries will custom mix their soils to your specifications. If you want to go old school and have the time, the ideal soil mixture consists of 1/3 coarse sand or Perlite, 1/3 decayed organic matter (humus) and 1/3 topsoil. Whichever way you choose, the soil will have time to settle in and you will have the easiest digging in your life when planting your new roses next spring!

For existing roses beds step one is to have your soil pH tested. The preferred soil pH for roses is 6.5. based on the soil test you will want to add dolomitic lime to any areas lower than 6.2. Spread the lime around the drip line and scratch into the soil. You do not want to dump the lime on top of the bud union and you do not want the lime sitting on top of the mulch. It can burn the bud union and if doesn’t come in contact with the soil it can’t raise the pH.

before putting your rose to bed for winter it is a good idea for one last fun-gicidal spray. After your roses are dor-mant you can also consider spraying lime sulfur in January to help kill over-wintering insects and fungal diseases. be sure to wear your safety gear and follow the label’s instructions.

Fall is also the best time for trans-planting roses, shovel pruning the un-derperforming freeloaders and plan-ning what roses you want to add in the spring. The nrS is once again the ben-eficiary of the annual Fortuniana rose sale from K&m roses. Check out the order form available in this newsletter and on the website; www.nashvillero-sesociety.com and thank Charles Lott for continuing to coordinate this excel-lent member benefit.

Whether looking backwards or for-wards keep in mind past lessons learned and forward to next year’s blooms!

Contributions nashville rose Society is a 501c-3

organization and all contributions to the society are tax-deductible. Contri-butions may be made as memorials or to honor some person, group or occa-sion. Checks for contributions should

be made payable to nashville rose Society and mailed to:

CInDY WorCH 137 Urban Farms rd.

manchester, Tn 37355 ((931) 723-2142

[email protected]

Disclaimer: While the advice and information in this newsletter is believed to be true and accurate at the time of publi-cation, neither the authors nor the editor(s) accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may have been made.

The nashville rose Society makes no warranty, expressed or implied with respect to the material contained herein.

Nashville Rose Society Membership

We are a non-profit organization serving the middle Tennessee area to educate persons on growing and exhibiting roses. membership is open to everyone who supports the objec-tives of the organization. Annual dues of $20.00 per household include a sub-scription to The nashville rose Leaf, the official newsletter of the society. To join, send a check payable to nashville rose Society to:

marty reich, 5020 Dovecote Dr., nashville, Tn 37220-1614

Phone: (615) 833-0791; e-mail: [email protected]

Nashville Rose LeafThe nashville rose Leaf is published

eleven times annually by the nashville rose Society, nashville, Tn

editors: Jim & Starla Harding, Sam & nancy Jones

editorial Advisory Committee: marty reich

ARS Consulting Rosarians

South NashvilleLeann barron (615) 269-0240marty reich* (615) 833-0791

West NashvilleTom beath (615) 481-3589Keith Garman (615) 352-6219Sam* & nancy Jones (615) 646-4138

Brentwood AreaCecil* & bessie Ward (615)373-2245Gene meyer (615) 373-0303

Franklin AreaAnne owen* (615) 794-0138Logan* & Joan Shillinglaw(615) 790-7346robbie*&marsha Tucker(615) 595-9187

Hendersonville Arearon Daniels (615) 330-7083Charles Lott (615) 824-5614Jack Wedekind (615) 824-8696

Murfreesboro AreaDillard & Diane Lester(615) 896-0203

Columbia AreaLyle Worsham* (931) 388-4547

Lebanon-Watertown AreaJeff Harvey (615) 268-7089Jennifer Harvey (615) 268-7032Denise Thorne (615) 237-9757

Duck River-Centerville AreaLarry* & Connie baird(931) 729-5259

Manchester AreaCindy Worch (931) 723-2142

*Indicates ArS master rosarian

Nashville Rose Society 2012 Officers

President Tom beath.........(615) 481-3589vice-Pres Gene meyer....... (615) 373-0303Treasurer Gary Spencer......(615) 662-3819rec. S’ty Hayes Gibson .......(615) 794-1708Cor. S’ty Cynthia Worch .....(931) 723-2142

Nashville Rose Leaf is printed by: The Print Authority, Brentwood, Tennessee


A Rose Lover’s CalendarNRS, Tenarky, & ARS Coming Events

NOVEMBER

3 rose Chat radio.com - michael marriott, Chief rosarian for David Austin roses, UK talks about the 2013 introductions at 9:30 Am

6 election Day - Go vote!

10 rose Chat radio.com - Weeks roses

13 nrS meeting at Cheekwood 6:30 Pm refreshments & Chili Cook-off, 7:00 Pm Program Winterizing and Propagating roses

DECEMBER

13 nrS Annual Christmas Party at Cheekwood 6:30 Pm Social Time, 7:00 Pm Dinner

JANUARY

no meeting

Details & other event news available at www.nashvillerosesociety.com

Gift Subscriptions

One of the nicest things you could do for a gardening friend is to provi-

dethem with a gift subscription to the Nashville Rose Leaf. For only $20 you can send a gift that will last an entire

year, and each month when the news-letterarrives in the mail they will think of you fondly. You can order a gift sub-scription by sending the name, address and phone number of the person along with a check payable to Nashville Rose Society toMarty Reich, 5020 Dovecote

Drive, Nashville, TN 37220.

We will notify the friend of your gift.

non-ProFIT o r G A n I Z A T I o n U.S. PoSTAGe PAIDbrenTWooD, TnPermIT no. 162

www.nashvillerosesociety.com

5020 Dovecote Drivenashville, Tn 37220-1614 Address Service requested

Nashville Rose Society Fall Garden Tour Highlights

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Tenarky Fall conference attendees were treated to the beautiful garden of Millie & Dudley Dolinger, pictured

above next to miniature rose ‘Joy’.

NRS Vice President, Gene Meyer, (center) points to one of the many beautiful roses in his garden as Ken Correll, (left)

and Clayton Beaty (right) look on.

Millie & Dudley Dolinger’s rose garden was full of wonderful blooms to see.

Gene Meyer’s rose garden is proof that great roses can be grown is small spaces!

The Belmont Rose Garden with the Belmont Mansion in the background.

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NRL November 2012