NOVEMBER 2014 1

MESA EAST VALLEY

Rose Lore WRITTEN BY AND FOR MEMBERS OF THE EAST VALLEY

EDITOR: JUDY SWEADOR CO-EDITOR—PHYLLIS HENSLIN

judysw@cox.net Phybill22@aol.com

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

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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 xrose3@cox.net

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.

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The following MEVRS members are Consulting Rosarians

Helen Baird* coolroseaz@msn.com 602-953-9133 Phoenix

LeRoy Brady* lbradyo3.lb@gmail.com 480-962-9603 Mesa

Marylou Coffman** coffmanml@aol.com 480-926-3064 Gilbert

Cheryl Doan stvx@cox.net 480-838-4062 Tempe

Phyllis Henslin* phylbill22@aol.com 480-748-1022 Mesa

Millie Hisey Winter Months Only 480-474-9139 Apache Jct

Phyllis Jiacalone phyllisburges7@gmail.com 480-529-8172 Prescott,

Prescott Valley Chino Valley

Mike Jepsen mikejepsen@cox.net 602-312-1813 Tempe

Royetta Marconi-Dooley patretta@wbhsi.com 480-802-9914 SunLakes, Chandler

Steve Sheard steveazroses@yahoo.com 480-831-2609 Tempe/Chandler

Liz Strong* lizzie441@comcast.net 520-797-7890 Tucson

Jimmy Tribby jnbroses@yahoo.com 602-615-5458 Mesa

Lynn Twitchell* jlynn43@cox.net 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.

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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

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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.

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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 mikejepsen@cox.net 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 $

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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

Pswdroses@hotmail.org

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

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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.

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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