Welcome to

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Welcome to

• By Derald Freeman
• Tarrant County Master Gardener

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Master Gardener Impact

• In the year 2004
• Tarrant County Master Gardeners answered about
  6000 phone calls
• Speakers bureau reached 6278 people
• They volunteer time in many schools and
  non-profit gardens

By Derald Freeman Tarrant County Master Gardener
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ROSE INTRODUCTION

• A Rose is a Rose is a Rose
• By Gertrude Stein

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The Rose Family

• The rose is a rose
• and always was a rose.
• But the theory now goes
• that the apples a rose,
• and the pear is, and sos
• the plum, I suppose.
• You, my love, are a rose,
• but were always a rose.
• Robert Frost

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The Rose in Ancient Times

• Roses predate many plants. Fossil evidence has
  been found 35 million years ago in North America
  and 44 million years ago in other parts of the
  world.
• In 3000 B.C. Summarians (now Iraq) wrote the
  first record of the rose.

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The Rose in Ancient Times

• Roses originated in the Northern Hemisphere,
  including North America.
• Europe
• America
• The Middle East
• The Orient.
• There are 35 species indigenous to North America.

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The Rose in Ancient Times

• 16th century - roses brought from Europe.
• 1798-Empress Josephine had 250 varieties.
• 1867 ARS designated first hybrid rose.
• 1920 Hybrid teas dominated the market.
• 1938 All-American Rose Society was formed to test
  new rose varieties.
• In 1700s 1800s botanists brought back Chinas
  and Teas from China.

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Rose Fascination

• What is the fascination in roses?
• Beauty - they demand attention
• Fragrance you cannot resist the urge to stop
  and smell the fragrance
• Taste savory hips are a sample of nature

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Roses

• Roses carry meaning
• Roses command attention
• Roses are not forgotten

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Roses and Colors

• RED roses mean romantic love they're the
  "Valentine roses,"
• PURPLE roses signifies that the giver fell in
  love with the recipient at first sight.
• CORAL/ORANGE roses signal desire.
• YELLOW roses signify joy and friendship.
• PINK/PEACH show gratitude and appreciation
• WHITE roses represent reverence, purity and
  humility

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Plant Kingdom Taxonomy
Carl Linnaeus developed the system in the 1750s

• Kingdom-PlantaeSubkingdom-Tracheobiomta
• Class-DicotyledonsSubclass-RosidaeOrder-Rosales
  Family-Rosaceae
• Genus-Rosa L.
• Species- ie. Rosa gallica L.
• Common name

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The Rosaceae Family
AGRIMONIAALCHEMILLAAMELANCHIERAPHANESARUNCUSC
OTONEASTERCRATAEGUSCYDONIADRYASERIOBOTRYAFILI
PENDULA FRAGARIAGEUM
MALUS (apple)MESPILUSPOTENTILLAPRUNUS (plum,
cherry)PYRACANTHAPYRUS (pear)ROSA (rose)
RUBUS (blackberry)SANGUISORBASIBBALDIASORBUSS
PIRAEA
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The Family of Roses

• Family Rosaceae
• Genus Rosa
• Cultivars Alba, Bourbon, Rugosa
• Common Names Caldwell Pink

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The Rose Experience

• Growing roses should be an experience that brings
  pleasure.
• Roses require less care than your lawn.

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EARTHKIND CONCEPT
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PremiseGoals

• PremiseUse of research-proven gardening and
  landscaping techniques to provide a maximum of
  plant enjoyment while protecting our fragile
  environment.
•  GoalCombine the best of organic and traditional
  gardening and landscaping principles to create a
  new horticultural system for the 21st Century, a
  research-proven system based on real-world
  effectiveness and environmental responsibility

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EarthKind and Texas Superstar plants are the
finest

• Only a few special plants passed the test of
  disease and insect tolerance/resistance that are
  required in order to receive one of these
  designations for the use in Texas landscapes and
  gardens.
• In a five year study 11 of the 117 were selected.

Steven W. George, Ph.D. Professor and Extension
Landscape Specialist Texas AM University
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The Roses were severely tested and abused

• The roses were basically ignored.
• Never fertilized
• Never sprayed
• Never pruned except for dead wood
• And watered only with drip irrigation

• Results of 11 selected EarthKind Roses
• Highly intolerant to disease
• Resistant to insect
• Heat and drought tolerant
• Maintained bloom production

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ROSE GROUPS
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Rose Groups

• SPECIES ROSES
• Grown before 1867

• MODERN ROSES
• Grown after 1867

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Species Rose Grown before 1867

• Species roses are old roses.
• Often found growing wild.
• Most bloom only once.

• Caldwell Pink
• Katy Road Pink
• Lady Banksia
• (Alba, Damask, Moss, China, Centifolia, Tea, HP,
  Bourbon)

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Modern Roses Grown after 1867

• New groups introduced after 1867

• Hybrid Tea (1900)
• Floribunda
• Grandiflora (1954)
• Polyantha (1900?)
• Miniatures
• Shrubs

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ELEVEN EARTHKIND SELECTIONS

• Alphabetically by Cultivars

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Mutabilis Butterfly

• China
• Yellow/Red/Orange, Single bloom, Large shrub
• Some fragrance
• Released in 1894
• Repeat bloomer
• 4-10 height and 6 wide

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Else Poulsen

• Floribunda
• Pink, Semi-double bloom, Medium shrub
• Fragrance
• 1932
• Repeat bloomer
• 4 height and 4 wide

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Caldwell Pink

• Found
• Lilac Pink, Double bloom, Small shrub
• Fragrant
• Repeat bloomer
• Not particular about growing conditions
• 3 height and 3 wide

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Katy Road Pink

• Found
• Aka Carefree Beauty
• Pink, Semi-double bloom, Medium shrub
• Fragrant
• Repeat bloomer
• 4 height and 4 wide

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The Fairy

• Polyanthas
• Light pink, double bloom, small, clustered
  fragrant flowers
• Dwarf shrub
• Summer sun fades color of bloom to a blush white
• 1932
• Repeat bloomer
• 3 height and 3 wide

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Marie Daly

• Polyanthas
• Pink, Semi-double bloom, Dwarf shrub,
• Good low hedge and border planting
• Fragrant
• Repeat bloomer
• 3 height and 3 wide
• Texas Superstar

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Perle dOr

• Polyanthas
• Peach double bloom, knotted center, small shrub
• Tolerant to hot weather
• Repeat bloomer
• 1884
• 3-6 height and 3 wide

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Climbing Pinkie

• Polyanthas
• Rose Pink, Semi-double bloom
• Climber, nearly thornless
• Fragrant
• Repeat bloomer
• 1952
• 8-12 height and 6 wide

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Belindas Dream

• Hybrid Tea
• Pink, Double bloom,has many petals
• Medium shrub
• Fragrant
• Repeat bloomer
• 3-6 height and 3 wide
• Texas Superstar

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Knock Out

• Shrub
• Cherry Red, Semi-double bloom
• Small shrub
• Fragrant
• Repeat bloomer
• 4 height and 4 wide
• Texas Superstar

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Sea Foam

• Shrub
• White, Double bloom
• Shrub, ground cover or climber
• Fragrant, full sun
• 1964
• Repeat bloomer
• 2 height and 6 wide

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THE ROSE BRIGADE

• The runner-ups that almost made the top eleven
  roses

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Archduke Charles

• Prior to 1837
• China
• Medium shrub
• Repeat bloomer.
• Red
• Scented

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Cecile Brunner

• Polyantha.
• Small, perfectly formed flowers
• It was released in 1881.
• Pink double flowers.
• Medium shrub and climber, large thorns
• Repeat bloomer.

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Don Juan

• It was released in 1958.
• Deep Red double ruffled flower
• Hybrid Tea
• Medium shrub 6-10
• Repeat bloomer.

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Duchesse de Brabant

• Tea Rose.
• Pink double flowers.
• It was released in 1857.
• Medium shrub
• Repeat bloomer.

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Lamarque

• It was released in 1930.
• Noisette
• Climber 12-20 feet
• Repeat bloomer.
• White
• Scented

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Maggie

• Date unknown
• Bourbon
• Medium shrub
• Repeat bloomer.
• Red
• Scented

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Marchesa Boccella

• Released in 1842
• Pink delicate, flat, crowded petal double flowers
  
• Medium shrub 3 tall
• Repeat bloomer.
• Scented

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Marie Pavie

• Polyantha.
• White double flowers, nearly thornless
• Low shrub or border plant
• Repeat bloomer.

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Mister Lincoln

• It was released in 1964.
• Dark, red double cupped flowers
• Hybrid tea
• Medium shrub 5 tall
• Scented.

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Mrs. Dudley Cross

• Tea Rose
• Yellow and pink double flowers
• Released in 1907
• Medium shrub
• Repeat bloomer.

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New Dawn

• It was released in 1930.
• Large flowering climber
• 12-20 feet
• Repeat bloomer.
• Pink
• Scented

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Oklahoma

• It was released in 1964
• Very dark, large, high centered, long lasting red
  double flowers.
• Hybrid tea
• Medium shrub 3 tall
• Repeat bloomer
• It has few thorns

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Reve dOr

• Noisette
• Yellow open centered semi-double flowers
• Released in 1869
• Climber
• Repeat bloomer.

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SOURCES OF INFORMATION

• http//aggie-horticulture.
• tamu.edu/earthkindrose/

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Texas SuperStars

• When the test period ended three of the 11
  varieties were designated as Texas SuperStar
  plants.
• Belindas Dream
• Knock Out
• Marie Daly

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EarthKind Web Site

• http//aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/earthkindrose/

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EARTHKINDTMEnvironmental Landscape Management

• There is much more
• Composting Hardscape
• Xeriscaping Landscaping
• Pest control Chemicals
• Soil contamination Run-off

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A FINAL THOUGHT

• You can complain that roses have thorns,
• Or you can be thankful that thorny bushes have
  roses