Have you ever gazed at a beautiful arrangement and said “I wish I could do that”. Here’s your chance.
The Nashville Rose Society is proud to sponsor Arrangement Day, conducted by our own National
Award winning arrangers Connie Baird and Sara Jo Gill. On Saturday, September 11th from 8:30 to 3:00 in the Classroom at Cheekwood Botanical Gardens in Nashville.
Connie Baird will cover the Principals and Elements of Design and basics of flower arranging.
Oriental principals and concepts will be presented by Sara Jo Gill.
A light lunch will be provided followed by an afternoon hands on workshop that will give everyone the opportunity to practice their flower arranging.
Bring lots and lots of flowers, clippers, and any container you would like to work with.
Registration is $10.00 and will have to be limited to 25 people due to space in the classroom.
Make checks to Nashville Rose Society and mail to Connie Baird, 2571 Totty’s Bend Rd,
Duck River, Tn. 38454
The Japanese beetle is brilliantly colored, oval, and less than half an inch long. Wing colors are coppery with fine lines that run the length of its wing cases, and the body is a beautiful metallic green. The five tufts of white hairs projecting from under the wing covers on each side and the two patches of white hairs at the tip of the abdomen are the distinguishing characteristics.
Adults feed in the daytime from early June to Labor Day. They devour leaves as well as flowers. Leaf tissue is eaten between the veins so that the foliage looks somewhat like lace.
Birds LOVE to eat Japanese beetle, so attract them to your landscape with bird baths,feedersand nesting boxes. And don’t chase away starlings! These so-called ‘pest’ birds feed on both the adults AND their grub-babies in your lawn! Another great natural enemy is the Spring Tiphia wasp, which was imported into our country from China to control the pests. The female wasp goes into the soil and lays her eggs right on Japanese beetle grubs, killing up to 85 percent of the grubs in a lawn. The best way to get rid of them is make a cup of soapy water and pick them off of your blooms and drop them in there. Don’t squish them, for they put out a sex hormone and a track more.
SPIDER MITES
Mites are less than 1/16 inch but are visible to the unaided eye, and a magnifying glass or hand lens makes them easy to see. The most common symptom on the rose is foliage that is bronzed color and stippled. From a distance, leaves look yellow and dusty. You also may be able to see very fine webs between the leaves. Heavily infested rose leaves turn brown, curl, and fall off. If you shake suspicious looking leaves over a piece of white paper you can see what looks like pepper on the paper. Spider mite populations can build up to tremendous numbers and can decimate roses in a very short time if the conditions are right. Hot, dry weather, plants that are very close together with little air circulation and little water offer a haven for these little creatures. Dust and dirt on leaf surfaces reduce the cooling effect of transpiration and favor mite buildup. Miniature roses seem to be particularly susceptible to spider mite attack and can completely defoliate in a matter of days. Roses experiencing drought stress are also more susceptible to spider mites. The best protection against an invasion of mites is good cultural conditions and a little overhead shower. Remove any fallen leaves or branches, as well as weeds, which may serve as a host for spider mites. Keep plants well watered. Selective control of mites is available with miticides. When hosing off the plant, make sure to rinse the entire plant, top to bottom, as well as the undersides of the leaves using a hard spray of water. Once spider mites are knocked off of the plant, they can’t crawl back. The watering should be done in the morning or early evening so that the leaves can dry before nightfall.
A new photo album has been added for NRS members to send pictues of their roses and garden
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2009 was a great year for the
Nashville Rose Leaf. Our newsletter received the American Rose Society’s 2009 Bulletin Contest Silver Medal award for the second year in a row.Thanks goes to the editorial advisory committee;Jim & Starla Harding,Marty Reich,Sam Jones, Leann Barron, Don Reed and Jean Bruce
Picture of a sucker
A sucker is a new plant growing up from the roots of the old plant. You need to take away the soil from around it to find where it's growing off a root and break it off there. If you just cut it off at ground level, it will grow back stronger.
DEIDRE HALL
Hybrid Tea / Large-Flowered.
Yellow blend. Moderate fragrance. Average diameter 5.5". Large, full (26-40 petals), cluster-flowered, in small clusters, exhibition, high-centered bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Tall, upright. Large, glossy, dark green foliage.
Height of 5' to 6'
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