The Second Annual Corrales Rose Society Dr Huey Tour, May 25, 2015
The Second Annual Corrales Rose Society Dr Huey Tour was, once again, a memorable event. The abundance of the rose, the Hybrid wichurana, Dr. Huey, used as rootstock for many grafted roses here in Desert Southwest, is a cautionary tale about microclimates, winter protection, and maybe just letting grow what survives well in a given spot.
Tim Price has explained this in detail with his photos of Dr. Huey from this year’s tour. Please visit Tim’s blog to read in depth about this year’s tour and see his images of Dr. Huey. (My discussion and images from the 2014 tour are here.) Tim has done such a thorough job of showing and explaining the significance of the abundance of Dr. Huey bushes in Corrales, in this post I am going to show a few highlights from the tour itself.
The rose highlight of the 2014 Dr. Huey Tour for me was seeing a Dr. Huey specimen 20 feet tall and 20 feet wide. The rose highlight of the 2015 tour for me was seeing this specimen of Rosa multiflora, a species rose. I had never seen one before, and had never really thought about seeing one. In fact, I was so taken aback that I did not have the presence of mind to ask if I could take a cutting. I’ll ask the next time I visit. Isn’t it a beautiful rose, even though a bit past its prime in this image (as it was in all the images from yesterday):
This is a close-up of a Dr. Huey bloom from the tour:
Tim and Laurie have a large, beautiful bush of Dr. Huey on their land:
Seeing all the Dr. Huey examples in the Village of Corrales is the goal of the Dr. Huey Tour. But there is so much fun in the process of doing that, I’m already looking forward to the Third Annual Corrales Rose Society Dr. Huey Tour a year from now!
Tim, the photographer, and Laurie, the artist, stopped along Corrales Road, the main street of Corrales. documenting a Dr. Huey or two.
The multiflora is interesting. As I said the first time I noticed it I thought it was an apple tree growing in a weird place on the property and then noticed it was a rose. The last photo shows how there are Dr. Hueys on both sides of the road by how we are looking different directions.
Hi, Tim. The more I looked at the multiflora images, the more beautiful it became to me. I spent some time looking it up today. Thank you for showing it to me!
Yes, the last photo shows that, and it also reminds me in so many ways of our various photographic expeditions over the years. Always with something unexpected and wonderful, but also always comfortable, familiar, and fun!
It was a great day!