Rose Hips: Autumn Beauty
Rose Hips
When people think about the beauty of roses, we often do not think of the beautiful hips, which provide food for birds in the winter (among other uses). They are beautiful and colorful in their own right.
11/8/10
Tag Archives: rose
07/4/10
Rose ‘Fourth of July’
Rose 'Fourth of July'
Happy Independence Day!
07/26/09
The Green Rose
Green Rose
This really is a rose, officially a China. In rose shows, it is eligible for the Genesis Award.
The cluster of green you see are really the sepals. I have been told there are true flowers deep inside the cluster of sepals; I have never seen one.
When I took the test to become an ARS Accredited Rose Judge, one of the questions was “What is the ARS color of the Green Rose?” There is no ARS color “green,” so I answered “no clue.” I think I was given partial credit for that answer.
The official color of the flowers of the Green Rose is “white.” Just some rose trivia.
07/7/09
Mermaid 2009
Rose 'Mermaid'
This is the rose that was almost destroyed in Albuquerque’s “100-year Snow” in December of 2006. Although it is not yet as tall as before the storm, 2.5 years later, ‘Mermaid’ has returned to its full glory in terms of quality and quantity of blossoms!
Patience does pay.
09/19/08
Mini-Flora Rose ‘Foolish Pleasure’
Some people think the fall bloom in the desert is even prettier than the spring bloom!
08/1/08
‘Cinnamon Delight,’ A Russet Rose
‘Cinnamon Delight’ is a miniature rose, and its official ARS color classification is russet. Russet roses are not all that common. They are generally achieved by some mix of mauve roses with yellow roses.
Probably because of the mauve component, russet roses seem to like some degree of protection from the hot afternoon sun. This one grows in a large container on the patio, where it gets lots of morning sun, but only filtered shade in the afternoon.
06/1/08
SW Desert Gardening Challenges: Snow
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for a Power Point slide presentation of some of the damage from Albuquerque’s Big Snow of December 2006, as well as recovery from that damage.
Please be patient as the show loads. Thanks!
05/31/08
One Rose with Two Names
“Yoyo” is a sport of “Gizmo,” which is the bright orange blossom in this photo. Yoyo has a range of expression, from solid red (mainly in cooler weather) to red with “hand painted” orange stripes (mainly in mid-summer).
Yoyo was registered in 2003. In 2006, the same sport was registered in its solid red phase as “Spring Fling.” At the present time, the ARS considers these two phases of the same sport to be two different roses. This was a political decision based on expediency, not on science and not on the rules for registering sports.
So, listen up, exhibitors. If you are really lucky and have a branch that reverts to Gizmo, you potentially have three entries for a rose show from one plant: Yoyo, Spring Fling, and Gizmo. The ARS is aware of this problem, and has chosen to allow the two different registrations of the same sport stand.
Go figure. Or, better yet, have a good laugh!
In the meantime, the ARS needs to develop a written policy for how the same sport independently discovered by different people will be appropriately handled. Until then, the credibility and integrity of the ARS in rose registration can fairly be called into question.
