Since roses are at their peak bloom in May in the Lowcountry, the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society is celebrating May as their Rose Month instead of June. In some areas of the country, the Rose reigns supreme in the garden in June but not in the Lowcountry.
As in the past four years, the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society is having an exhibition of members’ roses and other rose-related items at Johns Island Public Library’s Display Cabinet just as you enter the library to your right. You can pick up brochures about growing roses and membership application forms both to Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society and the American Rose Society from the display.
The Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society holds their monthly meeting on the third Mondays of the month at James Island Town Hall at 1122 Dills Bluff Rd on James Island, SC 29412. Social starts at 6:30 pm with meeting at 7:00 pm. Everyone is welcome to attend and the admission is FREE.
Our members enjoy the benefit of the American Rose Society Consulting Rosarians who give pro bono service answering various questions on rose culture for free. Consulting Rosarians are nationally accredited rose authorities. They take classes from the American Rose Society sponsored schools and take continuing education every three years to maintain their status.
Some gardeners have the wrong notion that roses are difficult to grow. It is not so. The Rose has been around for millions of years and has grown naturally throughout North America. If it survived millions of years, it can survive anywhere provided you give them what they need – water, food and sunshine. Just like us. If you provide them with their basic needs, you’ll be rewarded with the most beautiful flower there is. The Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society will teach you how to grow beautiful roses. There are so many roses on the market that growing roses is not that difficult as choosing the varieties to plant.
President Ronald Reagan signed the proclamation declaring The Rose as our National Floral Emblem on November 20, 1986. Several states have it as their state flower. Charleston is home to the only class of old garden roses, the Noisette Rose, that was bred, evaluated and introduced to the world by the United States.
Let’s celebrate May as the Rose Month in the Lowcountry! We are blessed with this beautiful flower in our midst so let’s all grow roses. At least One Rose for Every Home!
For more info on growing roses, visit the following sites:
