Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society 2014 Rose Show Awards

2014 CLRS ANNUAL ROSE SHOW HORTICULTURE AWARDS

 

CLASS                       TITLE                         VARIETY(S)                    PRESENTER(S)

                                                              

LARGE CHALLENGE CLASSSES

 

1.         Sea Island Challenge                         No Entry

            HT/Gr 5 Different –

            Separate Containers

2.         Coastal Carolina Challenge               No Entry

MF 7 Different –

            Separate Containers

3.         Lowcountry Challenge                       No Entry

            Mini 7 Different –

            Separate Containers  

4.         Fragrant Roses                                Fire Fighter                    Rosemary O’Connor

 

                                                              LARGE COLLECTION CLASSES

 

5.         Collection 3 HT/Gr                             Marlon’s Day                          Mike Denson

            Same or Different

6.         Collection 5 HT/Gr                             No Entry

            Same Variety

7.         Cycle of Bloom HT/Gr                       No Entry

            Same Variety

8.         English Box Exhibition                       Not Awarded

            Same or Different

9.         Rose Bowl Exhibition                         Fame!                                      Pat Hibbard

10.       Artist’s Palette                                     No Entry

            5 F Different

11.       Picture Frame HT                                Marlon’s Day                          Mike Denson

12.       Rose Bouquet                                     Not Awarded

            At least 3 Different    

 

                                                            HYBRID TEAS AND GRANDIFLORAS

 

13.       Queen Hybrid Tea/Gr                         Marlon’s Day                          Mike Denson

            King Hybrid Tea/Gr                            Marilyn Wellan                       Mike Denson

            Princess Hybrid Tea/Gr                     Keepsake                     Sandy & Bob Lundberg

            Court 1 Hybrid Tea/Gr                       Randy Scott                Sandy & Bob Lundberg

            Court 2 Hybrid Tea/Gr                       Moonstone                              Mike Denson

            Court 3 Hybrid Tea/Gr                       Let Freedom Ring       Sandy & Bob Lundberg

14.       Hybrid Tea or Gr Spray                      Black Baccara                         Bill Prioleau   

15.       Fully Open Hybrid Tea/Gr                  Pacific Celebration                  Mike Denson

                                   

 

                                                                        FLORIBUNDAS

 

16.       Floribunda One Bloom                       Harold’s Pride             Sandy & Bob Lundberg

17.       Floribunda Informal Bloom                No entry

18.       Prince Floribunda Spray                 Sexy Rexy                   Sandy and Bob Lundberg

 

                                                                        POLYANTHAS

19.       Polyantha Spray                            Sneprincesse                Sandy and Bob Lundberg

 

                                                            LARGE FLOWERED CLIMBERS

 

20.       True Climber                                       Candy Land                            Pat Hibbard

 

                                                                        SHRUBS

 

21.       Classic Shrub                                  Buff Beauty                            Matt Potter

22.       A. Modern Shrub                           Scarlet Meidiland                    Pat Hibbard

            B. Knock Out Roses                       Knock Out                              Jane Hamrick

 

                                                                        OLD GARDEN ROSES

 

23.       Dowager Queen                                  Mme. Plantier                          Matt Potter

            OGR Prior to 1867

24.       Victorian Rose                                The Fairy                                 Rosemary O’Connor

            OGR In or After 1867

 

                                    MINIATURE/MINIFLORA COLLECTION CLASSES

 

25.       Mini/MF Cycle of Bloom                   Dr. John Dickman       Sandy and Bob Lundberg

26.       Mini/MF Collection                            Daddy Frank               Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            3 Same or Different

27.       Mini/MF English Box                         Shirley Raye                Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            Same or Different

28.       Mini/MF Artist’s Palette         Daddy Frank, Chelsea Belle,  Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            5 Different                              Renegade, Joy, Ty

29.       Mini/MF Rose Bowl                           Nancy Jean                  Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            Exhibition

30.       Mini/MF Rose Bouquet                      Various                        Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            At least 3 Different Varieties

31.       Mini/MF Picture Frame                       Shirley Raye                Sandy and Bob Lundberg

 

                                                                        MINIATURES

 

32.       Mini Queen                                 Daddy Frank               Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            Mini King                                    Fairhope                      Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            Mini Princess                               Renegade                    Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            Mini Court 1                                Marie Jeanette             Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            Mini Court 2                               Intimidator                  Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            Mini Court 3                              Not Awarded

33.       Mini Spray                                  Chelsea Belle              Sandy and Bob Lundberg

34.       Mini/MF Fully Open                   Lo and Behold            Mike Denson

 

                                                                        MINIFLORAS

 

35.       MiniFlora Queen                                 Abby’s Angel              Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            MiniFlora King                                   Butter Cream              Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            MiniFlora Princess                              Contrary Mary            Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            MiniFlora Court 1                               Whirlaway                   Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            MiniFlora Court 2                               Wright Touch              Sandy and Bob Lundberg

            MiniFlora Court 3                               Shameless                    Sandy and Bob Lundberg

36.       MiniFlora Sprays                                 Not Awarded

 

                                                                        NOVICE

 

37.       Novice Queen                                     No entry

            HT/Gr/F

38.       Novice King                                        No entry

            Mini/MiniF

 

                                                            JUDGES’ CLASSES

 

39.       Judges 3 HT/Gr                                   No entry

            Same or Different – Separate Vases

            Judges 3 Mini/MiniF                    Nancy Jean                  Richard and Linda Wickett

            Same or Different – Separate Vases

 

Preparing Winners in the Garden and at the Show!

This Article by Sandy Lundberg, a Past President of the Charleston Lowcountry Rose Society won an Award of Merit from the American Rose Society in the 2013 ARS Newsletter/Bulletin competition, announced recently in the American Rose Magazine, May/June 2014 issue.

 

     May 11, 2013-----Show time for the Charleston Rose Society.  This spring has been a challenge for growers.  Last year the roses came two weeks early and this year they are two weeks late!

 

For novice or inexperienced exhibitors, the question is "what do I need to do to win"?  Many new exhibitors will try to bring everything they can from the garden and hope that they will get lucky.  Experienced exhibitors will advise you that in order to win, only the best quality roses should be entered and then the time that would have been spent trying to enter a large volume of roses, can be used to work on further improving the best specimens that you have.

 

What can be done in the garden?

     Improvements to your roses can start in the garden.  Often a bloom will be bent because it stayed attached to one of the sepals.  Gently pull the sepal loose and attach a small dowel stick just under the small bud.  Wrap the stick tight to the stem with parafilm or plastic bread wrapper material cut in strips.  Crooked stems can be gradually straightened by the same method.  Pale foliage can be darkened by using Sequestrine or Sprint 330 at the rate of 1 tablespoon per big bush or 1 teaspoon per miniature rose bush.  Continue to cut side growth early in its development so that you leave only about a 1/4 to 1/2 inch.  Do remember to pop these out at the show!  Potential sprays that you forgot to remove the center bud from can sometimes be pulled together with some yarn while growing and storing so that the gap will fill in.  Mist with Orthene WP at the rate of 1 tablespoon per gallon every two or three nights to prevent thrip damage.  This must be started as soon as the sepals begin to part on the blooms and show color.   Many exhibitors like to fertilize with a bloom builder formulation a couple of weeks before the show.  Wal-Mart and K-Mart carry Green Light Super Bloom 12-55-6 or you can continue to use Miracle-Gro.  Some exhibitors will also use fish emulsion for enhancing the color.  Don't forget to keep up your regular spray program and watch for spider mites.  They usually are present in our Lowcountry gardens by the third or fourth week of April.

 

     Watering should be done every day the week before the show.  It is the moisture in the petals that enables the rose to form starch in those petals.  Without this moisture to create substance in the petals, the rose will not last and will become limp.  Cutting the stem again at the show before putting it in the vase will also allow the rose to take up water to the petals enabling it to last longer.

 

 What is the ideal winning entry? 

     The ideal entry will be on a long, straight stem, free of insect and/or disease damage, both in the flower and foliage.   Since "form" is the most important factor in judging a rose, only roses with good form should be entered.  If a rose displays more than one point in the center (split centers) or "bull noses" (where a portion of the inner petal has folded over making a curved center), these are not worth entering.  The rose should exhibit exhibition form, which means that the center of the bloom should spiral to a high point and the rows of petals are evenly spaced out from the center.  Size, although given only 10 points on the judging scale, usually becomes very important in selecting the Queen.  With other factors being equal, generally the larger bloom will win Queen of Show.  Of course, old garden roses exhibit characteristics different from hybrid teas, floribundas and minis.   The foliage should be evenly spaced, undamaged, and not twisted. 

 

How and when should the roses be cut?

     The ideal time for cutting blooms is early morning or early evening when the rose has a lot of moisture, but roses do not always reach their ideal cutting stage at these times.  If a bloom is ready in the middle of the day, go ahead and cut it.  Just bring it into the cool house right away.  As you cut, place the blooms in a bucket of warm water.  Do not cram too many in the bucket at one time as you may tear some of the foliage.  Cut enough stem length to allow for a re-cut for conditioning and one at the show, but try not to rob the plant of more leaves than necessary.  If you have access to refrigeration, blooms can be cut mid-week, although some varieties will hold even longer in refrigeration.  You should experiment with your roses to see how many days various varieties will last.

 

How should the roses be conditioned and stored?

     After washing the foliage with warm, soapy water to remove any spray residue, place the bloom in a bucket of warm water, preferably up to the neck for a period of 1 1/2 to 2 hours to "harden off" for large roses.  "Harden off" minis and minifloras for 30 minutes and I like to “harden off” big roses for about an hour before refrigeration.  Then place in conditioned water for refrigeration.  Crysal RVB or Flora-Life are good for this.  In order to save time on the morning of the show, it is a good idea to polish the leaves and trim any damaged foliage right before refrigerating the rose. Trim any oversized sepals and check under the leaves for insect eggs.    Do not trim any petals on the bloom until the morning of the show, otherwise they will bruise.

 

What other things can be done before the show?

     The more you can do ahead of time, the more time you will have in the prep room to work on enhancing your roses.  Study the show schedule and try to decide in general terms those categories you want to enter based on what you believe will be available from your garden.  Remember the rule of thumb: If a bud isn't showing color between the sepals on Sunday, it will not be ready for the show the following Saturday.  Fill out entry tags for all the varieties you plan to enter.  If you plan a large number of entries, it would be wise to place them in alphabetical order in a file box.  Fill in all the information except for section and class and exhibitor's number unless you can get the number in advance.  Make a list of the varieties you plan to take and look up the correct spelling in the 2013 Handbook for Selecting Roses or The Combined Rose List.  The name printed in boldfaced type is the exhibition name that must be used.  If you are afraid you will forget the name of your roses, attach some kind of tag with the name on it to the rose.  But, remember to remove those identification tags before entering the rose. 

 

How do you prepare roses for entry to the best advantage?

     If you have had to transport your roses to the show in a cooler, you need to get them set into vases and allow at least 30 minutes for them to warm up before attempting to do necessary grooming such as opening up ones that are too tight with Q-tips.  During this time, you can be selecting and putting miniatures and floribundas, etc. into vases and putting entry tags on them.  Check each hybrid tea for the short stubs you left when you cut off the emerging side growth.  They should pop out easily.  If not, use a sharp knife to cut them being careful to not cut the foliage beneath.  Work the opening of hybrid teas gradually row by row.  Once you have the Queen, Miniflora Queen and Mini Queen contenders well under way, then you can look at the rest of the roses for possibilities for other classes such as collections, English boxes, floating bloom in a bowl, etc.  For collections, try to match the bloom size as closely as possible.  For full open entries make sure the stamens show and are fresh and that the bloom presents a circular outline.  Sprays should form a curved appearance with no blooms sticking above the plane and no large gaps in the spray.  Old garden roses should be fresh and exhibit the characteristics of that particular variety. 

 

     Exhibiting can be challenging and a great deal of fun.  If you have preplanned it will keep you from feeling rushed and making mistakes.  So, bring your best roses to the show and plan to win!