Slide 2 Buck Roses PRESENTATION by Kent Zwick August 27, 2014
Spokane Rose Society Slide 3 Distant Drums ~ Buck 1985 Photo by
Connie Gale at RR Slide 4 Buck Roses ~ Opening Statement I just
sort of fell into it No planning, just two roses that caught my eye
Quietness & Distant Drums And then the main reason: I found
them much more difficult to kill. After that they grew on me !
Slide 5 QUIETNESS ~ Buck 2003 Photo by Connie Gale at RR Slide 6
Buck Roses Sometime after the second tier of block I began thinking
about trying to acquire all of his roses still in commerce.
Depending on your source there are 104 varieties in commerce.
Maybe! Name discrepancies New varieties popping up from the Buck
family There are 8 lost Buck roses Slide 7 PRAIRIE SQUIRE ~ BUCK
SHR 1984 Photo by Connie Gale at NR Slide 8 GRIFFITH BUCK 1915-1991
Pen PalSpanish Catalonian Pedro Dot Guessing this was pre high
school DOT gave him rose growing tips and introduced him to
hybridizing. The DOT family contact lasted for three generations.
This interest was just that of a home gardener, nothing compared to
what followed. Prior to WWII he was a teacher for 5 years in one of
the Iowa school districts and as far as I can tell, just that a
teacher. In WWII the served as a Paratrooper in the Golden Unicorn
Division and saw combat in Europe. Slide 9 PRAIRIE SQUIRE ~ BUCK
SHR 1984 Photo by Connie Gale at NR Slide 10 GRIFFITH BUCK After
that he was no longer just a teacher BS in June 1948 MS in December
1949 PHD in March 1953 All dealing with Horticulture &
Microbiology He became an assistant professor in 53 but did not
become a full professor until 1974 This can lead to rampant
speculation, but Ill get to that later. Slide 11 LES SJULIN ~ BUCK
1981 Photo by Connie Gale at RR Slide 12 GRIFFITH BUCK His post
graduate work must have gained him a pretty sound reputation.
Canadians Dr. Frank Skinner and Will Godfrey (Manitoba) asked him
to hybridize the unique Siberian wild rose Rosa Laxa Semipalantinsk
a repeat bloomer Buck worked with Rosa Laxa for 3-4 years with
indifferent successthen in collaboration with Kordes of Germany he
used Josef Rothmund as the seed parent: got 5 seeds from the cross.
All germinated and four were like Rosa Laxa and one was the color
of Josef Rothmund, and that became the parent of all Bucks Slide 13
Rural Rhythm ~ Buck 1984 Photo by Connie Gale at RR Slide 14
GRIFFITH BUCK I would have loved to have met the man Tenacious,
Maybe pugnacious Expert at academic infighting, Yet maybe not. Left
a trail of bruised egos and no support following. Definitely
UNCONVENTIONAL, INDEPENDENT & EXASPERATING Slide 15 Pipe Dreams
~ Buck SH 1984 Photo by Connie Gale at RR Slide 16 BUCK ROSES
Hardiness and disease resistance were a result of budget restraints
and not intent. Seeding one year in greenhouse Transplant to
garden, then just add water First roses were huge 10-12H, 12-15W.
One of the first early successes Apple Jack [1973] is still quite
large but not the giant of its predecessors. Wandering Wind [1973]
was the first of the smaller shrub roses. Slide 17 DISTANT DRUMS ~
Buck 1985 Photo by Connie Gale at RR Slide 18 THE NAME OF THE ROSE
Not a marketing man Named for friends & whims Names and
confusion Slide 19 APPLE JACK ~ Buck 1973 Photo by Connie Gale at
NR Slide 20 THE SPIRIT OF THE MAN 12 Prairie 4 Country 20 Friends
Slide 21 Distant Drums ~ Buck 1985 Photo by Connie Gale at RR Slide
22 RETRIBUTION Buck retired in 1985 The entire program and all
breeding stock was destroyed shortly thereafter. Slide 23 WINTER
SUNSET ~ BUCK ROSE Photo by Connie Gale at NR Slide 24 CREDITS
& THANKS MY THANKS TO CONNIE GALE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE
POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND AS THE CAMERA ARTIST WHO CAPTURED THE
BEAUTY OF BUCKS ROSES Slide 25 CREDITS & THANKS MY THANKS TO
CONNIE GALE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POWERPOINT PRESENTATION AND
AS THE CAMERA ARTIST WHO CAPTURED THE BEAUTY OF BUCKS ROSES
NORTHLAND ROSARIUM WWW.NORTHLANDROSARIUM.COM IOWA STATE WEB SITE:
HTTP://WWW.CAD.IASTATE.EDU/PROSES.HTML JULIE GUSTAFSON: GRIFFITH
BUCK(1915-1991) HTTP://WWW.CAD.IASTATE.EDU/GRIFFITHBUCK.HTML
BOTANICAS ROSES [PUBLISHED BY LAUREL GLEN 2000] SNOW ROSES DESERT
BLOOMS J.E. ORMESHER PHD PLUM PUBLISHING WWW.NORTHLANDROSARIUM.COM
HTTP://WWW.CAD.IASTATE.EDU/PROSES.HTML
HTTP://WWW.CAD.IASTATE.EDU/GRIFFITHBUCK.HTML Slide 26 RR ~ PHOTOS
TAKEN AT ZWICKS ROCK RIDGE ROSE GARDEN [email protected] NR ~
PHOTOS TAKEN AT NORTHLAND ROSARIUM WWW.NORTHLANDROSARIUM.COM ALL
ROSE DESCRIPTIONS UNDER NOTES TAB
HTTP://WWW.CAD.IASTATE.EDU/PROSES.HTML PHOTOGRAPHY BY CONNIE GALE
[email protected][email protected] WWW.NORTHLANDROSARIUM.COM
HTTP://WWW.CAD.IASTATE.EDU/PROSES.HTML [email protected]
