NASHVILLE ROSE LEAFOfficial Publication of The Nashville Rose Society

Serving Rose Enthusiasts Throughout Middle Tennessee

June 3rd NRS Meeting & Picnic 6:00 PM at Mona Mishu’s Home and Garden

JUNE 2014 Volume 47, Issue 5 Affiliated with the American Rose Society - www.ars.org

2014 NRS Spring Rose ShowMassey Hall at Cheekwood, Nashville TN

Open to the Public

Saturday June 14th 1:00 p.m. until 4:30p.m

Sunday June 15th 11:00 a.m. until 4:30p.m.

Saturday and Sunday Seminars

The preparation area will open at 6:00 a.m.; entries will be received from 7 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., on Saturday.

Exhibitors and volunteers of the rose show have free admis-sion as usual. For anyone not exhibiting or volunteering that wants to attend the rose show can also receive free admis-sion if you are a member of the American Rose Society, Hor-ticultural Society of Middle Tennessee, or Cheekwood.

For more information, contact Sam and Nancy Jones – Co-Chairs at gsamj@bellsouth.net; or nancypj@bellsouth.net or Denise Thorne at denise@tec63.c0m and by phone at 615-289-2138

June Picnic!!!Everyone loves a picnic and we are so happy to finally have a place to go in June. Mona Mishu has kindly in-vited us to come to her garden on Tuesday, June 3 at 6:00 PM. Bring a covered dish and chairs and any ta-ble you might have. Address is 6224 Bridlewood Lane, Brentwood 37027, and her phone number is 615- 373-2799.

Directions:

From I-65 south of Nashville take the Brentwood exit and go west approximately 2.5 miles on Old Hickory Blvd. to the second entrance to the River Oaks sub-division. Turn left on Bridlewood Lane and 6224 is about a half block on the left. River Oaks has large entrances and is not far past Granny White Pike.

The Mishu garden is home to hundreds of roses as well as other beautiful flowers. Mona says we can come inside if the weather is bad so we will see you there rain or shine!

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Editor’s Desk

Dear Japanese Beetle;

The time has come for us to confront and resolve our relationship issues. As you know, we have been seeing each other on an annual basis since I first began growing roses. Looking back, I’m not at all convinced this was merely some “coincidence” on your part. The first time I laid eyes on you, I was im-mediately drawn to your “shiny bauble” quality. I also admired your exqui-site taste, having watched you lite on the most beautiful rose in my garden. How could either of us have known at the time how complicated our relation-ship would become over a mutual love of roses?

Our conflicts started when you began taking certain liberties that were not being extended. In the first place, you showed up uninvited. Hoping to keep the peace, I decided not to make an issue of this social slight, but you re-sponded by inviting all your relatives to join you. The next thing I knew, all your friends soon followed and as word leaked out about the unsupervised gar-den party at the Harding buffet, your little get-together turned into a virtual Beetle Bonaroo. Apparently our un-derstanding of the term “dead-head-ing” was vastly different. I searched for you in the crowds of rose-petal drunks only to find you more “buzzed” than the others. And my roses?!! Well, they were riddled with more holes than a Bonnie & Clyde getaway car. It was then that I realized our “mutual” love of roses was not exactly kismet. I loved roses for their viewing pleasure, not your consumption and it seemed we had reached an impasse in this re-gard.

We agreed from then on that each of us would do whatever was necessary to survive in the relationship. Before your annual June arrival, I would clip roses and bring them inside, or better, make bouquets to give to my friends. Then when you would show up with all your buddies, I would just lift up a fine glass of kerosene with which to “toast”

everyone. You continued to host your annual reunions but when they turned into rose smorgasbords, I would simply whip out a little batch of “Love Potion Number Sevin” and peace would be re-stored until you became restless again. As unconventional as it was, our little arrangement worked out well for the two of us for many years and I felt we had successfully resolved all of our con-flicts.

But then last year, you stood me up. You didn’t even bother to call or write. At first, I felt a little foolish…. waiting all alone in the garden with a jar of ker-osene in one hand and a bottle of Sevin in the other. Then I began to wonder the usual questions… Was it something I said?.... Something I did?.... Did you find better blooms? Then, suddenly it occurred to me that I wasn’t really all that sad. In fact, and I hope this doesn’t sound too harsh, I was actually relieved. Within no time, I found my-self prancing around the garden chant-ing the lyrics to Gloria Gaynor’s famous song “I Will Survive.”

The truth of the matter is that you and I were simply not meant to be and I feel the time has come for us to agree to a permanent parting of ways. Besides, all we ever do is hurt one another and isn’t life too short as it is?.... particu-larly yours! I’m sure that, in time, you will find love again. Might I suggest searching in a field of dandelions or chickweed?

I do want you to know that, try as I might, I will never be able to forget you. Despite that, I think you and I would agree that a clean break is our best op-tion. If it’s all the same to you, I think we should have no further contact whatsoever and respect one another’s right to pursue less harmful relation-ships. Thanking you in advance for your consent in this matter I kindly re-quest you “buzz off”.

- Starla & Jim Harding

I Ain’t Got Nuthin’ By Gene Meyer, CR

For the past two Nashville Rose Shows that’s been my refrain. Two years ago I had one nice ‘Touch of Class’. That was the best rose I had, I thought, for a chance to win. The judges thought otherwise. I had some mini’s I entered but no luck there. Right before I left home for the show I saw an open ‘Mis-ter. Lincoln’ so I cut it for the open bloom category. There must have been 30 roses entered in that class. I won! Now I believe that was pure un-adulterated luck.

This past year I didn’t have nuthin’ ei-ther. I had a ‘Hot Princess’ and ‘Mister Lincoln’ all week with sepals down, but they refused to open. You guessed it, ‘Mister Lincoln’ opened on Sunday after the show. I had a ‘Touch of Class’ but the foliage was not good. I had a few sprays I thought held some prom-ise. I decided to go for it and entered a three spray challenge. The judge said my ‘Kristen’ wasn’t open enough! Anyone who grows ‘Kristen’ knows it doesn’t ever open! I had three roses to enter into the Most Fragrant category which was to be in exhibition form also. Mine weren’t perfect so no luck again. I entered two mini English box-es and didn’t even get a ribbon. Lastly I had a bug eaten ‘Moonstone’. I took off the outer crinkly petals all Moon-stones have and the two bug eaten outer leaves. That left a rose that was shaped like a tulip instead of the pre-ferred triangle so I knew that wasn’t going to work but it was the best I had. I made the Royal Court with the ‘Moonstone’ tulip. Go figure.

Suffice it to say that I can’t say “I ain’t got nuthin’” anymore. Also your best is good enough. And what you think is your best the judges probably won’t agree. And you will win more than you think possible.

We need your participation in the Rose Show. A lot of people put in a lot of work to pull it off. Honor that work by entering your best. Your best is better than you think!

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One of the most pleasant experiences in growing roses is often missed by countless rosarians. RoseDoc is speak-ing of entering roses in rose shows against competition. Too many excel-lent rose specimens never make it to the table simply because the rosarian has a lack of confidence in winning. This is a feeling that rose societies need to dispel among their membership.

Exhibiting roses can really be enter-taining and very self-fulfilling. Just to see one’s rose win a blue ribbon for the first time is exhilarating to the ex-hibitor. Once the rose makes it to the Queen’s Court, the pleasure is magni-fied and the grower is hooked on ex-hibiting forever.

There are some basic rules that the novice exhibitor should learn. There is no better source to obtain this informa-tion than from a rose show judge. This article is written to provide a simple roadmap for beginners in the art of ex-hibiting. To know them is a giant step toward successful exhibiting.

First and foremost, develop a strong sense of self-confidence that you are in the game to win and concerted ef-fort will be exercised to accomplish the goal. Don’t expect to win at the outset but keep plugging until victory comes your way. Profit from mistakes and hone your skills to become competi-tive. Always couple the competitive spirit with a sense of unselfishness to-ward your competitor.

A look at things that produce winners in a rose show is advisable. The host Society spells out local rose show rules. These follow guidelines set by the American Rose Society. Study them and commit them to memory to avoid penalty or disqualification. A review of the six major factors in judging roses is a worthy exercise of the mind.

1. Form is the most important. Form involves how well the plant’s bloom has grown. Is the center sharp and does it come to a needlepoint shape? Has it

A Rose Show Judge Looks At Exhibitingby Ted W. Mills, ARS Master Rosarian and Judge

opened to the required 1/2 to 3/4 exhi-bition stage? Have the petals unfurled to a majestic state? Is there lateral form on the lower petals of the bloom? Examine the entry carefully and make sure the very important feature of form is developed properly.

2. Color. What about the color? Is it pure and brilliant? Has refrigeration caused it to lose its normal beauty? Has excessive rain caused it to spot or fade? Are there streaks in the petals? All of these and other facets require close examination on the part of the exhibitor. Color is important and must be considered with great care.

3. Substance. What about substance? Has the rose entry lost its vigor and vi-tality? As the old saying goes: “Does it have tired blood? Has the rose been harvested for a long period of time? It is important to enter a rose that is full of freshness and does not suffer from substance drain. Harvesting entries near show time is the best insurance against substance loss. Extended re-frigeration is not the answer and a good judge can spot freeze damage right away.

4. Stem and foliage rank just behind form in point value. Examine the en-try and enter roses that have well-de-veloped foliage and stem. Weakness in either of these two will spell defeat at the show, even though the bloom is magnificent. Damaged foliage has prevented good roses from making it to the show table. The foliage should exhibit a healthy state and display no disease or insect damage. It should not be dirty or limp.

5. Balance and Proportion. One of the determining factors in reaching a de-cision on which entries are best lies in the balance and proportion of the spec-imen. This factor is often used when two or more entries are close in compe-tition. One example encountered deals with a small rose perched on a robust stem with bountiful foliage. The bloom may be a thing of beauty, but the sub-

standard balance and proportion fac-tor will cause it to lose.

6. Size. Although the point value of size is low when compared to other require-ments, it is still important in judging. Occasionally the overall size factor will help the judge determine winners in close competition. Usually the speci-men that presents the greater size will win. If the exhibitor has two roses of the same variety and is in a quandary as to which to enter, the one with the greater size stands the better chance, all other facets being equal in the entry.

In preparing for a show, pinpointing potential winning specimens in the garden is a must. Once a sure “queen” is spotted, guard it against rain dam-age or excessive sunlight. Pamper all entries with loving care and don’t for-get to groom them well. Cleaning of foliage with a moist cloth, avoiding the use of disqualifying substances such as oil or wax. Give special attention to blooms and carefully groom petals that may be in suspect. Observed the leaves and employ scissor treatment where necessary. Handle this operation with care since competent judges can spot an overly renovated rose. Don’t forget to remove foreign materials such as cotton balls, Q-tips, or tags. Excellent entries have met disqualification be-cause of exhibitor negligence.

With several years of judging at count-less rose shows nationwide, RoseDoc well remembers one important fault that exhibitors possess. All too often, good specimens are not displayed cor-rectly in vases. They are pushed too far into the container with foliage being forced into the vases. This practice dis-turbs observant judges. Exhibit roses in their rightful fashion. Fresh, color-ful, substance-filled blooms, supported by strong stems, coupled with disease-free foliage, and displayed well, will be hard to beat come show time.

The reward is soul satisfying - go for it.

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(Cont’d on page 5)

What Gets Ground Must Come Upby Jim & Starla Harding

As a little fella, I remember my grandfather adding coffee grounds, (among other things to his garden soil) and he always grew the best vegetables! I figured if it worked for him it should work for me too.

With over 200 roses in our garden, the next question is where to get enough grounds to make a differ-ence? Considering that Starla and I are a tea totaling household that doesn’t drink coffee this could be a challenge. Even if we did, there are only two of us, so trying to drink enough coffee between us would be like spitting into the wind.

Enter our youngest daughter, Molly, who happens to work at a Starbucks. She confirmed that many of their stores give away their used coffee grounds for free. With the high cost of some fertilizers and soil amend-ments, free sounded pretty darn good so I started stopping by our lo-cal Starbucks. Each sack of grounds I took home filled up a five gallon bucket. Scattering them over the rose beds made me feel like I was carrying on an old family tradition that would make my “Papa” proud.

While it felt like I was doing some-thing good, I wondered if there was any real benefit other than taking something destined for a landfill and returning it to the earth?

Bless Al Gore’s heart; the internet

truly is a great thing. It only took a few clicks of my mouse to figure out there was a distinct difference of opinion when it came to the pH of coffee. Some sources had the pH of coffee at a 5.0; way too low for roses. Other sources touted a pH of 6.9 which would be wonderful for middle Tennessee’s chronic acidic soils. I am certainly no scientist, but I do happen to own a handy dandy Kelway pH meter. I took some cof-fee grounds home from work to test and bingo – 6.9 pH on the nose! I also tested the next batch of grounds from Starbucks – theirs had a pH of 7.0.

While this was good news, I was cu-rious as to why some sources with very respected credentials were say-ing coffee had a pH of 5.0 versus other well respected researchers that claimed a pH of 6.9? As crazy as it sounds, it turns out both are correct. Before brewing, coffee does have a very low pH, but afterwards the pH changes the grounds to a very rose friendly pH of 6.9.

As rosarians we are taught the key to roses’ ability to receive the benefits of any nutrients we offer is tied to the soil’s pH. After testing our beds I found most of them were in the low 6 range so adding the coffee grounds seems like a free, easy, organic, and environmentally friendly way to help improve the pH and get it closer to the ideal pH of 6.5.

So far so good, but it would still be nice to know how coffee grounds af-fect the soil’s nutrition, or if they are earthworm freindly? With mouse in hand I went back to the internet to see what I could find.

NutrientsCoffee grounds are packed with good nutrients. A guaranteed analy-sis from the Soil & Plant Laboratory Inc. in Bellevue, WA found that the grounds from Starbucks coffee con-tained 2.28 percent nitrogen, 0.06 percent phosphorous and 0.6 percent potassium. Magnesium and copper were also found in the grounds. In comparison to other organic fertil-izers like horse manure with an NPK of 0.6/0.4/0.5, coffee grounds have a lot to offer and without the worry of containing any weed seeds!

The nitrogen in content in coffee must decompose before it becomes available to plants. In other words it acts like a slow release fertilizer for long term nitrogen input. Nearly all of the potassium and magnesium are immediately available when blended with the soil. About half of the cop-per and calcium are in immediately available forms. To get the most benefit mix the coffee grounds into the soil. Avoid depositing thick lay-ers on top, because coffee compacts easily and can form a water barrier.

ExpertsA study conducted in 2007 by re-searchers from Saginaw Valley State University states that coffee grounds reduce soil compaction, improves aeration, decreases insects breeding in the soil and increases the produc-tion of worms.

WormsGardeners everywhere know the benefits of worms and how they aer-ate the soil, working in important nu-

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What Gets Ground Must Come Up(Cont’d from page 4)

trients. Worms love coffee grounds, because of their small particle size, moisture retention, and their abil-ity to grow microorganisms. Adding coffee grounds to the soil will make it more attractive to worms, adding a direct benefit to your roses.

PestsI cannot vouch for this one, but ac-cording multiple sources I found, slugs and snails, two garden antago-nists, are no fans of coffee. Mulching with coffee grounds around plants will help reduce the ravages of these pests. According to Ann Lovejoy, garden writer for the Kitsap Sun, the caffeine and acid present in the grounds is absorbed by the slugs as they move over them, and it acts as a poison. Other sources cited said that coffee does not actually kill the slugs, but acts as a deterrent. Either way it is safe for you and your soil --- not so much for the slugs.

All of this sounds pretty good, but I am a visual person, so out of curiosity I wondered if something could grow in nothing but coffee grounds? I filled a small cup with some grounds, sprinkled in some grass seed, added water and a few weeks later there was lush green growth that looked a lot better than my lawn! Proof that what gets ground down can yield something good coming up.

I guess I could have taken the gar-dening practices of my grandfather at face value and

simply follow in his footsteps, but it feels good to back it up with knowl-edge. After doing my homework, the bottom line is that on every level, using the dregs from the local cof-fee shop are good for the garden, the roses, the soil, the worms, the envi-ronment and my wallet.

One last thought. Not being coffee drinkers, Starla and I began feeling a little guilty about taking something for free without offering anything in

return, so we routinely bring a vase of roses as our way of saying thanks. The Starbucks staff seem apprecia-tive. They proudly display the roses next to the condiments and tell their customers to look at what one of their customers grew with their cof-fee. While not one hundred percent truthful, we do not correct them as it is the thought that counts. One of the best reasons for growing roses is to share them. By giving back to Starbucks, maybe this is one small way to plant some rosy ideas in the heads of the young hip generation!

This article was first published in 2012, Vol. 18, Issue 2, of KATNips, a publication of the TANARKY Dis-trict. Mary Bates, editor.

In Case You Are Wondering...

...the answer is Yes!

As in “Yes”, we still have no presi-dent, which is a sad fact about our beloved Nashville Rose Society.

We have been spoiled the past two years by past President Tom Beath, who not only led honorably and du-tifully, but also wrote wonderful President’s Columns for us to read each month. Six months into 2014 we are still leaderless.

So this is a friendly reminder to con-sider stepping up and filling this important position in our society. There are plenty of awesome people to provide the support you need so no previous experience required.

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What Are Adjuvants?by Dr. Raymond A. Cloyd

Pesticides including insecticides, mi-ticides, and fungicides are commonly used by rosarians to “combat” insect and mite pests, and diseases so as to grow high quality roses. Some pesti-cide labels recommend incorporating an adjuvant into pesticide spray solu-tions to increase the performance of an application. However, some pesti-cides already have an adjuvant or ad-juvants incorporated into the formula-tion. An adjuvant is a material added to a pesticide mixture (solution) in order to improve or alter deposition, toxicity, mixing ability, persistence, and/or other attributes that will en-hance pesticide performance. The benefits of adjuvants are 1) improve wettability of spray solution, 2) mini-mize evaporation of spray droplets, 3) improve weatherability of pesticides, 4) increase penetration through plant tissues or insect skin (cuticle), 5) ad-just pH of spray solution, and 6) en-hance spray droplet deposition. There are many types of adjuvants including surfactants, stickers, spreader-stick-ers, extenders, activators, compat-ibility agents, buffers and acidifiers, deposition aids, defoaming agents, thickners, attractants, and spray colo-rants.

Adjuvants are commercially available from most nurseries, garden centers, and chemical supply companies. One of most widely-used adjuvants are surfactants, which are surface active agents used to improve the ability of a pesticide to stick or adhere to and be absorbed by the target surface. This enhances spray coverage by reducing the surface tension of the spray drop-lets thus allowing the spray droplets to spread-out; providing a larger surface area in which a plant can absorb the pesticide or increases contact with in-sect and/or mite pests, and foliar fun-gal spores. In addition, a surfactant, when added to a pesticide spray mix-ture improves cohesion and dispersal of sprays, and increases wetting (or coverage) on plant leaves, stems, and fruits. A surfactant can also reduce the surface tension of spray droplets al-

lowing for better coverage on waxy or hairy leaf surfaces of certain plants or outer covering (cuticle) of insects and mites. Oils such as vegetable, soybean (soy), cottonseed, and even soaps will reduce the surface tension of water thus acting as surfactants.

There are four types of surfactants;

1. Nonionic: does not react with water.

2. Anionic: ionize into negatively charged ions in water.

3. Cationic: ionize into positively charged ions in water.

4. Amphteric: forms both positive and negative charges in water depending on the pH of the solution.

The three primary surfactants are: nonionic, anionic, and catonic. Non-ionic surfactants are the most com-monly-used surfactants. They are designed to increase penetration of pesticides through the plant tissues. This may increase the effectiveness of systemic and translaminar (which means the material penetrates the leaf tissue and forms a reservoir of active ingredient within the leaf) in-secticides, miticides, and fungicides by improving absorption into plant tissues. Anionic surfactants are used to prevent pesticides from washing-off plants as a result of rainfall or wa-tering. Also, they prohibit pesticides from being rapidly absorbed through the plant tissues (plant surfaces have a negative charge), which keeps pes-ticides on the outer surface of leaves when exposed to environmental con-ditions such as sunlight and tempera-ture. In addition, anionic surfactants may increase the effectiveness of con-tact pesticides and stomach poison in-secticides because they retain residues on the leaf surface instead of being ab-sorbed by plant leaves. This translates into better suppression of fungal leaf diseases and leaf-feeding insects such as caterpillars. Cationic surfactants are strongly attracted to plant surfac-

es. As such, caution is warranted due to potential for plant injury (=phyto-toxicity). Therefore, these surfactants are not used as much as nonionic and anionic surfactants.

There are a number of factors that may influence the selection of a surfac-tant including 1) physical properties of target surface, which is associated with leaf waxiness and the presence of hairs or trichomes on leaves; 2) physi-cal and chemical properties of a pesti-cide that are related to solubility prop-erties (ability to be dissolved in water or not); 3) application method (foliar, granule, or drench); 4) environmen-tal conditions and cultural practices [rainfall, sunlight, and irrigation (wa-tering)]; and biology and pest habi-tats relating to location on plant and protective covering associated with mealybugs and scales. It is important to understand, even when using a sur-factant that plant stress may reduce effectiveness of foliar-applied system-ic and translaminar pesticides due to rapid drying of spray droplets.

Adjuvants, such as surfactants, may enhance the performance of a pesti-cide application and as such should be considered when dealing with insect and mite pests, and diseases on roses. However, always read the label of a pesticide to determine if it is legal to add a surfactant to the pesticide spray solution as some pesticides already contain adjuvants in the formulation.

HAPPY ROSE GROWING!

Author:

Raymond A. Cloyd

Professor and Extension Specialist in Horticultural Entomology/Plant ProtectionKansas State UniversityDepartment of Entomology123 Waters HallManhattan, KS 66506-4004Phone: 785-532-4750Emai: rcloyd@ksu.edu

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Disclaimer: While the advice and information in this newsletter is believed to be true and accurate at the time of publi-cation, neither the authors nor the editor(s) accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may have been made.

The Nashville Rose Society makes no warranty, expressed or implied with respect to the material contained herein.

Nashville Rose Society Membership

We are a non-profit organization serving the middle Tennessee area to educate persons on growing and exhibiting roses. Membership is open to everyone who supports the objec-tives of the organization. Annual dues of $20.00 per household include a sub-scription to The Nashville Rose Leaf, the official newsletter of the society. To join, send a check payable to Nashville Rose Society to:

Marty Reich, 5020 Dovecote Dr., Nashville, TN 37220-1614

Phone: (615) 833-0791; E-mail: marty615@bellsouth.net

Nashville Rose LeafThe Nashville Rose Leaf is published

eleven times annually by the Nashville Rose Society, Nashville, TN

Editors: Jim & Starla Harding, Sam Jones & Leann Barron

Editorial Advisory Committee: Marty Reich

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A Rose Lover’s CalendarNRS, Tenarky, & ARS Coming Events

JUNE

3 6:00 PM - NRS Picnic at Mona Mishu’s Home and Garden, 6224 Bridlewood Lane, Brentwood, TN 37027, and her phone number is 615- 373-2799.

14-15 NRS Spring Rose Show at Cheekwood - For more information, con tact Sam and Nancy Jones – Co-Chairs at gsamj@bellsouth.net; or nancypj@bellsouth.net or Denise Thorne at denise@tec63.c0m and by phone at 615-289-2138

JULY

1 NRS Meeting at Cheekwood 6:30 PM Beginners Program: Ron Daniels on building rose beds 7:15 PM Main Program

AUGUST

5 NRS Meeting at Cheekwood 6:30 PM Beginners Program: Jack Wedekind Growing Roses in Pots 7:15 PM Main Program

ARS Consulting Rosarians

South NashvilleLeann Barron (615) 269-0240Marty Reich* (615) 833-0791

West NashvilleTom Beath (615) 481.3589Keith Garman (615) 352-6219Sam* & Nancy Jones (615) 646-4138

Brentwood AreaCecil* Ward (615)373-2245Gene Meyer (615) 373-0303

Franklin AreaAnne Owen* (615) 794-0138Logan* & Joan Shillinglaw(615) 790-7346Robbie*&Marsha Tucker(615) 595-9187

Hendersonville AreaRon Daniels (615) 330-7083Jack Wedekind (615) 824-8696

Murfreesboro AreaDillard & Diane Lester(615) 896-0203

Columbia AreaLyle Worsham* (931) 388-4547

Lebanon-Watertown AreaJeff Harvey (615) 268-7089Jennifer Harvey (615) 268-7032Denise Thorne (615) 237-9757

Duck River-Centerville AreaLarry* & Connie Baird(931) 729-5259

Manchester AreaCindy Worch (931) 723-2142

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Highlights from the NRS May Meeting

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Sustainable Rose Care

The May meeting featured a wonderful program that fo-cused on sustainable rose care practices in Middle Tenne-see. NRS member and consulting rosarian Cindy Worch will shared her knowledge and experiences that we could all

Beautiful Spring Blooms!

Despite the cold harsh winter many NRS members had beautiful spring blooms to share at the May meeting

Event News

NRS member and Tenarky Vice President Sam Jones shared information about upcoming events, the Urban Gardening Festival and the Nashville Rose Show.