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Re: Old Rose Program





Valerie Lowery@ZEON
11/02/98 09:27 AM

What is the make-up of your rose club?  Mostly hybrid tea lovers?  If so,
they are going to want to hear why they should consider old roses.
Emphasize the fact that they don't require as much maintenance and live
longer.  They give a better "country garden" feel to the garden because
they are so bushy/blousey vs. the lanky look of hybrid teas.  The blooms
are have a more diversified form than what you can find in teas (ex:
cabbage, single-petaled, etc).  I would also talk about some of the old
roses that have blooms most of the season, or at least give fall interest
with the color change of leaves (two of my old roses turn a wonderful
bronze-red and another one gives bright cherry-red hips).

I know you only have 30 minutes, but you could also throw in a line about
how these old roses can give a rose garden structure and form by providing
bulk in the back of a border.  You know that some can get pretty big/wide!

Val in KY
zone 6a
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