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RE: Old Rose Program



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> From: lowery@teamzeon.com [l*@teamzeon.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, 3 November 1998 12:28
> To: rose-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: Re: Old Rose Program
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> Valerie Lowery@ZEON
> 11/02/98 09:27 AM
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> 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).
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> 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!
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> Val in KY
> zone 6a
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> Val, I love old roses, which one have you found to bloom throughout the
year?
Mia
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