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2006 “AEN” SUPPLEMENT ROSE LIST, JULY 2006 THIS IS NOT AN OFFICIAL ARS PUBLICATION. This list is not meant to supersede, but compliment the 2006 AEN. A reference of latest rose information for judges and exhibitors. Information listed is culled from ARS and CRL publications, along with missing information from ARS official publications. Listed are new / old rose introductions in the 2006 AEN, with Corrections / Additions / Deletions. New registrations with IRAR, or corrections will be posted as information becomes available in ARS publications. Rose lists are published the last day of each month. 1) Approved ARS exhibition name (AEN). 2) IRAR / Rose Registrations. 3) Petalage. 4) Bloom size when open. 5) Color classification. 6) Introduction. (int) Latest rose introductions having a temporary AEN. ( * ) Approved name change in September 2002. ( ** ) Eligible for Dowager Queen () Roses in commerce in North America (@) All-American Rose Selection “AARS” ( # ) Award of excellence “AoE” ( X ) Not eligible for Dowager Queen By: Ronald Schwerdt 7-31-2006 **********MODERN ROSES********** HYBRID TEAS: (HT) A WHITER SHADE OF PALE HT, w, ------------int 2006 AKATSUKI HT, mr ----------------------------------int 2005 ALICE COURAGE HT, pb,---------------------------int 2002 ALLEGRA HT-------------------------------------OR----1964 ALMA JUNE SEVILLE HT----26/40----------MP----2006 AMERICAN SHAKIRA HT, dp, -------------------int 2004 AMMA---HT, ly----------------------------------------- int 2006 ANNE LORENTZ---HT, lp---------------------------- int 2005 APACHE----HT, op,-------------------------------------int 2005 ARELIA WEDDLE---HT---------------------------------------- ARISTOCRAT HT, w, --------------------------------int 2005 ATLANTIC CHARTER-----HT---------------------------1942 AUTUMN SPICE----26/ 40---4.5-5”---3/2006---OB---2006 BEAUTY TEMPLE HT, w, --------------------------int 2005 BERYL JOYCE HT, ob, ------------------------------int 2006 BETTY O HT--------4-30-06---------------------PB----2006 BIG FUN HT,-------------------------------------------int 2006 BIRENDRANATH HT, w, ---------------------------int 2005 BLACK SHADOW HT, dr, --------------------------int 2005 BLUSHING YUYI HT---7-2-06-----------------RB---2006 BOB & LINDA --26/40---4-4.5”----3/2006-----PB---2006 BORDEAUX HT, dr, ---------------------------------int 2005 BRICKY HT, r, ---------------------------------------int 2005 BUFFY (REStop)-----HT------------------------------------MP BURGUNDY POPWELL------ 5-4-06-------------W---2006 CAJUN QUEEN ---YB---2005>>>>>>> DEIDRE HALL CAPPUCCINO HT, dy- ------------------------------int 2005 CHRISTINE ** HT------------------------------------------AB X CHRISTOPHER POPWELL HT----5-4-06-----DR---2006 CLARET HT, dr- ------------------------------------- int 2006 CLAUDE’S CRACKER 26/40---3”--3/2006---DR---2006 CLEAR CEZANNE HT------------------------------ int 2006 CLOSE TO YOU HT, ly----------------------------- int 2006 CONGA HT, my--------------------------------------- int 2005 CORAL PROPHYTA ** HT--------------------------------OP X COUNTENANCE HT, mr----------------------------int 2005 CREAM PROPHYTA ** HT--------------------------------W X CUP OF JOY 26/40---4”---1-31-06---6/2006--MP---2006 DANI ** HT---------------------------------------------------OR X DEIDRE HALL 26/40---5-6”---5/2006----------YB---2006 DINA GEE 26/40---4-5”----2/2006---------------RB---2006 DOROTHY HILDA WOOD HT---5-4-06-----RB---2006 DREAM COME TRUE 26/40---1.5-2.75”-----LY----2005 ELDORADO HT, ob----------------------------------int 2004 ELEGANCE CHAMPAGNE HT, op---------------int 2005 ELEGANZA HT, lp-----------------------------------int 2006 ELLE HT----41+ ------2005 AARS---------AB----2005 @ EILEEN’S ROSE ---17/25---6-1-06---7/2006----OP---2006 EMINA HT---7-2-06-------------------------------RB---2006 EMPREINTE HT, m-----------------------------------int 2006 ESTHER ** HT-----------------------------------------------LP X EVE HARDNESS HT---------------------------MR----1946 EXPRESSION HT, ob--------------------------------int 2006 EXPRESSIONS HT, pb------------------------------int 2006 FANTASIA HT, ab---------------------------------- int 2006 FERNAND POINT HT>>>>>FERNANT POINT--------- * FIONA STANLEY HT, ab--------------------------- int 2005 FIRE AND PEACE -HT, ob--------------------------int 2005 FLAMENCO HT----------------------------------YB---2004 FLOATING CANDLE HT, ob----------------------int 2006 FLYING DOCTOR HT, or---------------------------int 2005 FRYjolly HT, ob---------------------------------------int 2007 FRAGRANT SUNRISE HT, op, 2002>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HAWAIIAN FRAGRANT SUNRISE GAYATHRI HT, dp-----------------------------------int 2004 GEORGIE BEE HT----41+---6”---3/2006------RB---2006 GIFT OF GRACE HT, pb-----------------------------int 2006 GLOWING HT, pb-------------------------------------int 2004 GOLDEN TOWER HT, dy----------------------------int 2006 GOLDFEAVER HT, dy-------------------------------int 2004 GRANADA SUNSET---HT-------------------------OB---1997 GRANDAD HT, dr-------------------------------------int 2006 GRANDE AMORE HT, m----------------------------int 2005 GUARDING ANGEL---HT----------------------------------AB GUIDO A ZACH HT, rb-------------------------------int 2005 HANS RATHGEB HT, dr-----------------------------int 2005 HARMONY HT---------------------------------------------PB HATSUKARI HT--3-15-05-------7/2005----------PB---2005 HAWAIIAN SUNRISE HT, op, 2002>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>HAWAIIAN FRAGRANT SUNRISE HELEN ROBINSON HT, mp-------------------------int 2006 HOFFNUNG HT, rb-----------------------------------int 2006 HONESTY HT---------------------------------------W---2005 HONEYMOON HT, ly---------------------------------int 2004 ICE FLOWER HT, -------------------------------------int 2004 IN APPRECIATION HT, dp---------------------------int 2004 INCENSE INDIGO 26/40---5”---5/2006-----------M---2006 INDIAN SUNSET HT, rb------------------------------int 2004 INDU HT, pb---------------------------------------------int 2005 INSPIRATION HT, ob---------------------------------int 2004 INTI HT, dy----------------------------------------------int 2005 IRIS HT---------------------------------------------------int 2006 JANICE KELLOG HT, dr------------------------------int 2006 JOYCE’S ROSE HT, pb--------------------------------int 2004 JOYEUX ANNIVERSAIRE HT, mr-----------------int 2005 KAMALAKANTHA HT, ob--------------------------int 2005 KANCHANI 2003 HT, my----------------------------int 2004 KANON HT, op-----------------------------------------int 2004 KEN BRUCK HT----------------------------------MR----1997 KICKOFF HT, mr---------------------------------------int 2005 KOENIGIN LUISE-----HT-------------------------------------W LADY BIRD HT, yb------------------------------------int 2006 LADY JANE HT, pb------------------------------------int 2004 LADY TETON HT--------------------------------------------MP LAETITIA PUJOL HT, pb-----------------------------int 2006 LAMPION HT, op---------------------------------------int 2004 LEANDRA HT, ab--------------------------------------int 2004 LEO FERRE HT, rb-------------------------------------int 2006 LET FREEDOM RING HT----3-27-06------------MR---2006 LIONHEART HT, lr------------------------------------int 2004 LISA MICHELLE----26/40---6-13-06---7/2006---AB---2006 LOD LAVKI HT, w-------------------------------------int 2006 LOOKING GOOD HT---41+---3.5”---6/2006---PB---2006 LOUISE PARK HT---7-2-06-----------------------MR---2006 LOVELY LYNDA HT---7-2-06------------------MY---2006 MADELEINE ClHT, ly--------------------------------int 2005 MADISON HT, mp-------------------------------------int 2005 MAGGIE HT, w-----------------------------------------int 2004 MAGMA HT, yb-----------------------------------------int 2005 MALICORNE HT, dr----------------------------------int 2006 MARELLA 2002 HT, ob------------------------------int 2004 MARGARETE FUCHS HT, m------------------------int 2006 MARILENE HT, w-------------------------------------int 2004 MARTHA RICE-----HT---------------------------------------DP MARY C 26/40---4.5-5”----10-31-05------------PB----2006 MARQUESA DEL VADILLO HT >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>MARQUESA DE VADILLO-------1945 * MASQUERADE HT, pb-------------------------------int 2006 MATILDA HT, my-------------------------------------int 2004 MEGASTAR 04 HT, dp--------------------------------int 2005 MEI-LI HCh, pb-----------------------------------------int 2007 MELODIE PARFUMEE ClHT, m--------------------int 2004 MERCURY HT, mr-------------------------------------int 2005 MICHELLE CHETCUTI HT, m----------------------int 2006 MISS BRENDA HT----5-10-06---------------------M---2006 MME CONSUELO BRIGNONE HT, w------------int 2006 MME ELISA DE VILMORIN ** HT------------MR---1864 X MOCKEL ROSE HT, dr-------------------------------int 2005 MOMOKA HT, ob--------------------------------------int 2004 MONA LISA HT, lp------------------------------------int 2005 MONDORF-LES-BAINS HT, r-----------------------int 2006 MONTE CARLO COUNTRY CLUB HT, rb-------int 2006 MRIGASIRA HT, pb-----------------------------------int 2004 MS. LINDA 26/40------4.5”------3/2006----------RB---2006 MURIEL ROBIN HT, m-------------------------------int 2006 MY WIFE KATHRYN HT---7-2-06--------------OB---2006 MYTHOS HT, w----------------------------------------int 2004 NAN MAC HT, m---------------------------------------int 2004 NEW IMAGIN HT, m----------------------------------int 2005 NEW REVUE HT--------------------------------------------AB NIRVANA HT, lp---------------------------------------int 2006 O L WEEKS HT, dr-------------------------------------int 2006 OCEAN SONG HT, w----------------------------------int 2004 OMARA HT, lp------------------------------------------int 2004 ORCHARD’S PRIDE 17/25---4.5”-----6/2006---PB---2006 OUR FREEDOM HT, rb--------------------------------int 2005 PACIFIC BEAUTY HT-----------8.6--------------PB---1962 PASSOA HT, ob----------------------------------------int 2005 PETROL HT, r------------------------------------------int 2005 PIGALLE HT, ob---------------------------------------int 2004 PINK KILLARNEY HT-----------------------------------MP PINK PROMISES 17/25---4-4.5”---3/2006------DP---2006 PINK TRAVIATA HT, dp-----------------------------int 2006 PITSTOP HT, dr-----------------------------------------int 2005 POEMA HT, dr------------------------------------------int 2004 PRETTY BELINDA HT, ab---------------------------int 2004 PRICELESS HT-----------------------------------------int 2006 PRIDE HT, dr-------------------------------------------int 2004 PURE ORANGE TYPHOON SPORT HT, ob------int 2005 QUEEN OF HEARTS HT, rb-------------------------int 2005 REBECCA SUSAN HT, op---------------------------int 2006 RED ALPHA HT, dr-----------------------------------int 2006 RED BUILT HT, dr-------------------------------------int 2005 RED INTUITION HT, rb-----------------------------int 2004 RED MASTERPIECE ClHT, dr----------------------int 2004 RED RIBBON HT, mr---------------------------------int 2005 RED TROPICANA HT, or----------------------------int 2006 REMEMBER HT, w-----------------------------------int 2004 RENAISSANCE DE FLECHERES HT, dy--------int 2004 RENATE HT, op---------------------------------------int 2005 REVE DE MOME HT, yb----------------------------int 2006 RHOSYN MARGARET WILLIAMS HT, ob-----int 2006 RIBBON ROSE HT, lp--------------------------------int 2004 RIKITA HT, op-----------------------------------------int 2005 RITA PERFUMELLA HT, lp------------------------int 2005 ROBERT BURNS HT, mr----------------------------int 2005 ROSE DE LIMOUX HT, my-------------------------int 2006 ROSE FOR ELAINE HT---2-13-06-----------OB----2006 ROSITA VENDELA HT, dp-------------------------int 2004 ROTARY SUNRISE HT, yb-------------------------int 2005 ROYAL PARKS HT, ob------------------------------int 2005 ROYAL PASHMINA HT, dp------------------------int 2005 RUDI NEITZ HT, yb----------------------------------int 2004 SALLY KANE HT, w---------------------------------int 2006 SARA PENROSE HT--1-05----11/2005--------YB---2005 SARVESH HT, or--------------------------------------int 2004 SCORPIO HT, mr--------------------------------------int 2004 SENTEUR ROYALE HT, m--------------------------int 2005 SHAKIRA HT, m---------------------------------------int 2004 SHANIA HT, dp----------------------------------------int 2005 SHEILA HT-------------------------------------------------MY SHEILA SORENSEN HT--------------------------MP---2006 SMELL ME HT, dp-------------------------------------int 2005 SMOOTH DELIGHT HT---26/40----6/2006-----OP---2006 SMOOTH MOONLIGHT---26/40---6/2006--------M---2007 SMOOTH QUEEN HT---17/25--------6/2006---YB---2006 SMOOTH SNOWFLAKE---26/40---6/2006-------W---2006 SNUFFY 17/25----5-6”---1-23-06---3/2006-----OP--- 2006 SOLERO 05 HT, dy------------------------------------int 2005 SOLO HT, rb--------------------------------------------int 2004 SOLSTICE HT, ly--------------------------------------int 2005 SONG & DANCE HT, ob-----------------------------int 2006 SOPHISTICATED LADY HT------6-1-06-------AB---2006 SOUL MATE 26/40----4.5-5”----3/2006---------PB---2006 SOUV DU PRESIDENT CARNOT HT>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>SOUVENIR DU PRESIDENT CARNOT----1894 * SPELLBOUND HT, op--------------------------------int 2006 SPORT OF DELILAH HT, w-------------------------int 2004 SRI SRI PARAMANANDA YOGANANDA ab---int 2006 STEPHANIE ANN HT, rb-----------------------------int 2006 STERNTALER HT, my--------------------------------int 2005 STUNNING HT, m-------------------------------------int 2004 SUDHA HT, yb-----------------------------------------int 2005 SUELLA HT--DY----2002>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>SUELA * SUNSTRUCK HT------- 4-20-06-----------------AB---2006 SUR LA VOLIERE LCl-------------------------------int 2006 SWANY MIMI HT, w---------------------------------int 2004 SWEET FREEDOM HT, w---------------------------int 2006 SWEET MOMENTS HT, lp--------------------------int 2004 SWEET PERFUMELLA HT, op---------------------int 2004 SWEET REMEMBRANCE HT, my----------------int 2004 TAHITIAN SUNSET -25/30----2006 AARS---AB---2006 @ TANGERINE HT, ob----------------------------------int 2004 TABATHA HT---7-2-06---------------------------PB---2006 THE BELLE CANADESE 26/40---3/2006-----LP----2006 THE MASTER HT, lp---------------------------------int 2005 THE WRIGHT BROTHERS HT---7-2-06------PB---2006 THINKING OF YOU HT-------------------------MR---2001 TINY GRACE HT, pb---------------------------------int 2005 TOMMY HT, pb---------------------------------------int 2004 TOP BILLING HT, dr---------------------------------int 2004 TRULY YOURS HT---7-2-06---------------------LP---2006 TUCAN HT, yb-----------------------------------------int 2004 TWICE IN A BLUE MOON HT, m-----------------int 2004 UNISON HT, ob----------------------------------------int 2004 UNLIT SNOW HT-----------------------------------------MP URMBALA HT, ob------------------------------------int 2005 VANILLA SKY HT, w--------------------------------int 2005 VENDEE GLOBE, CL ClHT, yb--------------------int 2005 VILLE DE GOUAUX ClHT, op---------------------int 2006 VIOLA HT, op------------------------------------------int 2005 VROUEFEDERASIE ROOS HT, w-----------------int 2004 WALZERTRAUM HT, dp----------------------------int 2004 WATARASE--3-15-05------7/2005-----------------M----2005 WE SALUTE YOU ------11/2005---2-13-06----OP---2005 WEDDING CELEBRATION HT--------------------int 2007 WHITER SHADE OF PALE HT, lp-----------------int 2007 WHO DAT HT---7-2-06----------------------------PB---2006 WILFRED DION HT, dr-------------------------------int 2006 YELLOW AND FRAGRANT HT, dy---------------int 2006 YELLOW SPRINGS Hecase, ly----------------------int 2006 YELLOW TOMBOLA HT, dy------------------------int 2005 YVES PIAGET ClHT, mp-----------------------------int 2006 YVETTE HORNER HT, pb---------------------------int 2006 ZARIA HT, w--------------------------------------------int 2004 GRANDIFLORAS: (Gr) AROLAQUELI Gr-------35---------------------------M---1986 AZTEC GOLD Gr, dy-----------------------------------int 2006 BRIDE OF COLMAR Gr, mr--------------------------int 2004 COLORBURST Gr-----------------------------------OP---1989 ELIZA Gr, mp--------------------------------------------int 2005 GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY Gr ---DY----1996>>>>>> >(F) HELLA Gr, dy--------------------------------------------int 2004 KISS ME Gr, mp-----------------------------------------int 2006 MARTHA ALLEN Gr, ab------------------------------int 2005 PHYLLIS DILLER Gr--------------------------------DY---2004 SONIA SUPREME ** Gr--------------------------------------AB X STRIKE IT RICH Gr------------2007 AARS------YB---2005 @ THINKING OF YOU Gr --------------------------MR---2001 TWILIGHT SECRET Gr---7-2-06--------------------M---2006 VERA LYNN Gr ------------------------------------------MY WILD BLUE YONDER Gr-------2006 AARS------M---2004 @ FLORIBUNDAS: (F) ABSENT FRIENDS F, op-------------------------------int 2007 AIME JACQUET F, ab----------------------------------int 2006 ALEX BRACKSTONE 26/40--2.5”---3/2006-------dy- 2006 ANITRA LOUISA 26/40-----3/2006---- ----------RB---2006 ARABELLA F, rb----------------------------------------int 2005 ARCADIA SUNRISE F----17/25----4.5”----------OR---2001 BEATRICE JENNINGS 9/16---2”---3/2006--------op--2006 BLACK CHERRY F, dr---------------------------------int 2006 BLUE FOR YOU F---9/16---3-4”---6/2006--------M---2006 BONNIE ROSALIE F-----5-4-06------------------- W---2006 BOSSA NOVA F, mp, 1992>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>POL CAMAIEUX ** F----------------------------------------------RB X CAPTAIN SCARLET F, mr----------------------------int 2006 CARAMEL ANTIKE F, ab-----------------------------int 2005 CAROL AMLING, CLIMBING ** Cl F-------------------MP X CAROUSEL F, w----------------------------------------int 2006 CARTOON F, pb-----------------------------------------int 2005 CECIL BEATON F------21/40--------------------RB---1973 CHARLOTTE’S ROSE F---9/16---3”---6/2006-AB---2006 CLARA EILEEN 26/40---2.5”---3/2006---------OB---2006 COACHMAN F-------------------------------------MR---1996 COLLEGIATE 110 ** F-------------------------------------OP X COMET TAIL ** F-------------------------------------------M X CONDOLEEZZ----9/16----6-13-06----7/2006----PB---2006 CORAL GALAXY ** F-------------------------------------OP X CORAL SUNRISE F-------------------------------------AB COUNTRY SHOW F, ab------------------------------int 2006 CRESTED MARVEL F, dp---------------------------int 2005 CRIMEWATCH ROSE F, my-----------------------int 2006 CRISTINA VIDAL ** F------------------------------------MY X DANCING TEAM ** F-------------------------------------AB X DAVID FLEMING F-------------------- ------------------MY DEKORA F, dp------------------------------------------int 2005 DIANA HOLMAN F---26/40---3-4”---6/2006----M---2006 DISGUISE F, rb-----------------------------------------int 2006 DON CARTWRIGHT-------------------------------MR---1997 EBB TIDE F------6-15-06---------------------------M---2006 EDNA MARY F, dp-----------------------------------int 2005 EDOUARD GUILLOT F, op-------------------------int 2005 ETNA F, ob----------------------------------------------int 2005 EZEANOR ANNELISE-----F--------------------------------PB FAB AT FIFTY F---17/25---1.5”---- 6/2006---DP----2006 FLAMENCO ** F--------------------------------------------YB X FIRE EYES F------------------------------------------------W FLOWER FESTIVAL F, pb--------------------------int 2006 FRYjeru F, mp------------------------------------------int 2007 FRYjess F, w--------------------------------------------int 2007 FUN FAIR F, yb----------------------------------------int 2006 GEISHA F, ab-------------------------------------------int 2006 GEMMA----F------------------------------------------M----2004 GILLIAN F, dp-----------------------------------------int 2005 GINREI------F-----------------------------------------W----1990 GLADYS QUINE 12-1-05--OB------2005>>>>.Min Fl GOLDEN ICEBERG F-----5-20-06-------------YB---2006 GOLDEN OPPORTUNITY F-------------------DY---1996 GOLDEN WEDDING ANNIVERSARY F, dy,--- int 2005 GOLDEN WEDDING CELEBRATION F, dy,--- int 2004 GOLDENES ZWEIBRUCKEN F, dy---------------int 2005 GOOD GOLLY F, ab----------------------------------int 2006 GRANDMA F, mp-------------------------------------int 2005 GRANDMA F, my-------------------------------------int 2006 HARRY ASHCROFT F, op---------------------------int 2005 HAYDOCK PARK F, mr------------------------------int 2006 HEAVEN ON EARTH F---------------------------AB---2001 HELPING HAND F, ob--------------------------------int 2004 HONOKA F, w-----------------------------------------int 2005 IRENE 17/25---1.5”----4-27-06----6/2006-----LY---2006 ISARPERLE F, ab-------------------------------------int 2005 IVOR HUNTER F, ab---------------------------------int 2005 JARDINS D’ALBERTAS F, pb----------------------int 2005 JEAN AMOUR F, ab----------------------------------int 2005 JONISE F, dy-------------------------------------------int 2004 JULIA CHILD 26/40---2.75”---2006 AARS---MY---2004 @ JUWENA F. w-----------------------------------------int 2004 JWALA F, or-------------------------------------------int 2004 KATY MAE-----F----------------------------------- W----2002 KERFANY F, dp--------------------------------------int 2005 KIRSCH F, yb--------------------------- --------------int 2004 KURENAI F, dp---------------------------------------int 2004 KUROCHO F, dr--------------------------------------int 2005 LAVENDER FOLIES F, m--------------------------int 2004 LEO F, lp-----------------------------------------------int 2004 LE MASQUERADE EN VILLEFRANCE-------17/25---3” ------2-23-06---5/2006-------------------------------PB---2006 LEONORAH-----F----17-25---2.75+”-----------OB----2003 LIGHT OF DAY 26/40---2-3.25”---3/2006---MY---2006 LILAC DREAM F, m--------------------------- ----int 2005 LIOLA F, w, 4/8,------------------------------ -------int 2004 LISA F, op------------------------------------- --------int 2005 LORETTA F, dp--------------------------------------int 2004 LOUISE WEISS F, ly---------------------------------int 2006 LUCINA F, m------------------------------------------int 2005 MARGUERITE ROSE F, mp------------------------int 2006 MARIA GEORGIANA F, mp-----------------------int 2005 MARIATHERESIA F, mp-------------------------------2004 MARIE ANTOINETTE F, w------------------------int 2004 MARTHA RICE F-------------------------------DP---1970 MAXIVITA F, op-------------------------------------int 2004 MIKAYLA PAIGE F, w------------------------------int 2005 MINUETTE F, rb, 1969>>>>>>>>>>>>LAMINUETTE MISS NEWELL F---------5-4-06-------------------M---2006 MODERN MAGIC F, rb------------------------------int 2006 MODERN MISS F, pb---------------------------------int 2005 MON CHERIE F, mp----------------------------------int 2005 MONNIE----F--------------------------------------------------LP MOONDANCE F-----------------2007 AARS----W---2006 @ MY EVERYTHING----17/25---2.5”---6/2006---OR---2006 MY GAIL 26/40---2.5”---1-23-06---3/2006----LY---2006 NATASHA MARIA F>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>LCl NIGHT SKY F, rb-------------------------------------int 2005 N-JOY F, pb--------------------------------------------int 2005 NUBYA F, ob------------------------------------------int 2006 NURSE TRACEY DAVIES F, dy------------------int 2007 OCTOBER MOON 41+---3”---------3/2006----AB---2006 ORANGE PASSION F, ob---------------------------int 2005 PAPWORTH HOSPITAL ROSE F, dr--------------int 2005 PASTELLA F, pb,--------------------------------------int 2005 PETIT TRIANON F, lp--------------------------------int 2006 PINK ICE F, pb--- --------------------------------------int 2006 POMPONELLA F, dp----------------------------------int 2006 PORTO FINO F, w-------------------------------------int 2006 PURE ABUNDANCE F, w----------------------------int 2005 PURPLE GEM F, m------------------------------------int 2006 R S G ROOS F, rb--------------------------------------int 2004 RACHAEL FOX 17/25---2.5”---3/2006--------MR----2006 RACHEL KATHLEEN F------------------------------int 2006 RAINBOW SORBET F, yb-----2006 AARS--------int 2006 @ RANUNCULA F, rb------------------------------------int 2005 RASPBERRY ICE F, pb, 1989>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Min Fl RASPBERRY RIPPLE FOLIES F, dp---------------int 2004 RED ABUNDANCE F, dr-----------------------------int 2005 RED CAVIAR F, mr-----------------------------------int 2007 RED HOT FRIENDSHIP F, rb-----------------------int 2006 RED LEONARDO DA VINCI F, dr-----------------int 2004 RED TYPHOON F, mr-------------------------------int 2006 RESONANZ F, or--------------------------------------int 2006 ROBERTSON GARDEN F op-----------------------int 2005 ROSE DE CAHORS F, rb----------------------------int 2006 ROSE DE LA PETITE CHABOTE F, pb----------int 2005 ROSEMARY MURRAY F, my---------------------int 2005 ROSENDALE F, pb-----------------------------------int 2004 ROYAL CIRCUS F, rb--------------------------------int 2005 ROYALE DE MULHOUSE F, w--------------------int 2005 RUBIELA F, w-----------------------------------------int 2005 RUBY WEDDING ANNIVERSARY F, mr-------int 2005 SAFE HAVEN F, mr----------------------------------int 2006 SALVATION F, ab------------------------------------int 2006 SAMBA F, ob-------------------------------------------int 2005 SAMMY F, ab------------------------------------------int 2004 SANDY F, ly--------------------------------------------int 2005 SAXY BOB F---------------------------------------OP---2000 SCENT TO REMEMBER 6-13-05---9/2005---AB---2006 SCENTED ABUNDANCE F, mp-------------------int 2005 SCOUTS HONOR F, w-------------------------------int 2006 SHINJUGAI F, w--------------------------------------int 2004 SHOOTING STAR F, yb-----------------------------int 2005 SIMPLY CHARMING F, op, 4/8,-------------------int 2005 SIMPSON’S RUBY F, mr----------------------------int 2006 SISTERS AT HEART F, ab--------------------------int 2006 SIXTEEN CANDLES F, lp---------------------------int 2006 SMOOTH BALLERINA F---41+----6/2006-----LP---2006 SOFT MORNING --26/40---1-31-06---6/2006---AB---2006 SOPHIE ELLA SLOANE HICKS F---7-2-06---PB---2005 SPECIAL MOMENT F, ab---------------------------int 2005 SPRING PAL F, lp------------------------------------int 2004 STAR QUALITY F----2-13-06-----9/2005------MP---2006 STEVE CHASE 26/40---3-4”----6/2006---------OB---2006 SUMMER FLURRIES F----------------------------W---2002 SUN QUEEN F----41+---3.5”----5/2006-------YB---2006 SUSAN DANIEL F, ab--------------------------------int 2005 SWANY FOLIES F, w--------------------------------int 2004 SWEET RESPONSE F, yb,1955>>>>>>THE OPTIMIST SWEET SAN CARLOS F---9/16----7/2006------M---2006 TAIFUN F, yb------------------------------------------int 2006 TANGER FOLIES F, ob------------------------------int 2004 TAURUS F, ab-----------------------------------------int 2004 THE ATTENBOROUGH ROSE F, lp--------------int 2005 THE BROWNIE ROSE F, my-----------------------int 2005 THE ROSSETTI ROSE F, mp-----------------------int 2004 THE SOHAM ROSE F, lp---------------------------int 2004 THERESE F, ab----------------------------------------int 2004 THREE CHEERS F, dp-------------------------------int 2006 TICKLED PINK F, mp------------------------------int 2007 TOPSY TURVY F-----11/2005----2-13-06----RB---2005 TRAMONTO ESTIVO F, yb, 4/8------------------int 2004 TREASURED MEMORIES F, dr------------------int 2006 TRUMPETER, CL ClF, or--------------------------int 2005 TRUMPET F------15/22---4”---------------MY----1962 TYE DYE F, pb, 1999>>>>5-21-06>>>>>>>>>>Min Fl UNCONDITIONAL LOVE F------------------DR--- 2004 VALERIE ANN 17/25---2”----3/2006-------DY----2006 VARENNA ALLEN F, ab--------------------------int 2006 VAVOOM F---2-13-06---11/2005-------------OB----2005 VICTORIAN SPICE F----------------------------LP---1994 VINCE BUTTERWORTH F----5-4-06-----RB----2006 VIRGO F, my----------------------------------------int 2004 WAON F, ly------------------------------------------int 2005 WESTZEIT F, ob------------------------------------int 2006 WHITE ARROW F, ab------------------------------int 2005 WHITE ENSIGN F, w------------------------------int 2005 WHITE MARIE CURIE F, w---------------------int 2006 WHITE WALKO F----23-------8.7-------------DR---1957 YELLOW CORAL F, my---------------------------int 2005 YELLOW FOLIES F, my--------------------------int 2005 YELLOW TYPHOON F, my---------------------int 2006 YUKA F, lp-------------------------------------------int 2005 MINIATURES: (Min) ANTIGUA Min, lp-----------------------------------int 2005 APRICOT SAP Min, ab-----------------------------int 2006 ASHTON Min, pb, 2004>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Min Fl AUSTIN JACE 26/40---1.5”----5/2006”-------M----2006 BABY KORDANA Min, lp------------------------int 2005 BEST OF 04 Min-----6-14-06-------------------YB---2006 BILLY FURY 4/8---1.5”-------------3/2006----LP---2006 BLACK HEART---4/8----6-13-06---7/2006----DR---2006 BLEDEMEIER Min, rb-----------------------------int 2006 BORDURE NACREE Min, dp---------------------int 2005 BURGESS PINK ** Min---------------------------------MP X BURGESS RED ** Min---------------------------------MR X BURGESS YELLOW ** Min---------------------------MY X BUTTERNUT Min, dy------------------------------int 2006 CAROLINE NICHOLOS 17/25---1.5”---5/06---m---2006 CHANGING MY HABITS---6-13-06---7/2006-R---2006 CHERRY ROSE ** Min----------------------------------DP X CHINABERRY ** Min------------------------------------YB X CREAM PATIO Min, w----------------------------int 2006 CRIMSON MINIJET ** Min-----------------------------DR X CUTIE Min, w---------------------------------------int 2006 DAKOTA Min --6/14---1.5”--7.4 (5.5)-------MR---1992 DAMARA 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I will try to condense this because I could pontificate for hours on this! My love for gardening came from my father. He was the ultimate green thumb-he didn't have formal training that i know of, but he was a street tree gardener for two of the communities we grew up in, and always had a vegetable garden as a way to supplement our large family's food budget.(Six kids) He was a school music teacher and when summer vacation began he was always found out back tending the garden for pretty much the whole summer. Of all six children I seemed to be the most interested in what he did-and my first memory of my own interest was when he gladly allowed me to plant marigolds around the border of his garden to keep pests away(this was a fairly large plot and now I know why he jumped at my offer to help him!)I was in elementary school at the time. Also eating a tomato whole and sprinkled with salt always brings dad's tomatoes to mind. And asparagus and homemade pickles.... That was my first taste of working in a garden. It wasn't until I was a first-time homeowner that I knew I was going to be a gardener but I chose to go the route of flowers instead of vegetables. The saddest thing, though was that the year before I moved into my new home, my dad developed Alzheimer's disease and everything I needed to ask him for gardening advice about trees and organic gardening was completely gone-he was just a shell of my father-quite sad. Not a day goes by when I'm in my yard and garden that I don't think of Dad and the gift he gave me. I just wanted to share it with him. He passed away two months ago. Just an interesting note; Our family surname has it's origin from Poland and it means 'gardener of an estate' I find that kind of neat. Maybe it's in our bloodline to be gardeners! * Posted by: pkock Zone 6 (My Page) on Tue, May 28, 02 at 2:44 So glad to find this thread - hope it lasts, because it's fun! Honestly, I am not sure what got me hooked. I think it's my tendency to love "scientific" stuff - I never pursued it professionally, but I'll make anything into a science experiment. I got through two pregnancies with that attitude. ;-) My grandma was the gardener in our family. She lived with us, and each year we had to have a veggie garden. My dad wasn't into yard work much, but was "forced" into the labor required, turning over the clay soil with a spade and protesting the entire time. Always basic stuff - tomatoes, peppers, pole beans, but they sure tasted good. We had strawberries for a couple of years, and there was a big apple tree in our yard that grew "cooking" apples. Grandma made lots of pies and applesauce. Then there was Girl Scouts - one year we had a hike with a knowledgeable person who pointed out all the fantastic wild plants along the trail. I absorbed it all like a sponge. This is rare, this is edible, this is a cure for poison ivy, etc. I still remember most of it, teach my daughter, and soon will teach her scout troop too. I was voted "Miss Outdoorswoman" in high school. Isn't that neat? Some things never change. :) --Pam * Posted by: Lucy2 Z7Atlanta (My Page) on Wed, May 29, 02 at 8:23 I love reading these. I remember going to visit my grandparents in Texas every summer. We lived in New Hampshire and would fly down and my grandparents would meet us at the airport. The first thing we would do when we got to Grandma's house was run to her garden. Every year she planted a watermelon JUST FOR US! Oh, how special that was. We would walk into the garden and she would "double check that it was ripe and time to pick it and she would let us watch as she "ever so gently" plucked the watermelon from the garden and we would sit on her front porch all afternoon eating the best watermelon we had ever tasted and spitting seeds as far as we could. Sadly, my Aunt burst my childhood memory bubble (when I was in my 40's but it still hurt!) by telling me that my Grandparents would go to the grocery store the night before we flew in, buy a watermelon and lay it in the garden "just for us", pretending they planted it and grew it all along...I guess I'm in denial because I still tell my children about those fond memories! * Posted by: becki3 z5 IN (My Page) on Tue, Jul 23, 02 at 20:34 Can I still step in here? This is such a wonderful thread, brought back some great memories. But now I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes and a big lump in my throat. One of my first garden memories is of my next-door neighbor when I was very small. She had a gigantic (to me) gooseberry bush that she would make pies for us from, if I would pick the berries. And she also had a thick grape vine that she would sit down with me in the middle of the yard and eat grapes from right off the vine. We always sat on the other side of it so my mom couldn't see us from the window. I don't think she would have minded, but my neighbor made it fun, thinking we were being secretive. She also had about a million plants in her house that she would show me all the time. Thinking back on it now, I realize they were mostly African violets. She was in her late 80's, early 90's, and I thought she was the best neighbor a girl could ever have. (still do) :) Then there was my grandpa. When he was a teen in the service, he had come home to visit his mom just before being shipped overseas. He took ONE little segment from her Christmas cactus, which had been a wedding present 25 years before that, and put it in his wallet. He then drove all the way across the country (took a few days), all the while sitting on this wallet. Just before being shipped out, he stuck this one little smashed, dried up piece of Christmas cactus and stuck it in a little pot of dirt from the ground outside his barracks. I'm not sure what happened to it (where it was, who took care of it) while he was in the war. But I do know that when he died in 1994, that Christmas cactus was not only alive, but very, very, VERY big. He had built a planter for it on wheels so he could move it outside in the summer and back inside for the winter. He also had a ramp leading up to his patio door, which he had to remove to get it through. This "planter" was 5 feet long, 3 feet wide, and 4 feet deep. Filled all the way with soil and thick, long roots. And the plant filled every inch of the top of the soil and hung down to the floor all around. He had to give it a "haircut" every time he moved it in or out so he wouldn't run over it with the wheels. I now have a pretty good size pot of this same plant in my husband's office, where it sits in front of a huge window all year long and blooms from Oct to around May every year. I ask about or stop by to check on this plant about once a week. I'm always terrified I might lose this plant, I feel like somehow I would be losing my grandpa all over again. Or that he might be disappointed in me for letting his precious plant die after having survived 4 generations in our family. But my all-time favorite childhood memories (of any kind) come from my Aunt Julia and Uncle Bill. They had a big farm in Missouri with a couple horses, a coop full of chickens, and about 300 head of dairy and beef cows at any given time. Along with the usual couple of dogs and a barn full of cats. And I remember one time my Aunt sent me out with the horse to get a few apples from the big tree out in the east pasture to make a pie for dinner. She told me to get a sack out of the barn to carry them in. Well, being about 8 or 9 at the time, I had no idea how many apples it took to make a pie. So I took 2 big gunny sacks, and me and Ginger (the horse) set out to find that big tree. Ginger was so patient with me as I stood on her back on the blanket that I rode with (never used a saddle) to pick all the apples that I could reach. I tied these two gunny sacks across her back and filled them up full. (poor horse!) When I got back, I didn't think my Aunt and Uncle would ever stop laughing. Instead of a few apples for a pie, I had just picked enough apples for an entire week of non-stop canning, freezing, and baking everything we could think of that contained apples. Then there were the times that Aunt Julia and I would pack a picnic basket to take out to my Uncle Bill when he was working the fields. We would sit under a big tree and just watch him disking the field, or baling the hay until he noticed us in the distance. Then he would come get me and let me drive the big tractors for a while before we ate. But one of my most vivid and comforting memories is of me and Aunt Julia sitting on the porch swing snapping beans or shelling peas. I can't remember who picked those beans and peas, or what she did with them afterwards. But just sitting there snapping and shelling, not even having to speak, but feeling like the most loved person in the world. I just started to garden seriously for myself last year, and this year I had to have those green beans and peas. And I think of my Aunt Julia and Uncle Bill every time I go out to the garden. I almost started crying when my daughter (5yo) asked me the first time if she could help me shell the peas. She had so much fun with them I didn't even mind the ones that kept flying across the kitchen to land under the cabinets or off in a corner with the dust bunnies. And I can just see my Aunt and Uncle smiling now (more like giggling probably). Right now I think I need to call them (they live in Arizona now) and tell them how much I love and miss them, and maybe thank you for teaching me about all the things I love the most. Then I think I will sit down and start crocheting an afghan for Aunt Julia (she taught me how to do that when I was 6). Luckily I learned to crochet a lot better than I learned how to milk a cow (sorry Uncle Bill)! Thanks for letting me take this stroll! Becki :) * Posted by: Mirri 5 (Finland) (My Page) on Fri, Jul 26, 02 at 3:06 My first attempt to garden vegetables was when I was 9. I loved peas, so I wanted to grow them. My father formed me a lot saying it would be too hard for me, turning the thick soil. Then I sow the peas and watered them for about 2 weeks. Then my first dog - who died of old age a few years back at 13- had a friend over. They were just puppies back then, running and playing. My daddy warned me, but I wanted to let them play on our rather tiny lot. They run over my pea-lot several times, breaking all those tender 15cm pea shoots. Oh, how I cried. Then I took little sticks and tied the shoots back up. Most of them recovered. Then the dogs, Roope and Olga, run the pea shoots down again after a week or so. And I gave up. I quit gardening for about 10 years. I only had a few cacti which I killed and bought new ones. But now I am a horticulturist. Working, ironically, in a greenhouse that produces pea shoots! I think that the wonder of growing, seeing the shoots come up from earth was a positive thing in the end. Even though I didn`t get to harvest the peas. This year I have a tiny pea-lot again, the first time after I was 9. I have harvested some, but my dog keeps steeling the pods before I find them. When I was 17 I found gardening again, in the form of houseplants. I was living in a tiny oneroom flat without balcony. The houseplant hobby lead me into studying horticulture. Now I have a son and 2 dogs. If Pyry wants to be a little gardener, I will build a fence around his lot. * Posted by: prairie_rose southalta (My Page) on Tue, Aug 20, 02 at 23:56 my earliest memories. being sat in the potato patch with a coffee can with some kerosene in the bottom and picking potato bugs and putting them in the can. i think that was the way my mom and grandma kept us out of their hair on wash day ( the old wringer washer, rinse tub, mangler days.) i remember the smell of the compost heap, and i never thought it was nasty. my grandpa and i spent lots of time there, spreading things out, turning it over occasionally. i think i must have got compost in my veins, replaced all the blood, cause i still don't find the compost heap all that nasty. (compost tea, well that is a different story. lol) i remember i hated bringing kids to our house in the fall cause you could smell the crocks of sauerkraut brewing. we lived on the edge of town, and i swear my mom was the only one who canned. but i couldn't wait for it to be ready and eating the stuff till i was sure i would burst. i remember we were the "poor kids" but we ate better than any of my friends, and were healthier than most of my friends. the garden was a way of life, and everyone was expected to pitch in. and when harvest happened, everyone was expected to come home to can. my mom would pick the weekend and as young adults, we all showed up. 5 women in a kitchen!!!!! lots of hard work, but lots of laughs, too. and when it was over we all got our share to take home. now, i am a single mom with two kids, and all those lessons are paying huge dividends. my two are the "poor kids" but they eat better than most of their friends and are healthier than most, too. what i save at the supermarket because of the garden pays the morgage and the extras for the kids. and this year, my daughter is taking an active part in the canning. i just wish my grandma, mom and sisters were here, too. * Posted by: lynne_s z5ny (My Page) on Mon, Sep 9, 02 at 22:23 I remember planting potatoes on my grandfather's farm in the early spring when i was about 4 years old. We weren't just planting a little garden patch...I swear this field must have been at least an acre. I remember the fun we had, laughing and running around in the dirt...getting dirty, but it was ok..we were doing something productive. I remember Grampa explaining the different types...we even planted purple potatoes from Russia. Later in our visit to his farm my brothers and sisters and I helped plant the seeds that would become carrots, corn and beans. I remember trudging through the brambles in search of the elusive blueberry bushes...after a morning of picking berries, we'd stop and have lunch...Grampa would take a fishing line and hook out of his pocket and catch small trout from a nearby stream and we'd roast them on a stick over a fire...just like a hot dog. He amazed me...the man could survive in the wilderness with nothing, and probably live better than most of us do today. lol The outdoors was his church; where he prayed, pondered and planned his life. My grandfather, retired by this time still loved gardening and sold his veggies every summer from his down-sized farm. We spent the entire spring and summer there. Everything we ate and drank came from that farm. I still remember how wonderful everything tasted...the taste of fresh food was foreign to me then. I went back to Grampa's farm many times until he passed...there, I worked hard, enjoyed the freedom of being in the outdoors and learned how important it was to treat our planet with respect, for it is what feeds us. It seems I forgot a lot of his wisdom until quite recently. Now that I'm a Mom of 5 boys, with many mouths to feed as well as many personalities and value systems to help develop, the things he taught me are returning. My husband and I have purchased a home out in the country trying to create an environment for our boys that my Grampa created for us...one of fresh air, sun, fun and respect for all things living...an I'm proud to say, we are well on our way! * Posted by: KCtomato1 z5/6 KC, Mo (My Page) on Sat, Sep 14, 02 at 0:36 My grandfathers both got me started. My first memory is of dark purple tulips and tulips that were taller than I. I recall what a joy it was grandpa let me pick one. Somewhere in the family, someone has a picture of it. I was 2-3. Both gardened but it was my paternal grandfather that let me try everything. He introduced me to raw veggies. I still prefer them over cooked. He would also let me in the berry patch - which is what really got me growing. He made a deal with me - if I picked 2 I could eat one. He'd go in and I would pick 'em clean of course taking the best for myself. We both walked away thinking we got the better deal. My maternal Grandfather taught me more on the "how's" rather than the "whats". He grew to sell and was not keen on kids picking things he could potentially sell. When I was small I would go out to the garden where he was working just to be with him and I'd watch. I would have worked but he wouldn?t let me. He thought I was nuts for wanting to work. He told me there were snakes in the berry patch in an "effort" to keep me out. Most the time he ran me off I was just looking for the snake. Him teaching me things came at a much older age. Im grateful for the time I did spend with them and the gift they passed on. Keith * Posted by: bizmhamama CA z10 (My Page) on Tue, Oct 8, 02 at 15:09 This answers your interest in childhood memories in a roundabout way. My parents and I immigrated to the United States when I was four years old and I never really knew my expanded family. My mother, who grew up on a sugar plantation, cared absolutely nothing for getting her hands dirty. Our back yard was concrete! Her only gardening interest was roses. I became interested in indoor plants as a teenager and then became obsessed with succulents once I moved out of the house & had a patch of dirt of my own. I even wondered what it would take to go back to school for a landscaping degree, and daydreamed about owning a nursery. My maternal grandmother came to America only a few years ago. I was fairly shocked to learn that she loves gardening! She grows guava trees from seed. In her 80s, she still derives incredible enjoyment from simply watching living things grow. I realize now my passion for gardening would have been sparked much earlier in life if geography (& politics!) hadn't intervened.