North Canterbury News: December 14, 2023
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<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong> <strong>News</strong>, <strong>December</strong> <strong>14</strong>, <strong>2023</strong><br />
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The golden touch of rosarians<br />
BySHELLEY TOPP<br />
Loburn rosarians, Michael and Marian<br />
Brown have been awarded aprestigious<br />
gold medal for their blooms at the<br />
National Rose Show.<br />
The medal, which is rarely awarded, is<br />
given for the presentation of nine types of<br />
blooms in aclass where all have achieved<br />
avery high standard of perfection.<br />
‘‘They each need to score over 80 points<br />
per bloom,and this is generally difficult<br />
to attain in any season because of factors<br />
such as weather, that spoils blooms,’’<br />
Michael says.<br />
The couple also won breeder’s medals<br />
for two newly created roses —Candy<br />
Crush and Loburn Lass —atthe show<br />
which was held in Timaru on <strong>December</strong> 2<br />
and 3aspart of the Caroline Bay Festival<br />
of Roses weekend.<br />
‘‘The hall abounded with beautifully<br />
grown roses and floral art which had<br />
come from as far away as Whangarei and<br />
the standard was very high,’’ Michael<br />
says.<br />
The National Rose Show is rarely held<br />
in the South Island because of the huge<br />
strength of growers in the Palmerston<br />
<strong>North</strong>, Waikato, Auckland and Whangarei<br />
areas, but this year <strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
rose growers, led by Michael and Marian,<br />
stole the showwith their blooms.<br />
Claire Gilroy, from Gilroy Nurseries in<br />
Clarkville, also had success at the show as<br />
did Tanya Boerlage from West Eyreton.<br />
Michael, who is president of the<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> Rose Society, and Marian,<br />
have been breeding roses since 1978 as a<br />
hobby.<br />
They are attracted to roses because of<br />
the variation of colour, repeat garden<br />
flowering and the ‘‘absolute beauty’’, of<br />
the blooms.<br />
Roses grow in any soil type but prefer<br />
freedraining soil with plenty ofmoisture<br />
during the growing season.<br />
Loburn Lass ... One of two roses bred by Loburn rosarians Michael and Marian Brown,<br />
which won aBreeders’ Medal for the couple at the National Rose Show in Timaru.<br />
PHOTO: SUPPLIED<br />
‘‘Any aspect will work for roses.<br />
‘‘They are very tolerant and give many<br />
flowers with little effort.<br />
‘‘Mine receive amulch of animal<br />
manure annually —mychoice is horse<br />
(manure) from the breeding stables,’’<br />
Michael says.<br />
If you are planning on starting anew<br />
rose garden Michael recommends<br />
planting avigorous varietythat would<br />
produce lots of flowers and repeat such as<br />
Absolutely Fabulous, Glorious,orLoving<br />
Memory and as long as they are planted in<br />
good soil that drains freely, they do well.<br />
‘‘The flower beds in Victoria Park in<br />
Rangiora have varieties such as Class Act,<br />
Margaret Merrill, Rock‘n’Roll, Sexy Rexy,<br />
Raspberry Ice and Ingrid Bergman, and<br />
they all look beautiful.<br />
‘‘Similarly, on the corner of High Street<br />
and Ashley Street, there is the Rotary<br />
RoseGarden which features Diamonds<br />
Forever, Auckland Metro, Racy Lady,<br />
Glorious,The Lady and Hamilton<br />
Gardens,all good examples of roses that<br />
do well in our area.’’<br />
Michael would like to encourage<br />
anyone who has an interest in roses to<br />
join the <strong>Canterbury</strong> Rose Society by<br />
emailing him at mandmbrown.nz@gmail.<br />
com.<br />
‘‘We would welcome new members and<br />
anyone interested in growing and<br />
showing roses,’’ he says.<br />
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