Welcome to the RSSA Website.
The society aims to encourage, improve, foster and extend the cultivation and appreciation of the Rose.
The Society conducts meetings, shows, demonstrations and other activities both in Adelaide and in the country through branches located in the Riverland, South East and Eyre Peninsula. A fourth branch has been established in the Northern Territory and meets in Darwin.
This site contains contacts and information about our meetings, recommended roses for growing in South Australia, cultural notes which give tips on rose growing for the current months and information about other events.
The Rose Society of South Australia is celebrating its Centenary in 2008.
The first meeting of the Society was held on 27th August 1908
The following report of the inaugural meeting was printed in The Advertiser in 1908
NATIONAL ROSE SOCIETY.
A meeting was held at Mr. Creswell’s rooms on Thursday to adopt the constitution and rules of the National Rose Society. There was a large attendance. Mr. H. Blinman was elected chairman. The constitution was adopted. The principal ideas of the society as stated were:-
That the society’s aim be to encourage all lovers of the rose in growing and exhibiting.
That monthly competitions be held, three classes being provided for amateurs, viz. those with under 200 rose plants and those with over 200, and a class for novices being those who have never won a prize in the Adelaide show, also an open class for all comers, including professionals. The exhibits to be six, three and one in each class, the champion blooms to be selected from the whole exhibits.That teas and hybrid tea roses be one section and hybrid perpetuals the other.That the competitions be of an honorary nature.
That papers and lectures be given at the monthly meetings, and all items of interest in the culture of roses be discussed.
The following officers were elected:- President, Mr. H. Blinman; vice-presidents, Messrs. A.H. Scarfe, A.C. Minchin; hon. Treasurer, Mr. H. Atkinson;
Hon. Secretary, Mr. Frank Fairey; auditors, Messrs. P. Jones, W. Atkinson; committee, Messrs. C. Cater, H. Howell, J.A. Potter, A.S. Beasley, W.H. Pengilly, W. Taylor, H. Kemp and J,F. Sudholz.
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Let's Celebrate
Our Centenary Rose bred by Trevor Grant.
It is a typical hybrid tea rose that grows 1.2 to 1.5 metres high and the flowers are described as rich pink peach in its centre grading to creamy salmon pink as the flower opens.