This retired teacher grows 350 varieties of roses in his backyard

) meetings, held the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. in the Canoga Park Women’s Club at 7401 Jordan Avenue in Canoga Park.

While most of Zeldin’s roses live for at least 20 years, not all those he plants are a success. He is not reluctant to “shovel prune” when necessary. Veteran gardeners understand this part of gardening all too well. It happens every now and then that you plant something and care for it according to all the best recommendations and yet, somehow, it flounders. There is the temptation to nurse it along despite its inability to perform as advertised.

While discussing the qualities of Lasting Love, Zeldin mentioned that in order to fully appreciate its fragrance, like that of any other rose, it should be smelled while its flower was yet to open completely. “Do not compost these leaves,” he warns, “since they carry powdery mildew and rust fungal spores.” By being conservative in how much growth he winter prunes, Zeldin gets a lot more flowers in spring than those who cut back more radically, although their spring flowers will be larger.

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