Very lovely arrangement........this color range is my favorite at the moment!

Lynn

Florence,

I just love Abe, I bought 3 of them in memory of my late father-in law who shared the name of Abraham. I planted them in my memory garden along a chainlink fence with a 'L.D.Braithwaite' and a 'Dark Lady' in between. I normally cut 3-5 rather large bouquets a week for my various girls and I love what the 'Darby's' add both in fragrance and contrast.
Thanks for sharing.

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Beautiful roses, I love this shade and rose and it looks wonderful in that cobalt colored vase:)
Leslie

Lovely blooms. You've given me an idea. I'll try a few blooms by my bed and see if that gorgeous fragrance lingers.

Beautiful! :)

they look very good this year!!! come to think of it they look good every year :-)

Your picture is better than my picture. :) If only we could smell it, too.

I am probably stuck hopelessly in love with this rose even though some people talk trash about it.

Abe was my first rose - wow - the smell and the beauty. Killer combination. Now that I'm doing my roses in pots, I would like to try it again. Thanks for reminding me of its beauty.

Carol

boxofrox----Your bouquet is lovely---I love the combination of colors.

Florence

Thanks Florence.

I'm definitely not a true rosarian but during my own little personal garden makeover, I'd get to a spot and always ask myself when I'd be enjoying the spot. It never failed that the answer was late summer and nothing seems to provide late summer color better than roses and dahlias. I ended up with over 50 roses. In season, I cut around 6 very large bouquets a week to share with some very sweet ladies at the retirement center where my MIL lives. I took her one yesterday that was all roses, nearly every color in the rainbow. Half a dozen 'Abraham Darby', 3 'The Dark Lady', 3 'Betty Boop', 2 'Tamora', 2 'Gertrude Jekyl', 2 'Scent From Above', 3 'Joseph's Coat', 2 'America', 2 'Easy Going', 4 'Stairway to Heaven, and 4 'Midnight Blue'. She is the widow of Abraham and the look on her face was priceless :-)

Here's another pic of AD.....

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boxofrox----That is a gorgeous picture of AD----Your bouquet sounds lovely-----When my mother was in a retirement home I used to take her bouquets also---they always made a big hit
I can just imagine how happy your MIL was especially to have a rose with the same name as her late DH
I'm not a true rosarian either---LOL just put roses in wherever there is some dirt--now I have a jungle.LOL

Florence

I like that formula....d X r = J ;-)

I used to have such a black thumb so when I decided to get real with the re-do I did a bit of homework prior to my 7 year sentence to hard labor. The bouquets, to me at least, are kind of like my proof that my thumb has been rehabilitated :-) When all the roses, dahlias, and hydrangeous are all blooming, I have to pinch myself and it's like Steven Irkle asking "Did I do that?"

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Florence, beautiful roses and vases, love the colors.

I think Abe has one of the nicest looking blooms of all the Austins.
I like your vase that its in too.

Randy

Zeffy,

I was out in the garden early this AM and shot this of our gentleman friend alongside the rugosa 'Hansa', thought you might enjoy.....

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Boxofrox---they look lovely together---so fresh--it really looks like a bright morning.

Florence

boxofrox---your picture of Abe and Hansa reminded me of this picture I have of Abe snuggling up to KO----I guess "ole Abe" is a lover---LOL --- BTW please translate the code in your Summer Bouquet post.I can't figure it out
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Florence

Yep, that Abe is a lover alright !!!

By code, do you mean html ? I just started posting full size pics instead of the link style small ones. The pics come through on my post preview so I just assumed I was doing it right. Here's the small one...

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boxofrox------in your post with Summer Bouquet you said you liked my formula for planting roses wherever I could find some dirt---here is the code you posted dXr=J;-) or something like that--LOL

does it mean something ??

Florence

Florence,

LOL, you had said wherever you find dirt you add a rose and end up with a jungle. Hence d (dirt) x r (roses) = j (jungle)

Boxofrox-----thanks for the explanation---I thought it was some kind of a rare scientific equation---LOL LOL

Florence

Mmmm, so pretty! Love the blue vase, too.

boxofrox, LOL at the Irkle remark. : ) Love your bouquets, too. And that Hansa, wow! What a gorgeous color and bloom!

Diana