The return of Abe Darby and a few of his friends
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Comments (22)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... Here is a link that might be useful:...See Morehello friends! a few questions about starting my SFG...
Comments (7)thank you for the suggestions. i got a 4 cu. ft. bag of vermiculite from a pool supply - i'm hoping its the right kind. i'm going to return the perlite and give the guy an earful for selling me perlite when i asked for vermiculite! not really, but this is really a headache! i'll feel better tomorrow once i get my soil mixed up and my seeds in =)...See MoreAbe Darby looks mighty thankful to be out of his pot
Comments (9)Lavender Lace, Jude smells better than Abe. Its a different scent..fruitier and stronger. Very yummy lol. Jude is nice here but its hot much of the year and the blooms blow quickly. When its cooler and they stay more globular its so pretty. It repeats really well and is a large rose. I still love Abe more because he's one of my favorites....See MoreAbraham Darby
Comments (13)Uh-oh, don't get me started talking about Abe! He's what got me involved in Austins. Five years ago, when I moved to house with a larger yard and had the room to start growing roses, I visited the local public rose garden. There was the Austin section which was a bit run down, with mostly older Austins and many of the labels were gone. There was one rose that caught my eye every time I saw it in bloom. It had a delicious fragrance, but it wasn't labelled. The closest label was 'The Reeve'. I kept an eye on it for the next year, and although it did get mildew and balled in the rain, I kept coming back to it. It didn't look like the photos of 'The Reeve' on the web. I finally discovered the rose forum and in 2015 posted the question. Rick and Hoovb immediately suggested Abraham Darby. Although I had been eyeing photos of Abe in books for years, none of those photos looked like the globular/cupped blossoms that I was seeing at the rose garden. Fearful that they were renovating the garden and might remove it, when they were deadheading, I obtained a deadhead and rooted it. I also bought a potted Abe from the local nursery. The potted one: It looked similar, but not quite. I still wasn't sure. Planted in the garden, it was miserable, wilting and droopy as soon as the sun hit it. Also much more orange than the flowers I was hoping for. I removed it. Meanwhile, my little cutting grew and produced a little flower... ...which was orange! Not pink like the parent plant. And the one in the rose garden bloomed like this that year: The next year, 2016, my cutting (planted in a better spot than the first one I purchased, when I realized that the reason the first one was in a rain shadow) produced flowers like this... ...and then like this... ...and then like this: Okay, now I was pretty sure it was Abraham Darby. I bought two more form DA roses this year. So far, my little Abes have not had gangly or lax canes. You can see from the first photo that the Abe at the public rose garden is small and bushy. I think that is the effect of this climate, with the intense sun and heat. Maybe in a few years and better nutrition, I'll get a little more growth from them. Maybe you can try yours in your sunniest part of your garden? You shouldn't have any problems with lack of moisture like I have, and Abe likes having water, that's for sure. From April this year: Flowers nod a bit, but that's one of the reasons I love them....See MoreAnn9BNCalif
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