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Abe is new to my garden this year, but has been blooming almost non stop. It has developed BS in my garden, but it is responding well to organic spraying. However, it is a water hog and needs a drink every day or it sulks.
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#1 of 2 posted
24 JAN 09 by
Gagnon98
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I'll agree with this comment. Just bought it Summer 2008. Bloomed wonderfully but contracted BS in my garden and never got over it all season. Even after spraying (I'm new to rose gardening and took some time to find something at the local big box stores) it still suffered and was nearly leafless by fall but it still attempted to keep on blooming. So, it's a trooper. I'll give it another season and see how it does. It definitely LOVES water!
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9 OCT 12 by
mtspace
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When I tried growing it in NJ Abe Darby died of thirst. But here in AZ I tried it again and watered it every day of the growing season for a year. Then every other day the second year. Now in its fifth year it gets by on the water left over from my watering newer roses around its six foot wide periphery. Not much need for spraying; only Gingersnap and Cressida are touched by BS in my garden.
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