English Rose Abraham Derby: Description, Reviews, Photos, Planting And Care

2025 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-01-17 22:26

Lovely rose Abraham Derby in your garden

Roses have long been the favorite flowers in our gardens. They are used as a decoration of the site even in professional landscape design. One of the most graceful representatives of the Pink family is the Abraham Derby variety, presented to us by the famous British breeder David Austin. The large, spectacular flowers of this rose have won the attention and love of many gardeners, both amateurs and professionals. Someone thinks that Abraham Derby is perhaps the most unpretentious of roses, while others complain that they cannot find a common language with this variety. We will consider all the nuances of growing Abraham Derby roses, so that it is much easier for you to grow them in your garden.

Content

• 1 The history of the variety, its description and main characteristics

  1.1 Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

• 2 How to choose the right place for planting a bush, taking into account the characteristics of the soil and lighting

• 3 Planting a Rose Abraham Derby

  • 3.1 Selection of seedlings
  • 3.2 Landing dates

  • 3.3 The procedure for planting rose seedlings Abraham Derby

    3.3.1 Video: rules for planting roses

• 4 Caring for the rose Abraham Derby

  • 4.1 Watering and feeding

    • 4.1.1 Video: rules for watering rose bushes
    • 4.1.2 Table: in what periods and how to feed roses
  • 4.2 Pruning and shaping the bush

  • 4.3 Preparations for winter

    4.3.1 Photo Gallery: Roses Shelters

• 5 Reproduction of a rose by Abraham Derby

  5.1 Video: three ways to propagate a rose by cuttings

• 6 How to deal with typical diseases and pests of the rose Abraham Derby

  • 6.1 Table: the most common rose diseases

    6.1.1 Photo gallery: rose diseases

  • 6.2 Pests

    6.2.1 Photo Gallery: Some Rose Pests

The history of the variety, its description and main characteristics

The variety has been known since 1965. It was then that it was introduced to the public as the result of a crossing between a red-pink Aloha climbing double rose and the Yellow Cushion polyanthus yellow rose.

The color of the buds of Abraham Derby is pale pink at the center and yellowish closer to the periphery. Dissolving, the buds turn into flowers of the classic form characteristic of spray roses. The variety has an unusual trait: the color of the petals depends on the environment. Like a chameleon, the buds change color from pink with a yellowish tinge to peach.

Rose flowers Abraham Derby, like a chameleon, can change color depending on the environment

The bush of such a rose reaches a height of 1.5 m, it is lush and has a rounded shape. If provided with careful care, the bush can grow up to 2.5 m in height, but favorable natural conditions are also important for this. Therefore, it is important to remember that this plant reacts poorly to rainy weather (at such a time the flowers do not open) and is not very resistant to various diseases and pests.

The stems of the Abraham Derby rose are characterized by rapid growth, so you can use it as a climbing one. On one stem, on average, there are 1-3 flowers of a double texture, and each of them, fully blossoming, can reach 14 cm in diameter. Their aroma is intense, with fruity and lemon notes. Flowering of the variety is long, begins in early June and ends at the end of September.

Advantages and disadvantages of the variety

Rose Abraham Derby has not in vain earned her popularity and love of gardeners. It is cultivated for its many virtues, such as:

• refined, unusual and extravagant appearance;
• extraordinary coloring;
• rather long flowering period;
• wide range of applications;

• strong and unusual aroma.

  

  Abraham Derby roses have a great scent

But if you want to start breeding the Abraham Derby rose, then you should take into account its shortcomings, namely:

• medium resistance to various diseases and pests;
• medium frost resistance;
• poor tolerance of too much heat and excessive moisture.

How to choose the right place for planting a bush, taking into account the characteristics of the soil and lighting

The variety of this rose was originally bred for latitudes more southern than ours. Therefore, in our usual weather conditions, it can be called capricious. But you will be able to achieve the expected results if you follow a few simple rules:

• rose Abraham Derby loves sunlight very much, but does not tolerate shade at all, so you need to choose a place for planting a seedling where the sun's rays will be in abundance, and it is desirable that lighting comes from all sides;
• the variety is known to be unstable to drafts and wind, due to which the bush loses petals and buds, in this regard, the area for a flower should be well protected from the effects of wind;

• the place chosen for planting should not be in the lowland and be too wet - from an excess of moisture, the roots of the rose can quickly die;

  

  For the Abraham Derby rose, you need to choose a place open to the sun and closed to the wind.

• it is not worth planting a rose seedling for subsequent cultivation in a place where representatives of the same culture previously grew - pathogens and pests remaining after the predecessor may appear in the soil of the site;
• the soil must be reclaimed, that is, thoroughly loosened and cleaned of weeds. Excessively sandy soil can be improved with a little humus. It is not necessary to lime the soil. However, immediately before planting, it is recommended to introduce nutrient soil to facilitate the growth of a young seedling.

Planting a rose Abraham Derby

Following the planting rules will greatly increase your chances of growing a luxurious and healthy beautiful Abraham Derby rose. Do not be afraid of difficulties: the process for this variety is not much different from planting other roses.

Selection of seedlings

First of all, you need to purchase planting material. In order not to be mistaken with the choice, learn to determine its quality:

• it is better to purchase seedlings from professional gardeners or in special nurseries. Ask for specimens 2–3 years old: they are more winter-hardy, viable, their survival rate after planting is higher than that of other age categories;
• be sure to pay attention to the state of the stems. Only a few of the central ones can be lignified, the rest should be green, fresh and juicy;
• If the stems are droopy or wrinkled, set them aside immediately. This state of a young plant can have 2 reasons: drying out of the seedling due to lack of moisture during storage or disease;

• usually for sale are seedlings on their own roots or grafted. Please note that the first of them may be less developed than the second. It is better to first ask the seller which of the species your chosen seedling belongs to.

  

  Quality seedlings have healthy roots and strong, succulent stems

Landing dates

Now let's talk about the timing of planting. Roses can only be planted in spring or autumn. Experienced gardeners plant in the fall. True, this method has its own nuances and they largely depend on the intuition of the gardener. You will need:

• take into account the weather correctly during landing;
• take into account the peculiarities of the lunar calendar.

Only a person, on whose account there are already many grown roses of different varieties, can confidently take up this business. For those who have little experience, but want to get one hundred percent result, it is better to turn to a simpler method. Spring planting is recommended for beginners in the cultivation of such capricious flowers: this way a young bush will take root over the summer and gain strength for wintering. In addition, when planting in spring, you will have the opportunity to observe the growth and development of a young seedling in the very first summer of its life. At the same time, you will be able to consider the potential and notice the shortcomings of agricultural technology, which you will immediately be able to correct and avoid later.

The optimal time for planting roses Abraham Derby is spring

The procedure for planting rose seedlings Abraham Derby

It is very important to prepare the seedling before planting. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Cut the stems so that there are 4-6 buds left on them. Too many of them can weaken the vegetation of the plant in summer, and this, in turn, will cause the death of the rose in the winter.
2. Trim the roots: healthy - 1–2 cm, dry and damaged - completely.

3. Place the seedling in a bucket of water so that the rhizomes are completely covered and let sit for 3 hours.

   

   Before planting, the roots of the rose seedling must be soaked in water

Now you can proceed directly to planting. Run it this way:

1. Dig a hole in the selected area about 2 spade bayonets deep.
2. Place a small layer of pebble, pebble, or ceramic shards drainage on the bottom.

3. Prepare a nutritional formula using the following:

   • 3 parts of humus or rotted manure;
   • 1 part sand;
   • 2 parts of the top fertile soil layer;
   • 400 g of wood ash;
   • 200 g of complex fertilizers for roses.

4. Place a small hill of this potting mix on top of the drainage layer. Place the seedling in the hole so that its root collar is deepened 5–6 cm below the ground.

   

   When planting, it is important that the root collar is buried in the ground by 5-6 cm

5. Straighten the roots gently. Now the pit can be completely covered with earth and slightly compacted from above.

   

   When planting a rose seedling, it is important to gently straighten the roots in the planting hole.

6. Be sure to mulch the soil around the seedling. To do this, you can use cut grass, hay, sawdust.
7. The last step is to water the plant with plenty of water.

Video: rules for planting roses

Rose Care Abraham Derby

The variety itself is quite unpretentious and in conditions of southern latitudes it can grow almost independently. But in our area, the cultivation of Abraham Derby will require some care.

Watering and feeding

If a variety is hard to tolerate excess moisture, this does not mean that it can do without watering for a long time. Lack of water can cause the roots to sit too close to the surface and easily damage them by loosening the soil and removing weeds.

Water the roses weekly to keep them hydrated

Watering should be done weekly at the rate of 10-12 liters of water for each rose bush. At the beginning of autumn, watering is completely stopped.

Video: rules for watering rose bushes

Since during planting you brought nutrient mixture under the young bush, the flower does not need feeding in the first year of growth. But already from the spring of next year, you need to start fertilizing and continue to feed the plant throughout the growing season.

The first feeding should be done with fertilizer rich in nitrogen. It can be bird droppings diluted with water in a ratio of 1:20, or a solution of liquid mullein at the rate of 1 part of the substance to 10 parts of water.

Fertilize roses with a solution of bird droppings (1:20) or fermented mullein (1:10)

Carry out the following dressings every 15–20 days during the entire growing season, applying a special mixture of mineral fertilizers for roses.

Roses will need feeding, and the easiest way is to purchase special fertilizers for this.

You need to feed the rose in the evening, after watering the bush abundantly, otherwise the roots may be damaged

Table: in what periods and how to feed roses

Period	Fertilizer
In early spring, immediately after the snow melts	Poultry droppings 1:20 or cow dung 1:10
With the appearance of the first buds and until the end of flowering at intervals of 2-3 weeks	Complex mineral fertilizers for roses
End of August	Potassium sulfate

Pruning and shaping the bush

The choice of pruning method for the Abraham Derby rose depends on how you want to grow it:

• if you want a climbing rose, then pruning is not needed at all, just remove damaged stems and shoots that have not matured during the growing season in a timely manner;
• if your goal is a lush, sprawling, rounded bush, cut back the shoots that have frozen over the winter a little every spring;
• neat shape and compact size require annual spring pruning of shoots by 2/3 of their length.

For any type of trim, the notch angle should be 45 °

Winter preparations

As soon as the first cold weather sets in, start covering the Abraham Derby rose for the winter. Tuck each bush first by adding sand or dry soil to the base. It is not worth using peat or straw for hilling: these materials absorb and retain moisture well, the bushes can resist. With the onset of frost, build a frame over the rose bushes and pull any covering material over it. Previously, you need to cut off all the remaining leaves from the bushes and cut the stems by a third.

Photo gallery: shelters for roses

You can buy a ready-made winter house for roses in a garden store

If your area has harsh winters, roses will need a reliable shelter.

Covering material for roses must be laid on a simple frame

Reproduction of the rose Abraham Derby

Among the methods of propagation of roses, Abraham Derby is the simplest and therefore the most common is the rooting of green cuttings when they are in the semi-lignification stage. When the bush begins to bloom, cut the stems, the length of each of them should be 10–12 cm. Remove the lower leaves, cut 0.5 cm below the bud at an angle of 45 °. The upper cut above the kidney is made in a straight line.

Treat the bottom of the cutting with any growth stimulant according to the instructions for the preparation. After that, place the workpiece in moist soft soil and cover with foil on the frame. The film is needed not only to create a greenhouse for cuttings, but also so that the temperature regime around the seedlings is not disturbed. It is for this reason that you need to water the cuttings around the shelter, while not lifting it.

After treatment with a growth stimulant, rose cuttings quickly form roots

Rooted cuttings for the winter need to be covered, like adult plants. By the third spring, new rose seedlings will be ready for planting in a permanent place

You can root multiple cuttings at home by planting them in pots. For this:

1. Buy a special rose earth.
2. Place each stalk in a separate pot.
3. Cover with a glass jar or plastic wrap.
4. Place the containers with cuttings on a window facing east or west. On the north side, the seedlings will overcool and rot, on the south side they will overheat. Both that, and another leads to their death.

Video: three ways to propagate a rose by cuttings

Another convenient breeding method is layering. Bend the extreme shoot emerging from the base of the bush to the soil, lay it in a hole about 10 cm deep and sprinkle it with soil. Be sure to fix the place where the shoot is sprinkled with a wire pin or wooden slingshot: loose earth will not hold the elastic rod. Moisten the rooted part of the shoot regularly. In winter, provide shelter to the cutter along with the bush, and in spring, separate the seedling from the mother stem.

For rooting by layering, the extreme shoot of the rose bush is bent to the ground, laid in a hole 10 cm deep and sprinkled with soil

How to deal with typical diseases and pests of the rose Abraham Derby

When growing the Abraham Derby rose, you may experience shrub wilting, bloom on leaves and stems, and other damage. It would seem that there is no reason for such a state of the bush, because you follow all the rules for watering and feeding, and the plant is in a very convenient place. If this happens, then most likely your rose is ill or has been attacked by pests. Let's find out how to recognize the cause and get rid of it as quickly as possible.

Table: the most common rose diseases

Name of the disease	Symptoms	Preventive measures	Treatment
Powdery mildew	The leaves are covered with a white coating of a powdery consistency. The sheet plate changes shape	In early March, treat rose bushes with copper sulfate. You can use the drug Oxyhom	At the first symptoms noticed, spray the rose with Topaz or Forecast
Rust	Leaves and shoots are covered with brown spots, resembling rust. Over time, these spots become convex.	Spray plants with Bordeaux liquid	Remove all affected plant parts and burn
Black spot	Spots appear on the leaves, which at first have a whitish or purple color, and then gradually turn black	Treat bushes with products such as Amulet, El or Immunocytophyte	Cut off all diseased branches from the bush and burn them

Photo gallery: rose diseases

When a rose is damaged by rust, brown spots appear on the leaves and shoots.

Rose leaves affected by black spot must be burned

With powdery mildew, white bloom appears on the leaf plates of the rose

Pests

Small harmful insects can also cause irreparable damage to the Abraham Derby rose. Usually the following species settle on rose bushes:

• green rose aphid;
• spider mite;
• rose leaflet;
• rose-colored sawfly;
• thrips.

Photo gallery: some rose pests

Green rose aphid feeds on plant sap, drying out the stems and leaves

A colony of rosewood sawers can destroy an entire rosebush

Spider web cocoons on curled leaves are a sign of defeat by a rose leafworm

These tiny black dots on the petals are thrips that can kill roses.

As soon as you find pests on the leaves or stems of the bush:

1. Use a hose to spray it immediately.
2. After that, thoroughly clean the root circle.
3. Treat the plant with insecticidal preparations (for example, Komandor, Aktana, Iskra) according to the instructions on the package.

If you find an infestation of insects as soon as they appear, one treatment may be sufficient. But with prolonged contact of pests with a bush, several treatments will be required at a frequency of 7-10 days.

The beautiful Abraham Derby rose will become a real decoration of your garden and will delight the eye with abundant flowering for a long time. It is great for bouquets or room decoration, and its aroma will not leave anyone indifferent. Now you know the features of growing roses of this variety. As you can see, there is nothing difficult in this matter. We will be happy if our advice will help you make the right decision and settle this beauty on your personal plot.