Rachel's Journal

What a fantastic rose. Worth waiting for. Do you know the name?

Had a good search for the label before making my post, Michael, but it's gone. I wish I knew.

It's amazing, Rachel! Looks like a peony, only leaves tell this is rose. I believe it has a delicious smell!

Also checked your summer album - irises are lovely! Abutilon here in Russia is a well-known indoor plant.

I'm glad you like the rose too, Olga. My irises are nice but offer little impact, compared to the giant, flowering abutilon planted behind them. So they are badly positioned. I love my abutilon though. I grew it from a tiny cutting I got at a plant fair. I bought a lovely red one last year but it mustn't have been hardy as it died during the winter.

does abutilon grow outdoors. i have always kept it indoors but apart from first year it has not done very well. I bought a trio one with red, yellow and white all growing together. White died first then red and only yellow survives.. barely. tho there are some buds. think my roof blinds which are essential for other plants in conservatory are too shaded for it

Well, Rita, my one is very hardy. I planted it as a small cutting outdoors when I was very inexperienced and have been amply rewarded. However the pretty red one I bought last year has not survived. From my first experience I had stuck in my mind the idea that all abutilon were hardy. The grafted trio sounds intriguing. I bet everyone comments on it!