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... foliage and flowers . For this purpose it is better on its own roots , as worked plants so treated would throw up too many suckers . The French Crimson Moss is deeper in colour , and much more double than the preceding , not such a ...
... foliage and flowers . For this purpose it is better on its own roots , as worked plants so treated would throw up too many suckers . The French Crimson Moss is deeper in colour , and much more double than the preceding , not such a ...
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... foliage has a pecu- liarly dark glossy - green tint , quite distinct ; its flowers are large and double , but not quite full to the centre ; colour very brilliant , but deep crimson , in some seasons slightly tinged with purple : this ...
... foliage has a pecu- liarly dark glossy - green tint , quite distinct ; its flowers are large and double , but not quite full to the centre ; colour very brilliant , but deep crimson , in some seasons slightly tinged with purple : this ...
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... foliage and general habit ; this is so robust that young plants often make shoots more than six feet in length , of the thickness of a stout riding cane . Its flower buds are well mossed , but its flowers are not very double ; they are ...
... foliage and general habit ; this is so robust that young plants often make shoots more than six feet in length , of the thickness of a stout riding cane . Its flower buds are well mossed , but its flowers are not very double ; they are ...
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... foliage very large and beautiful , flowers well shaped , and in general they open freely ; their colour in dry weather is a very lively pink , in cloudy moist weather a bright rose . This variety will form a fine pillar rose , as it ...
... foliage very large and beautiful , flowers well shaped , and in general they open freely ; their colour in dry weather is a very lively pink , in cloudy moist weather a bright rose . This variety will form a fine pillar rose , as it ...
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... foliage and flowers . They require the same severe pruning as the Provence Rose . To have a suc- cession of flowers on the same bed , half of the shoots may be shortened in October , the remainder the beginning of May , pruning closely ...
... foliage and flowers . They require the same severe pruning as the Provence Rose . To have a suc- cession of flowers on the same bed , half of the shoots may be shortened in October , the remainder the beginning of May , pruning closely ...
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