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Rose, pink double

Genus: Rosa.

Species: Rosa centifolia.

Climber, stays under 4' & spreads wide. heavily scented. Blooms about 2 weeks in June."Pruning after flowering increases the number of blooms for the following year." "Prone to Mildew." "Henri Fantin-Latour (1836 - 1904) was a famous French painter renowned for still lives and flowers, many of them Old Garden Roses." (Olds, 1999) "Little is known about its history; it was rediscovered and christened by the English rosarian Graham Stuart Thomas, who points out that it is not a pure-bred Centifolia." (Macoboy, 1993) Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit 1993

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