A trained horticulturist’s working handbook: what to plant, how to prepare the ground, and how to keep a flower garden going through the year without pretending it is effortless.

Hybrid Perpetuals or June Roses

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Hybrid Perpetuals or June Roses

Hybrid perpetuals are best pruned from March 1st to 15th. For mass effect leave 4 or 5 canes to each bush and cut back all canes to within…

Hybrid Perpetuals or June Roses, Continued

Mrs. John Laing, soft pink. Frau Karl Druschki, or White American Beauty best white and an excellent all around variety. Anne de Diesbach…

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