Dorothy Perkins
Rambling Rose
Colour: Matt pink
Flowering: Once Flowering
Fragrance: Light,
Size: Tall Rambler
18ft (5.5m)
Bloom Size: Small
Breeder: Jackson & Perkins
Year of Introduction: 1861
Once the most popular rambler. Still good, but inclined to mildew. Bears large sprays of small, double or semi-double, matt pink flowers.Flexible growth. Requires good, moist soil. Jackson?&?Perkins, 1861.
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Alexandre Girault
Rambling Rose
Bears flat, quartered, crimson-pink blooms, each with many quilled petals surrounding a green eye and yellow stamens. There is some repeat-flowering, often with a good crop of flowers in early autumn.
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