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| | Rugosa Roses |
 | | Rugosas are very obliging plants, growing well under a wide variety of conditions from garden to seaside to highway median strips. |
 | | The Rugosa characteristics are: healthy foliage that is typically wrinkled (rugose) and is resistant to flspot and other afflictions; good hardiness, usually to zone 3 or, occasionally, to zone 2; and very fragrant blooms, single to double, often with petals in loose arrangement, and set down in the foliage. |
 | | Named for the public rose garden near Orly Airport outside of Paris, this rose is noted as well for its beautiful long, pointed, dark purplish red buds, that open to semi-double, wine-red blooms with cream stamens. |
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