Compact climbing roses

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Sun, scent and super colour

1 ROSA Olivia Rose Austin (= ‘Ausmixture’) Roses are great for the vase if you cut them just as the buds have opened into a still-closed cup, and first thing in the morning when the plant is still hyd

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The latest from Carol's beautiful cottage garden... plus her diary for the week!