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Rosa Glauca

This rose is one of the only species worth growing from seed, all aspects being desirable. Thornless, purple-red stems of attractive grey leaves, and pale-centred, cerise pink flowers age to bunches of dark red hips. It is superb as a bush, but magnificent as a standard.

These seeds have already been thoroughly cleaned and cold-stored for several months. They should be sown into a well-drained, sandy compost at any time of the year, and covered to their own depth with sand or grit. No artificial heat is needed and the seed tray is best left in a cool spot and kept moist. Seeds sometimes germinate very slowly indeed in cool conditions in the spring, whenever they are sown. Some seeds may take more than a year to germinate.