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    The Right Rose

    Oct 09, 2018 4 minutes
    Chloe Deike

    Oh, the classic, romantic emblem of the summer garden: the rose. Gardeners have been enamored with the amazing fragrance and stunning beauty for centuries. Its reputation for beauty is well-earned. Its reputation for being high-maintenance and hard to grow is, well, also earned. In the long history of roses, many have been vulnerable to a plethora of diseases and were particular about their growing conditions. But to dismiss all roses as difficult to grow is just not true!

    Through hybridization, roses have been developed to remedy some of their common issues. Now it isn’t difficult to find a disease-resistant rose that’s hardy, easy to grow and looks like a million bucks. So if you’ve been waiting for your rose-growing success story, check out these five roses

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