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Article: The top 10 shrub roses for your garden.
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- Sunset
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- December 1, 1994
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These hardy plants with the casual appearance provide flowers and fragrance almost year-round
LAST FALL, WHEN TOM Carruth declared that "shrub roses are exploding," we listened. Carruth, the research director for Weeks Roses in Upland, California, is among the rosarians we regularly check with for rose news and facts. Spurred by his enthusiasm, we called two other Southern California pros--Clair Martin, curator of the rose garden at the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, and Keith Zary, research director for Jackson & Perkins in Somis--to hear their thoughts on the subject. All agreed that shrub rose availability and popularity are burgeoning.
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