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Complicata Rose

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Complicata is a once-flowering old-fashioned rose I grow in the messy garden in front of my (equally messy) glass-house. It's a rose that likes to spread out over other plants. A well behaved scramble sets its large single pink flowers off nicely.

 Sprawling in the JAM Garden.
Complicata Rose

Interestingly, in one of my neater control-freak phases I thought I'd dug my Complicata rose out completely. I'd decided greedily that as a once-flowering rose it didn't deserve all the space it was taking up. How short-sighted!

 A view from the path behind the apple tree.
Pond Cottage and Complicata Rose

Each year, early in summer, the canes reach elegantly over the neighbouring Buddleia, and the flower display is magnificent. These blooms are a clear strong pink with bright yellow stamens, and some are quite big (nearly 4 inches, or 10 cm wide, to quote my rose reference book). Must go and measure some!

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