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'Meg Merrilies' rose References
Article (misc) (2005) Page(s) 111, Table 5-1. Meg Merrilies : Hexaploid
Book (Apr 1999) Page(s) 559. Meg Merrilies Rubiginosa. Lord Penzance 1894
Book (1997) Page(s) 194-195. Includes photo(s). Meg Merrilies Sweet Briar. Penzance c. 1894. Description... Bright crimson semi-double flowers...
Book (1994) Page(s) 18. A Lord Penzance hybrid.
Book (Apr 1993) Page(s) 371. Meg Merrilies Eglanteria (Old Garden Rose), rosy crimson, 1894, R. eglanteria x Hybrid Perpetual or Bourbon; Penzance...
Book (1993) Page(s) 61. Includes photo(s). [Listed under "Wild Roses and Their Cultivars"] Aromatic foliage like the wild species. One of the Lord Penzance's Sweet Briar hybrids, introduced 1894.
Book (1988) Page(s) 169. location 203/1, R. rubiginosa L. var. camadrae x R. foetida 'MEG MERRILIES', Lord Penzance 1894, deep pink, fragrant, medium size, single, cluster-flowered, floriferous, vigorous, bushy, climbing, 1.5 m, dark green medium size fragrant foliage
Website/Catalog (1985) Page(s) 31. Meg Merrilees..... 8 x 7’.
Website/Catalog (1982) Page(s) 25. Meg Merrilees (Penzance Hybrid Sweet Briar) An extremely vigorous and prickly shrub rose. Semi-double flowers of bright crimson are followed by good red hips. One of the best of the group and both flowers and foliage are scented. Suitable for making a tall hedge. c.1894. W. Shade tolerant. H. (S) 9 x 9’
Website/Catalog (1938) Page(s) 48. Hybrid Sweet Briars. Pruning. — Cut back fairly hard first season after planting; afterwards they only require thinning and slightly stopping the long shoots and laterals. Meg Merrilees... Gorgeous crimson. Very free flowering. One of the best. Introduced 1894.
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