'Humpty-Dumpty' rose References
Book (1978) Page(s) 137. Even more double [than 'Cinderella'] was De Vink's 'Humpty Dumpty' introduced along with 'Cinderella' by Thomas Robinson in 1952. This is rose pink, has nearly a hundred small petals, and is so short that it looks all flower and no plant.
Book (1960) Page(s) 20. Humpty Dumpty A new variety of dwarf habit, bearing clusters of dark carmine-pink flowers of very double form which open to the size of a shilling. The blooms are enhanced by the dark glossy green foliage.
[a shilling is approximately 23mm in diameter.]
Book (1959) Page(s) 121. Humpty Dumpty A R. polyantha nana hybrid, growing only 6 in. tall and bearing clusters of carmine-pink flowers throughout summer.
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