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in the 1930s. There is a romantic story, perhaps apocryphal, that he found this lovely rose in a forgotten corner of an old garden, and named it 'Red Nelly' after a beautiful dark-haired maiden whom he admired. This deep cherry-red rose was very popular in Europe and
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The cross of these two old roses produced a beautiful, cherry-red single rose as lovely as 'Red Nelly' and a hardy as 'Poppiusâ. Joy initially named his creation â
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