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From "L'horticulteur praticien", September 1861, Pl. XVII
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July 2024, Tallinn. Zone 6a/b. First-year plant, has grown a lot in its first summer and still flowers profusely now, end October.
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From "L'horticulteur praticien", May 1861, Pl. VIII
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July 2024. Tallinn, Estonia. Zone 6a/b.
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June 2023, Tallinn, zone 6a/b. First year.
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July 2024. Tallinn, Estonia. Zone 6a/b. Second-year plant.
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July 2024, Tallinn, zone 6a. First year plant, north side of the building with less than three hours of sun. Still flowering now, end of October. I moved it from the south side, where it did not fit in (and I thought it was more of a solitary, stand-alone plant), but it became much more elongated (with a butterfly effect) and somehow more wild looking on the north side, which blends in perfectly with other plants.
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July 2024. Tallinn, Estonia. Zone 6a/b. Second-year plant after the harshest winter Estonia has seen in 50 years, with no winter protection and no second food. The first year the stems drooped under the weight of the flowers, but in the second year, rejuvenated from the 5 cm sticks I had left in the ground to see what would happen when everything froze, the new stems grew quite strong and held their flowers straight all the time. Despite the windy location, the flowers remained intact for at least three weeks, perhaps longer. The stems are thin and delicate but incredibly strong, thorny, and straight. They hold the flowers well. Also worth mentioning is the foliage, which is the most stunning mat olive-green warm shade, also very healthy, and gently spaced on the stems, as if drawn. The red colour has a bluish/magenta tinge.
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