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Semi-evergreen roses can provide cover for walls and pergolas and
can be used to avoid bare framework or fencing in the colder
months, one organisation has said. The Royal Horticultural Society
(RHS) advised Daily Telegraph readers to look to roses that
originated in the wild, as they hold on to more of their foliage
during the [...]
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