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I have great problems knowing what to call this colour - I have just seen someone describe it as "deep fuchsia" , so I'm not the only one. If you went into any
fabric shop in the country you would find an odd roll of cottony stuff in this colour that nobody ever buys because it has no conceivable use. There are a few cultivars of
R.milloides in circulation with names like 'Claret' and 'Damask' which all imply reddishness in a way that is completely non-specific. I bought it at an AGS show, the label says: "4-5 x 5inches. Dark pink, May-October. Sun. Acid soil. Plenty of water when in flower, dry when dormant. Deciduous." Brian Mathew says of R. milloides "Mrs Helen A. Milford, well known for her collections of living material in the Drakensberg also introduced further plants of R. baurii and is attributed with the introduction of R. milloides; however the description of the plant which received a Preliminary Commendation in 1949 under this name suggests that it was misidentified and was almost certainly R. thodiana. The true R. milloides was not introduced until 1971 when Miss C. Williamson sent some plants to Mr W. Marais at Kew." |
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