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- noun Plural form of
candytuft .
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Such spring-flowering perennials as the white arabis, herbaceous candytufts, aubretias, primulas, and polyanthuses, should now be placed in situations where it is desired for them to flower.
Little Folks (November 1884) A Magazine for the Young Various
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For still less robustness, good mass-displays can be made with the following: alyssums and candytufts for whites; phloxes for whites and various pinks and reds; lobelias and browallias for blues; pinks for whites and various shades of pink; stocks for whites and reds; wallflowers for brown-yellows; verbenas for many colors.
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The storm-nursed little candytufts and alyssums that have come up out-of-doors on their own responsibility, will fight the frost and live it through; but your thin-skinned house seedlings are quite another matter.
Gardening by Myself 1872
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November's darkening skies inspire gardeners to set out colorful and full-grown winter-booming cyclamen, chrysanthemums, calendulas, candytufts, cinerarias, dianthus, English and fairy primroses, Iceland poppies and pansies.
SFGate: Top News Stories Katherine Grace Endicott 2010
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November's darkening skies inspire gardeners to set out colorful and full-grown winter-booming cyclamen, chrysanthemums, calendulas, candytufts, cinerarias, dianthus, English and fairy primroses, Iceland poppies and pansies.
SFGate: Top News Stories Katherine Grace Endicott 2010
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