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Definition of Candytufts
1. candytuft [n] - See also: candytuft
Lexicographical Neighbors of Candytufts
Literary usage of Candytufts
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Favourite Flowers of Garden and Greenhouse by Edward Step (1896)
"candytufts 6i nice plants about three inches high they should be transplanted,
allowing an interval of six inches between the plants. ..."
2. Journal of Horticulture, Cottage Gardener and Country Gentlemen (1867)
"... and other beds with mixed candytufts, which will only be a few weeks at their
best. Thus, suppose yon planted your two pointed semicircles (but which, ..."
3. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson (1907)
"These Rocket candytufts require the same treatment as the common varieties.
IDESIA—/. polycarpa is a Japanese tree of recent introduction, growing out of ..."
4. The English Flower Garden and Home Grounds: Design and Arrangement Shown by by William Robinson, F. L. S., William Robinson (1906)
"This and its ally (/. coronaria) are the hardy annual candytufts. ... These Rocket
candytufts require the same treatment as the common varieties. IDESIA. ..."
5. Gardening (1905)
"The candytufts are charming for beds, edgings, or pockets in the rockery. ...
Among the dwarf bedding candytufts there are pink, carmine, crimson, purple, ..."
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