Claims extracted
20
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
20%
4 of 20 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
64/100
Daily Mail's corrections and
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It may be more usually associated with holly and ivy – but this Christmas, gardeners can expect a bountiful display of roses.
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gardeners → associate → roses
Experts say the unusually late blooms have been brought on by this autumn's 'spring-like' conditions, as rain and mild temperatures have followed a record-breaking hot summer.
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rain → say → summer
This means roses more traditionally associated with mid-summer have sent out fresh buds, and may bloom long into December.
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roses → mean → December
Horticulturalist Toby Davis, who runs gardening firm Jolly Gardeners, told The Mail on Sunday that the classic English rose was 'flourishing' at the moment.
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rose → run → moment
'The cooler temperatures and a bit of rain have resulted in plenty of fresh growth and strong flower buds,' he said.
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he → result → growth
'This year a well-fed, healthy rose will be flowering up to Christmas and beyond.'
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rose → feed → Christmas
This summer, temperatures rose above 28C – the threshold for heatwave conditions – somewhere in the UK on 55 days.
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temperatures → rise → days
This caused roses and other plants to become 'stressed' and go into survival mode, which can lead to them flowering more.
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them → cause → mode
Horticulturalist Sally Newbrook, at RHS Garden Rosemoor in Devon, predicts that as many as half of its roses could be flowering at the end of the year.
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half → predict → year
She said: 'It's been a surprise to see how many roses are out because usually they are slowing down now, but they are ramping up again.
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they → say → ?
It's very possible that we will have roses flowering in December.
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roses → have → December
You'd normally have the odd one but it's likely that there'll be quite a few more.
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it → have → one
It may be more usually associated with holly and ivy – but this Christmas, gardeners can expect a bountiful display of roses
'
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gardeners → associate → roses
This year, the [particularly hot] summer has made them go dormant, so with the rain that's come in, it's like they're starting afresh.
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they → make → rain
As long as we don't have a very harsh winter, they will keep going.
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they → have → winter
She added that other plants such as dahlias are also flowering later, while geraniums are thriving and even hydrangeas still have some colour.
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hydrangeas → add → colour
There's lots of green foliage, too, which you wouldn't usually expect.
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you → be → which
It's exciting to see so many things, it feels like a bit of a reward for a difficult summer.
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it → see → summer
But Mr Davis warned the warmer seasons would make it 'very difficult' for traditional winter pruning and disease control.
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it → warn → pruning
'We are definitely going to have to adapt our schedules for roses and many other plants,' he said.
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he → go → roses