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Austin. A gorgeous shrub rose with deeply cupped, very fruity fragrant blooms in shades of warm apricot and pink that repeat all season. It can be trained as a small climber.

Just in case you have ever wondered, this rose is named after Abraham Darby who was an English Pioneer of the Industrial Revolution.

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aka Bidibidi

A very useful little native for use as a ground cover or to drape over the edge of a container. Creeping soft stems of small maroon coloured foliage quickly forms a dense colourful mat. Happiest growing in a sunny well drained position. Will even do well in gravel. Evergreen.

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Rambler. This popular, spring flowering rambler has beautiful, slightly scrolled, lemon buds that open to a double cream delight. Glossy foliage produced on long pliable stems. Nice sweet fragrance. Tolerant of some shade and relatively disease free. One of the best ramblers available. 1900.

Though Alberic Barbier puts on its main display in spring and it is truly beautiful in full flower there will be sparodic flowering through to autumn.

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Rambler. Albertine is a well loved rose and I am certainly a dedicated fan. Always admired as in full bloom it is quite a breath taking sight. Very fragrant, double, loose, salmon pink flowers produced en masse in spring with a few flowers in the autumn. Vigorous growth. Award winner. 1921.

Albertine is best suited to a wall or a fence and as it flowers mostly on older wood it is best to only prune sparingly. Though this rose mainly flowers in the spring there are so many flowers and for quite a long period it is well worth growing.

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Climber. An award winning 'sport' from the much loved climber 'Dublin Bay'. 'Alison' has double, vibrant pink blooms with the added bonus of fragrance. Healthy growth habit with lovely dark green foliage. Repeat flowering and if you like pink worthy of a space in your garden.

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Hybrid Tea, Shrub. Elegant, perfectly formed blooms of deep salmon, lasting for ages when cut. The fragrance is magnificent and wonderfully rich, much like an expensive Parisian perfume. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

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Hybrid Tea. Double blooms which are a subtle blend of apricot, amber and pink. Really pretty. The flowers are very fragrant, well spaced and produced regularly in large clusters. Strong compact, healthy bush. 1985.

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Hybrid Tea. A superb picking or exhibition rose with lovely intense apricot large, double blooms forms. Moderate fragrance. Healthy foliage and a strong, delightful scent as long as grown in an open sunny position.

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aka Norfolk Island Pine

A wonderful upright conifer with even tiers of branches around the central trunk. Quick growing and tolerant of coastal conditions where it will happily withstand salt laden winds. Not tolerant of harsh frost or wet feet. Will grow in a container. Looks good as a Christmas Tree. Evergreen.

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Climber. Add a touch of gold to the garden with this lovely climbing rose. The beautiful apricot buds open to large, fragrant, well formed blooms of deep golden yellow. Use to decorate a wall or fence, a vigorous grower but well behaved all the same. Lovely for picking. 1982.

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A small evergreen shrub with dainty foliage and masses of deep-pink flowers that blossom from autumn to spring. It's perfect for mass planting under larger shrubs and trees. It prefers well drain soils and full sun to partial shade position.

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Climber, Azubis is a vigorous, shrub with thorny stems bearing pinnate leaves with ovate, toothed, dark green leaflets and clusters of large, strongly fragrant, fully double, high-centered, mauve to lavender flowers smother the bush with many repeats from summer into autumn. Deciduous.

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aka Firewood Banksia

Attractive tree which is slow growing producing red flowers on terminal tips. Can be pruned hard. Bird magnet - attracting Tui, Bellnirds and other species to your garden. Suited to sunny situations in well drained soil

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Bushy shrub, fast growing with caramel brown flowers from winter to spring. Lancelet tooth edged leaves. Prune lightly but not below the green growth. Full sun in well drained soils. Hardy and frost tolerant. Evergreen.

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Bushy shrub, fast growing with creamy white flowers from winter to spring. Lancelet tooth edged leaves. Prune lightly but not below the green growth. Full sun in well drained soils. Hardy and frost tolerant. Evergreen.

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Floribunda. Scrumptiously fruity perfume emanates from cupped yellow blooms, with petal tips occasionally brushed with warm pink. Winner of UK Rose of the Year 2020 this extremely healthy, easy care bushy plant was created in France by Delbard Roses. Repeat Flowering

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Hybrid Tea. Big Purple. The large blooms are a beautiful purple–magenta in color complimented of course by a huge fragrance like so many roses in this color shade. Blooms continuously from summer through to autumn. Fantastic for picking.

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Hybrid Tea. Absolutely drop dead gorgeous blooms of velvety deep garnet-red from ebony black buds. Good bushy habit and dark green foliage. Delicate perfume, continuous flowering from spring through to autumn. Yum Yum you've got to have one. 1973.

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Rambler. This rambling rose is vigorous with single flowers of velvet red with white centres and yellow stamens. Flowers between Nov - Dec. A bright display. H 3.5m 1925.

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Hybrid tea. A hybrid tea of classic form with very fragrant buds of lilac-blue to almost lavender. Upright growth with good foliage. Certainly one of the best of the 'blues'. Seldom disappoints and flowers well throughout the season. 1964.

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Rambler. Small, mid pink, cupped flowers held in closely packed, conical clusters. Strong, delicious fragrance. The almost thornless bush has light green leaves. Often found in old cottage gardens. Vigorous growth. Decidous. Cant, 1863

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aka Buff Beauty

Hybrid Musk. A well known and well loved little climber with fully double blooms varying from buff-yellow to soft apricot. Really pretty in full flower. Recurrent with a good strong scent. Could be used as a tall bush or small climber. 1939.

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aka Bottlebrush

Bottlebrush. If you’re wanting a mid-sized shrub for screening or hedging, or a cluster to catch the eye at the bottom of the garden, Genoa Glory will do the trick. Spring see's it loaded with purple-pink brushes that have a lustre you’d expect to see in a gem. reliable and easy to grow. Clip off the spent flowers in early summer each year. Evergreen

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Hybrid. This is a delightful little Camellia with semi-double flowers that are white with pink tinges on the petal edges and backs. In full bloom the overall effect is very soft and pretty. An added bonus of fragrance makes this a definite must have. Strong upright growth habit.

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Hybrid. Fabulously fragrant, pale-pink, fading to white, blooms that have a full and ruffled form. Vigorous growth habit. A lovely Camellia raised in NZ by Jim Finlay. Plant in semi-shade in a position to take advantage of the perfume. Evergreen.

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Sasanqua groundcover/weeper. While most camellia sasanquas can be used in a woodland setting, as a specimen plant or even as a privacy screen, this new prostrate form is the first ever that can be used as a ground cover or weeping over walls. Has abundant breath-taking double pink flowers. Evergreen

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Hybrid. Wairere's favourite Camellia. 'Night Rider' has waxy, black-red, small, semi-double flowers complemented by black-red new foliage growth. Ideal for the smaller garden. Flowers from late winter through to the end of spring. Happiest in semi-shade. It's a 10. Evergreen.

Hybrid. This Camellia is ideal for those of you who don't have a lot of space as it has a low growing, cascading habit. A good ground-cover, this perfumed flowers are mainly white with the odd blush of pink. Definitely on my must have list, flowers for months. Evergreen.

Looks wonderful in a container or even a hanging basket.

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Hybrid. Desirable for the upright slender growth habit. Small, scented, single pure white flowers with golden stamens appear from autumn through to lateb spring. These are offset against very dark green foliage. Ideal for driveway and group planting. Happiest in semi shade. Evergreen.

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Hybrid Tea. This free flowering hybrid tea has lovely large full blooms of rich cream set against dark green foliage. The blooms have a light sweet scent. Nice dense habit and shows good disease resistance. Excellent for picking and exhibition. 1988.

This rose is also known as Caroline de Monaco and was named after Princess Caroline of Monaco after she selected the rose when visiting Meilland's Nursery in France.

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aka Tussock, NZ Sedge

This native 'grass' is really tough and hardy tolerating cold winds and almost any soil. The brick-orange foliage looks very graceful as it waves and dances in the wind. Ideal for planting in large drifts. If the clumps become a little untidy just chop back hard for renewed vigour. Evergreen.

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aka Prostrate marble leaf

Carpodetus serratus prostrate is a semi-prostrate form of Putaputaweta which can grow to a height of 75 cm and have a spread of a 1 m. It prefers damp and shade. In spring and summer it can be covered in small white flowers. Prefers damp soils, sun or shade.

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aka Celebration or Myriam

Hybrid Tea. Very fragrant, very double and very large, quartered, pearl pink flowers. Vigorous healthy bush. Lovely as a gift for a special friend or family member who will really celebrate with the beauty of this delightful rose. 1991.

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Floribunda. Large trusses of flowers which are pale apricot in the centre fading to cream at the outside. Healthy and vigorous with shiny dark green leaves. Repeat flowering.

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Modern Climber. Sensational pearl white blooms with a distinctive raspberry purple eye. These unique flower clusters are delicately fragrant and fantastic for picking. Exceptionally healthy plant with brilliant glossy foliage. Winner of UK Rose of the Year 2019.

Bred in England by Harkness Roses and named for Jane Austen’s House Museum.

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Hybrid Tea. Bred from everyone's favourite rose 'Peace', with many inherent attributes. 'Chicago Peace' has large flowers and rich colour tones of deep yellow overlaid with copper and orange. Nice light fragrance. Good for cutting, strong healthy rose. 1962.

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aka AKA Terracotta

Hybrid Tea. This tall growing rose has fat rounded buds that open to full, heavy blooms. A blend of warm rusty-red, brown and pink set of by nice dark green foliage. Sweet soft fragrance and repeats well. Winner of a Certificate of Merit.

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Hybrid Tea. Named for NZ's largest city so you know this rose is going to be really showy. Large shapely double blooms of deep tangerine orange with a hint of gold. Good strong fragrance, free flowering. Nice picking rose. 1982.

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Hybrid Tea. A very hard rose to describe adequately with words, you really need a picture painted by the artist it is named after. Carmine red buds open to orange pink blooms with cream stripes and a hint of soft yellow. Nice light, fruity fragrance. Flamboyant! 1992. PVR.

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Hybrid Tea. Deep red flowers with a gold reverse, perfectly formed with a lovely centre. Very large and full, borne mostly solitary bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, glossy, dark green foliage. Mild fragrant.

Bred by Wilhelm Kordes III Germany, before 1993).

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A handsome perennial with broad strap like foliage and large yellow flower heads which appear from early spring. Happiest out of direct sunlight, ideal for planting under deciduous trees.

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Climber. If you're fond of the confectionery of the same name then you'll love this frothy, fragrant double pink rose with profuse and prolific blooms. The flowers fade to white with age. Good 'sweet' fragrance. Vigorous and healthy rose which is aptly named.

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Hybrid Tea. A really attractive classic rose with well formed creamy white and pink blend blooms. Good strong stems and a nice heady fragrance. The overall effect is quite soft and pretty so ideal for adding a soft romantic look to the garden. 1993.

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Native. This low growing vigorous Coprosma creates a mat of rich rounded glossy sage green leaves with cream edges and gold coloured stems. It is easily grown in a sunny position and makes an excellent groundcover for banks. Grows in almost any sunny site. Frost, seashore and coastal tolerant. Evergreen.

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aka Sand Dune Coprosma

Native. A unique little shrub or ground-cover with a tangled mass of curving, twisting, springy, inter-twining branches that are an unusual bronze orange tone. Tolerant of hot dry positions including coastal but not happy in cold frosty spots. Evergreen.

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Hybrid Musk. When I first started growing roses this was one of my favourites. The small double flowers are produced in large clusters and are a blend of apricot, buff and pink. Nice bronze tones to the foliage and a good musky fragrance. Few thorns. Use as large shrub or small climber. 1925.

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aka Korokio

Native. This form of Korokio or Corokia was discovered at the Mangatangi dam in the Hinua ranges hence the name. The foliage is silver green and has quite a 'misty' look. Yellow flowers in spring followed by berries. A great shrub for group planting or hedging, tough, hardy and evergreen.

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Shrub rose. A reliable rose that is almost continuously smothered in sprays of delicate blush-pink blooms highlighted with a deeper salmon pink. Perfect for combining with perennials in the border for a soft 'Cottage Garden' look. Healthy and robust. PVR.

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Floribunda Large deep red blooms that make a real statement in the garden and that also carry a nice scent. The foliage is light green and quite disease resistant. A lovely modern rose that will give you plenty of blooms to enjoy. 1997.

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Hybrid Tea. A superb new generation rose bred for high health and low maintenance. Along with that you get drop dead gorgeous, vivid crimson blooms that sit well above the foliage. Sturdy compact bush and of course it repeats well. Winner of an International award for excellence. 1999.

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aka Cypress

A very attractive and quick growing, aromatic Conifer with blue-grey foliage and flaking reddish-brown bark. Forms a neat and tidy conical tree and is great for back ground planting or screening. Tolerant and hardy. Evergreen.

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aka Cypress

A conifer that is known for its slender, columnar, upright growth habit that can bring a formal look to any garden when planted in a row. Dark green foliage holds tight as it grows tall. Stunning as a specimen or as pillars along a driveway, will catch everyone`s eye. Likes full sun. Evergreen.

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aka Dwarf Papyrus

Dwarf Papyrus. A striking plant for pond margins or bog gardens. Tall leafless stems are topped off by highly ornamental umbels that carry the tiny brown flowers. Happiest in the sun and moist soil. Doesn't like the cold or harsh frost. Evergreen.

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Patio. Perfect golden buds open to delightful rich golden blooms that are very fragrant. Deep glossy green foliage completes the picture. Seldom without a flower through out the season. Named after Daltons of Matamata who produce most of the potting mix sold in NZ.

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Floribunda. This stunning rose has a heady fragrance and blooms of bright electric pink. Blooms are set on a compact healthy plant with dark green foliage. This award winning rose was originally bred in the UK. Award winning.

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Floribunda. Picture perfect porcelain pink blooms are produced profusely on this neat and tidy bush! A really pretty rose that would make a lovely gift for yourself or a special someone. Nicely perfumed as well. Bred in NZ. Certificate of Merit. 1999.

Excellent green leaved plant for hanging baskets, ground-cover, retaining walls or in a pot mixture. A vigorous cascading grower that performs best in full sun position being very drought and heat tolerant recovering quickly if wilting occurs. Expect a long season with this beauty.

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Hybrid Tea. This rose is worth growing for the amazing scent alone. But wait there's more ....very double, lilac mauve flowers appear in big clusters on a strong healthy plant. Recommended. A rose with great dignity! 2002.

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Floribunda. Named after a famous Christian Dior fragrance so you know that this is one rose that definitely going to be perfumed. The large flowers are shapely with ruffled petals and golden stamens. They are shaded a soft lilac mauve and described as very feminine. 1984.

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Floribunda. This delightful rose would outshine even John Travolta! Orange-scarlet cupped double flowers dance amongst the glossy green foliage from spring through to autumn. Quite a show off. Nice light fragrance. Multi-award winner. 1984.

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aka Native Begonia, Parataniwha

Native. This shade loving herbaceous ground cover loves the damp. Found along streams,waterfalls and gullies, plant where consistent moisture is available. Filtered light will bring out the bronze tones but full shade is enjoyed by this lovely perennial. Looks great co planted with ferns. Evergreen.

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Knobby Heath. An attractive, compact, little shrub with clusters of bell shaped rich pink flowers from autumn through to spring. Green needle like foliage. Prefers a sunny spot in the garden and well drained acid soil. Avoid Lime. Trim after flowering to maintain shape. Evergreen.

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aka Wax Flower or Eriostemon

Produces masses of deep pink buds which open to pale pink flowers through the summer. An excellent cut flower widely used by florists. A hardy small shrub from Australia. Evergreen. (AKA Eriostemon)

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Climber - Hybrid Tea. Large, fragrant, double, deep crimson blooms from summer to autumn and masses of glossy, dark green leaves. This vigorous, repeat-flowering climbing rose is one of the best climbing roses for covering a wall. The large, fragrant blooms make excellent cut-flowers. 1931.

Etoile de Hollande was first known as a bush rose - this climbing sport from the Netherlands came to the fore in 1931 and is much more vigorous than the bush.

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Hybrid Tea. Named for the well known French Artist and no doubt inspired by his work. The flowers have tones of warm pink and red with brush strokes of bright white. Most unusual and striking. Healthy dark green foliage. Repeats well. 1992.

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A bushy perennial with stems of rich garnet, bell-like flowers that appear almost continuously from spring to autumn. Great for the mixed border. For best results plant in a sunny position and trim hard after flowering to encourage new flower buds to form. Hardy and easy to grow.

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A charming summer flowering perennial with narrow grey-green foliage and stems of slender bell like flowers shaded rose-pink with a cream throat. Likes the sun, fertile soil and good air circulation to do well. Remove spent flower stems to encourage re-bloom. Perennial. RHS AGM.

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Hybrid Tea. A beautiful rose with a classic Hybrid Tea shape in bud and flower. The flowers are a soft apricot in the centre and edged with a silvery pink. Sturdy, disease resistant growth habit and repeats well. A powerful perfume adds the finishing touch. 1997.

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Hybrid Tea. An award winning rose which is not only very fragrant but very free flowering as well. The blooms are a pretty rose pink and are excellent for picking. Attractive dark green foliage. With 'Peace' as one of the pollen parents you know that this will be a good rose to grow. 1973.

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aka Wax Flower or Eriostemon

A top performing little shrub with aromatic evergreen foliage and a nice compact habit. Towards spring little pale red buds appear and open out to a myriad of star shaped white flowers. Prefers a sunny spot with good drainage and protection from harsh frost. (AKA Eriostemon)

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aka Flannel flower

The 'Flannel Bush' has unusual, fluffy, pom pom flower bracts in shades of cream that sit proudly on top of the strong branchlets making them perfect for picking. Rounded evergreen shrub to 70cm tall. Prefers a sunny position and loose open soil that is free draining. Winter flowering. Evergreen.

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aka Flannel Flower

The 'Flannel Bush' has unusual, fluffy, pom pom flower bracts in shades of cream that sit proudly on top of the strong branchlets making them perfect for picking. Prefers a sunny position and loose open soil that is well drained. Winter flowering. Evergreen.

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Hybrid Tea.Generously sized nostalgic shaped flowers of vanilla cream edged with pink. The delicately fragrant blooms are produced on long stems making this award winner perfect for picking. Robust plant with strong, upright growth habit. Repeat Flowering. Bred by renowned Kordes Roses.

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aka Kohuhu

Native. A particularly nice form of Pittosporum with fresh green glossy foliage that always looks good. Perfect plant for screens and hedging as it responds well to clipping. Happiest in sun or part shade and likes well drained fertile soil, is tolerant of less than ideal conditions. Hardy and evergreen.

Pittosporums bloom in spring with inconspicuous dark purple-brown flowers that will only come to your attention when you notice their strong fragrance on the evening air.

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aka Kohuhu

NZ Native. This shrub is very well named - the tiny rounded leaves are a pale silvery green and certainly do seem to shimmer in the light. Forms a very nice background plant or can be used for hedging and topiary as it loves a regular hair-cut. Easy to grow in a sunny well drained spot. Evergreen.

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aka Kohukohu

This is a tough and hardy little native shrub that will grow just about anywhere including dry, windy coastal sites. Thick rounded grey green foliage and a nice compact habit make it ideal as a background filler or a low hedge. Fragrant flowers in spring followed by berries. Evergreen

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aka Kohuhu

Light up your landscape with this 'world famous in the Waikato' version of the ever popular Pittosporum. Small golden variegated foliage and a nice compact habit. Clips well if you would like to use as a hedge. Very hardy and easy to grow in just about any conditions. Evergreen

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aka Pratia or Lobelia

A dainty little mat forming ground-cover with tiny green leaves that get smothered with bright blue, star shaped flowers all summer long. Easy to grow and quite hardy but it is important that it does not completely dry out in summer. Sun or part shade. Evergreen.

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A highly sort after protea with its grey/green foliage and cream flowers. A pure white beard and fresh green base. Winter flowering but may throw the odd flower throughout the year in the right position. Evergreen

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A new semi spreading shrub which produces medium size flowers. Flowering can occur almost all year round with peak flowering being from Autumn to Spring.The flowering bracts are deep red and tipped with a black tuft. Plant in full sun in a well drained acidic soil.

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aka Princess Protea, Peach Protea

Peach Protea/ Grandiceps. A compact slow growing plant with large reddish brown flowers from spring to summer. Flowers suitable for picking. Frost tolerant and adaptable to a wide range of well drained soils.

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A large shrub with attractive grey-green foliage and beautiful flowers of pastel, peachy pink. The tips are fluffy pink. Good to be used as a specimen in the garden and its flowers are very sort after by florists to use in bouquets. Easy to grow in free draining soils. Evergreen.

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aka Protea

What a beauty this Protea is with stunning large 'furry' blooms of soft lime edged with a rim of black. Lovely in the garden and great for those of you who can't resist picking. Plant in a sunny well drained spot with acid soil for best results. Tolerates light frost. Evergreen.

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A cultivar of nerifolia this shrub grows into a nice rounded shrub with flowers of lime green bracts with a maroon beard. A long flowering season and a great picker. Stunning in a bouqet.

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Protea nana is a charming, dainty, dense small shrub. Curved needlelike green leaves are carried on gracefully curved branches. The beautiful cup shaped, pendulous flowers are a velvety wine red and will been seen from mid winter through to early summer. Evergreen

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An upright rounded shrub which has medium sized yellowy cream flowers throughout Autumn to Spring. Flowers suited to picking. Adaptable to most well drained soils in sunny situations. Prune to shape.

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An erect tidy shrub with grey/green foliageand terminal clear creamy white flowers. Very striking when in peak flowering usually mid to late Winter. Adaptable to a large range of free draining soils in full sun. Prune back after flowering. Evergreen.

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A beautiful upright shrub with stunning silver green flower bracts tipped with a black beard and a black/purplish centre. Lovely in the garden and great for those of you who can't resist picking. Plant in a sunny well drained spot with acid soil for best results. Tolerates light frost. Evergreen.

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A simply gorgeous Protea that will delight you with masses of blooms over a long period from autumn-spring. The large 'furry' cones are a rich pink edged with white. Likes the sun, and slightly acid open soil. Pink Ice is a very hardy variety. Evergreen.

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This dense shrub is an excellent display plant or screen. Fits in well to a low maintenance, low water use gardens. Spectacular flowers fresh or dried. Likes the sun, and slightly acid open soil. Must have good drainage, protect from harsh frost. Evergreen.

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aka Pepper tree or Horopito

Native. A lovely little shrub with aromatic foliage that is burgundy red and green in spring-summer and tones of red and deep purple through winter. Easy to grow in sun or part shade, hardy. Evergreen.

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aka Pepper wood or Horopito

Commonly called Horopito or Pepperwood. Easy to grow and has striking red blushed, aromatic foliage. Little green fragrant, star flowers appear in spring but these do not compete with the foliage. Plant in sun or semi-shade in nice deep soil for best results. Hardy and evergreen.

Can grow to 1.5m or more after 10 years, depending on growing environment.

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aka Pepper tree or Horopito

Native. This plant has deep red 'leopard' spots dominating the striking gold/green foliage. Very easy to grow and hardy to just about any conditions. A great contrast plant or perhaps a unique low hedge. Evergreen.

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Rambler. Give this 'Rector' a chance and he will ramble all over the parish! A charming Rose that will delight with its fragrant, semi-double blooms of white offset with golden stamens however it does need space. Flowers prolifically in summer and shows good disease resistance. Not known prior to 1912.

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Shrub Rose. Spectacular, award winning shrub with clusters of true red single flowers revealing golden stamens. Easy care choice for landscaping with superb health, bushy glossy foliage and free flowering bee friendly blooms. Highly recommended in any garden. Bred by Kordes Rosen of Germany.

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Hybrid Rugosa. Stunning large single rich scarlet red blooms that flower throughout the season. Excellent specimen planting, fence, hedge or impenetrable barrier. Large edible hips in winter. Moderate fragrant. A nice health bush that is tolerate of some shade and wind. Deciduous

Bred by Reimer Kordes (Germany, 1979).

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Rambler Weeping . A vigorous rose with semi-glossy green foliage and a cascading habit. In late summer pale pink buds open to reveal white rosette blooms with a sweet scent. Will tolerate a little shade and poor soil. 1872.

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Hybrid Tea. Deliciously fragrant, large silvery white flowers unfurl in a swirl of petals with subtle notched edges. The blooms are borne on long stems and when picked can perfume an entire room! Nice upright bush with dark green foliage.

A sport of the ever popular Memorial Day.

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Hybrid Tea. This multi-award winning rose is considered by many to be 'one of the best'. Dark glossy green disease resistant foliage and exquisite blooms that are a blend of salmon pink, peach and cream. Beautifully fragrant and lovely to pick. Vigorous and free flowering.

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aka Kowhai

Native. A distinctive form of the popular Kowhai with tangled, twisted, branches with small olive green leaves. Forms a little mounding hummock. The yellow flowers appear in spring but can be hidden amongst the branches. An interesting rather than beautiful form but I rather like it. Evergreen.

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Bourbon. This French bred rose has 'old world' charm but actually was only released in 2000. Highly perfumed blooms that are large, loose, double and cupped in a shade of soft lilac pink. Golden stamens complete the picture. The plant is bushy and healthy, producing plenty of blooms. PVR.

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aka Souvenir de Madame Brueil

Bourbon. Deep cerise or magenta- pink double blooms that flower in flushes throughout the season. Beautifully fragrant flowers. Vigorous plant with bright green foliage. Available only in Australia and New Zealand. Bred by Antoine Levet (père) (France, 1889).

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Bourbon. Discovered in Ireland and named after the famous garden near Dublin where it was growing. This almost single rose has delicate pearly pink petals and a gentle sweet fragrance. Quite delightful in full flower. Repeats well and is a reliable performer. 1950.

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Hybrid Perpetual Climber. Velvety port-wine coloured blooms that are semi double, cupped and richly fragrant. The stems are virtually thorn-less. The blooms which repeat well do not like full sun so this rose should be given a semi-shaded position. From France in 1865.

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aka The Kent Rose

Shrub. This little sweetie really is a 'Sparkler' with profuse trusses of small, semi-double white blooms that carry a soft fragrance. 'Sparkler' has a spreading habit and is a perfect ground cover rose. Flowers continuously throughout the season.

Procumbent rose, means it grows wider than it grows tall.

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Hybrid Tea. A popular rose around the world and an International Award Winner too. Highly fragrant, large well shaped blooms in a warm apricot orange shade appear throughout the summer. Luxuriant green foliage and overall a really nice rose. 1995.

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Hybrid Tea. A gorgeous and unusual rose that has shapely blooms of pale smokey beige overlaid with smokey lavender pink at the petal edges. Very popular. Free flowering with a nice spicy perfume. This roses colour is hard to describe and best seen. It is, however, one of my favourites. 1990.

This unusual rose combines well with other plants in the garden.

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Patio Climber. Unique patio climber with multi petal blooms of berry pink striped with cream. Rich dark foliage sets off the flower clusters borne on longer stems which are also lovely to pick for something different! Bred in NZ by Bob Matthews.

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Hybrid Tea. This rose will entice you with the unique lilac-mauve colour of the well shaped blooms. It will also delight with its strong fragrance and lush, leathery, dark green foliage. Lovely to pick for a bouquet, plenty of blooms throughout the season.

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aka Strawberry

This delicious Strawberry has large, conical shaped, dark red firm fruit with excellent flavour. Camarosa are short-day strawberries, they flower from spring to summer, with the main crop in December. Good disease resistance. Plant in well drained fertile soil, with afternoon shade for best results.

To get the very best out of your Strawberry patch look at our How to page for growing tips.

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Patio Climber. This rose has small, perfectly formed, double, magenta purple flowers with a light fragrance. A healthy and vigorous climber that repeats well. Plant in full sun and feed regularly throughout the growing season. 1999.