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Floribunda. Charming clusters of fragrant apricot blooms with vintage ruffle form. An easy care plant, this multiple flowering beauty lives up to its name in every way, making it a gardener’s dream!
Bred by Bob Matthews and named specially for Wanganui Garden Centre to celebrate both family businesses growing gorgeous gardens together since 1947.
A Gardeners Dream
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka A Gardeners Dream Pillar
Floribunda. Exclusive to Matthews Roses -Charming clusters of fragrant apricot blooms with vintage ruffle form. An easy care plant, this multiple flowering beauty lives up to its name in every way, making it a gardener’s dream!
Bred by Bob Matthews and named specially for Wanganui Garden Centre to celebrate both family businesses growing gorgeous gardens together since 1947.
A Gardeners Dream Pillar 1.6m
Current Stock Height: 160/160 cm ?
Container: pb28 ?
$169.99
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Standard, Floribunda. Charming clusters of fragrant apricot blooms with vintage ruffle form. An easy care plant, this multiple flowering beauty lives up to its name in every way, making it a gardener’s dream! Hardy health plant.
Bred by Bob Matthews and named specially for Wanganui Garden Centre to celebrate both family businesses growing gorgeous gardens together since 1947.
A Gardeners Dream Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
Floribunda. Elegant blush champagne blooms in new vintage flower form, blooms may have a hint of soft apricot in the spring. Healthy easy care rose with outstanding foliage. Picked, this rose makes an exquisite bouquet or vase display.
A Moment In Time
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. Pillar. Elegant blush champagne blooms in new vintage flower form, blooms may have a hint of soft apricot in the spring. Healthy easy care rose with outstanding foliage. Picked, this rose makes an exquisite bouquet or vase display.
A Moment In Time Pillar 1.6m
Current Stock Height: 130/160 cm ?
Container: pb28 ?
$169.99
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Standard, Floribunda. Elegant blush, champagne blooms in new vintage flower form, the blooms can also have hints of soft apricot in spring and autumn. With fragrance, healthy vigor, and foliage, it is ideal for your garden or picking for a bouquet. Repeat flowering. Bred by Bob Matthews.
A Moment In Time Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
Floribunda. This pretty rose will delight you with its clusters of soft peach - apricot blooms in a full and frilly style. The blooms have high petal count, a nice fragrance and are offset against light green foliage.
Abigail Rose
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. You'll just love this rose darling as it's absolutely fabulous. Healthy, dark green, disease resistant foliage and stems of showy golden blooms that are produced in abundance. Nice strong fragrance and all together a must have. Multi International Award Winner.
Absolutely Fabulous
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. You'll just love this rose darling as it's absolutely fabulous. Healthy, dark green, disease resistant foliage and stems of showy golden blooms that are produced in abundance. Nice strong fragrance and all together a must have. Multi International Award Winner.
Absolutely Fabulous Pillar 1.6m
Current Stock Height: 160/160 cm ?
Container: pb28 ?
$169.99
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Standard Floribunda You'll just love this rose darling as it's absolutely fabulous. Healthy, dark green, disease resistant foliage and stems of showy golden blooms that are produced in abundance. Nice strong fragrance and all together a must have. Multi International Award Winner.
Absolutely Fabulous Std 45cm
Current Stock Height: STD-45/HGT-65 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$69.99
aka Little River Wattle
Little River Wattle. An outstanding and attractive foliage plant from Australia. The rippled lime green leaves quickly form a compact weeping mound that looks equally fabulous in the garden or a container. Grow in sun or part shade, in well drained soil. Tolerates light frost. Evergreen.
Acacia Fettuccini
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: 2.4l ?
$34.99
Floribunda. Luxurious rich perfume emanates from the most perfectly purple double blooms. Strong growing, upright bushy plant. This rose won the Silver medal for Most Fragrant as well as People’s Choice at Australia’s National Rose Trials, 2019. Top garden performer and simply adorable in every way!
Bred by renowned Kordes Roses of Germany.
Adorable
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Std, Floribunda. Luxurious rich perfume emanates from the most perfectly purple double blooms. Strong growing, upright bushy plant. This rose won the Silver medal for Most Fragrant as well as People’s Choice at Australia’s National Rose Trials, 2019. Top garden performer and simply adorable in every way!
Bred by renowned Kordes Roses of Germany
Adorable Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
aka Lily of the Nile
A fabulous dwarf Agapanthus that is well behaved and tidy. Strap like green leaves form a neat clump and from mid spring onwards multiple stems of mid blue flowers appear continuously for months. So easy to grow. Lovely to pick. aka African Lily. Evergreen.
Agapanthus Streamline
Current Stock Height: 20/25 cm ?
Container: 1.3l ?
$16.99
Agapanthus Streamline
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$26.99
Rugosa. A bushy rose with dense growth and crinkled green foliage. The flowers are fully double and strongly scented in tones of amber yellow fading to white. Repeats well throughout the summer. This rose from Canada will need space to grow well, ideal for the back of the border. 1922.
Agnes
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. Named in France in honour of our Southern French town. The blooms display a range of colour tones as the flowers mature from soft pink to strong cherry to cerise with a white reverse, displayed in abundance and covering a compact bush. Repeats well.
Akaroa
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. Named in France in honour of our Southern French town. The blooms display a range of colour tones as the flowers mature from soft pink to strong cherry to cerise with a white reverse, displayed in abundance and covering a compact bush. Repeats well.
Akaroa Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-120 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
Climber. An unusual and very beautiful climbing rose that flowers in spring or early summer only. The double, quartered and fragrant flowers are a rich mixture of yellow and apricot orange. Healthy dark bronze green foliage. Will tolerate some shade and looks lovely scrambling up a tree. 1956.
Summer Flowering
Alchemist Clg
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: 5l ?
$49.99
aka Titoki or New Zealand Oak
Outstanding NZ native that forms a handsome spreading tree. Large, glossy, light green dissected foliage. Sprays of rusty red woolly flowers appear in summer followed by scarlet berries with jet black seeds. Will grow in quite exposed conditions but protect from harsh frost. Evergreen.
Alectryon Excelsus - Titoki
Current Stock Height: 60/70 cm ?
Container: 2l ?
$26.99
Alectryon Excelsus - Titoki
Current Stock Height: 80/100 cm ?
Container: 4l ?
$34.99
Alectryon Excelsus - Titoki
Expected Stock Height: 120/140 cm ?
New stock expected Spring, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price $36.99. Payment on order.
Alectryon Excelsus Titoki
New stock expected Spring, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price $79.99. Payment on order.
Floribunda. Glossy green foliage and fully double, fragrant blooms of soft cream to peachy-pink make this rose named after UNICEF Ambassador, Ali Mau a desirable addition to the garden. Very hardy. Every sale of this lovely rose means a generous donation to UNICEF.
Ali Mau
Current Stock Height: 30/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. Glowing warm coral orange blooms borne on strong stems. A sport of the spectacular ‘My Mum’ that was discovered by its namesake. Winner of Gold Star of the South Pacific 2022 for the highest scoring rose at the NZRS. International Rose Trials, Palmerston North
Allison Scott
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Climber. This well behaved rose looks spectacular in full flower. Beautiful, huge, single flowers in brilliant red highlighted with crimson and golden stamens. Deep green foliage. Repeats well with plenty of flowers. Nice soft fragrance. If you love single flowers then it's a must have. 1967.
Altissimo Clg
Current Stock Height: 20/40 ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Devotion
Hybrid Tea. An elegant rose with richly coloured (unfading) blooms that are shades of warm apricot and amber. Long, strong stems hold the flowers well and are perfect for picking. Plenty of blooms from summer to autumn. Nice soft fragrance and an upright and bushy habit. 2003.
Amber Flush
Current Stock Height: 20/40 ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. Anniversary is graced with soft porcelain pink blooms that cover the whole bush with their profuse display. Strong glossy green foliage with good disease resistance. The perfect anniversary gift that will provide long lasting delight.
Winner of the Gold Star of the South Pacific.
Anniversary
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda Std A pretty rose that has soft porcelain pink blooms that cover the whole bush with their profuse display. Strong glossy green foliage with good disease resistance. The perfect anniversary gift that will provide long lasting delight. Deciduous
1997. PVR. Winner of the Gold Star of the South Pacific.
Anniversary Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
Floribunda. An unusual rose with blooms of soft lilac with hints of cream and pink that gradually fade to an antique coffee shade. Strong, rich fragrance. This would be a lovely rose to complement perennials in a mixed border. Repeats well throughout the season. Bred in NZ 2011.
Antique Affair
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka New Zealand
Hybrid Tea. Celebrate your love of NZ with this beautiful rose. The perfect buds open to fragrant blooms shaded a rich salmon pink. A strong healthy, hardy rose with disease resistant foliage. Lovely to pick. Released by Sam McGredy in 1990 to mark this country’s 150th anniversary.
Aotearoa
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Hybrid Tea Std. Celebrate your love of NZ with this beautiful rose. The perfect buds open to fragrant blooms shaded a rich salmon pink. A strong healthy plant with disease resistant foliage. Lovely to pick. 1989.
Aotearoa was released by Sam McGredy in 1990 to mark this country’s 150th anniversary
Aotearoa Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
This plant will soon be in stock and can be pre-purchased now.
Grafted on M26 to keep dwarfed. An older variety of apple with small red juicy apples that are perfect for eating, stewing or drying. The tree crops well with the fruit ripening around Mid season. The apples hold well on the tree even when ripe. Can be container grown. Good disease resistance.
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Apple Akane M26
Current Stock Height: 160/170 cm ?
Container: 4.7l ?
$69.99
aka Pinkie
A very good disease resistant, crisp and juicy apple, brightly coloured green with blush pink and good acid/sugar balance in mid season. An attractive small tree that partially weeps and produces good yields. Easy to grow. Deciduous.
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Apple Pinkie M26
Current Stock Height: 170/180 cm ?
Container: 4.7l ?
$69.99
A very good disease resistant, crisp and juicy apple, brightly coloured green with blush pink and good acid/sugar balance in mid season. An attractive small tree that partially weeps and produces good yields. Easy to grow. Deciduous.
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Apple Pinkie MM116
Current Stock Height: cm130
Container: 4.7l ?
$69.99
Grafted on M26 rootstock to keep dwarfed. Cross between Royal Gala and Braeburn, an early season large apple with sweet, crisp flesh and mild flavour. Stake for support. Self fertile but crop may be increased with pollinator such as Braeburn or Gala. Deciduous.
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Can be container grown but will need a permanent support stake to prevent wind rock. There should be no need to prune this apple as it will stay small and compact.
Apple Sweetie M26
Current Stock Height: 150/160 cm ?
Container: 4.7l ?
$69.99
Grafted on M116 rootstock to keep dwarfed. Cross between Royal Gala and Braeburn, an early season large apple with sweet, crisp flesh and mild flavour. Stake to support young trees. Self fertile but crop may be increased with pollinator such as Braeburn or Gala. Deciduous.
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Apple Sweetie M116
Current Stock Height: 120/160 cm ?
Container: 4.7l ?
$69.99
Tea. An outstanding Rose with open flat flowers that have a multitude of petals. The blooms are a pleasing blend of pink, copper and soft orange. The foliage is dark and glossy and the stems have few thorns. A delightful fragrance and generosity of bloom complete the picture. France 1872.
This rose is sometimes confused with Monsieur Tillier and vice versa as they are very similar in appearance however they are definitely different. Archiduc Joseph was named after a great plant collector - Archduke Joseph of Austro-Hungary.
Archiduc Joseph
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Hybrid Tea. Perfectly shaped and scented cherry red blooms ideal for picking. Bred by Bob Matthews of Mathews Roses, NZ, this rose is ideally suited to New Zealand conditions and would be an outstanding addition to any garden. Healthy glossy foliage.
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Aroha
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Hybrid Tea Std 80cm. Perfect cherry red blooms ideal for picking. Bred by Bob Matthews of Mathews Roses, NZ, this rose is ideally suited to New Zealand conditions and would be an outstanding addition to any garden. Healthy glossy foliage.
Aroha Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb 12 ?
$79.99
Floribunda. Vigorous medium growing upright plant with nice glossy foiliage. These striking golden-apricot blooms are 'a stand out' in the garden. Produced in clusters, the blooms have a pleasing light scent. Bred by Somerfield. 2021.
This was a Certificate of Merit winner at the New Zealand Rose Society Trials in Palmerston North 2021.
Attention Seeker
Current Stock Height: 20/30 cm ?
Container: pb 8 ?
$49.99
Hybrid Tea. This rose looks most beautiful when fully open. Powerfully fragrant with perfect-creamy white blooms, exceptionally free flowering. Great rose for picking for vase display. We have this in our garden at Wairere and it never fails to please. 1990.
Auckland Metro
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Evergreen Azalea
Award winning evergreen with stunning double flowers in Spring. A neat grower with a fairly upright habit. Beautiful mauve flowers with brown spots in the throat. A hardy evergreen shrub that prefers Part sun part shade with slight acidic soil and is free draining.
Can be used in lightly shade borders and woodlands as well in a pot on the deck.
Azalea Elsie Lee
Current Stock Height: 25/30 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$29.99
Azalea Elsie Lee
Current Stock Height: 30/40 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$39.99
This fertiliser has been created for plants that prefer an acidic soil including Daphne, Gardenia, Pieris, Magnolia, Erica & blue Hydrangeas. It contains all the nutrients such plants need to thrive including Sulphur to lower soil PH, Iron to promote foliage health and Potassium for beautiful blooms
Not suitable for newly planted plants. Please use slow release fert for these.
Acid Fert 900g
Current Stock Height: 900g
Container: Bag ?
$14.99
Acid Fert 3kg
Current Stock Height: 3kg
Container: Bag ?
$19.99
Acid Fert 8kg
Current Stock Height: 8kg
Container: Bag ?
$34.99
Patio or Shrublet. This little rose has non stop flower power. The oh so 'pretty in pink' blooms open from dark pink buds. Well behaved and exceptionally disease resistant 'Babe' is happy in the garden or a container. Compact bush. 2010.
Babe
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Dublin Bay
Climber Floribunda. One of the very best red climbers -ever- and bred right here in NZ. This easy to grow and well behaved climbing rose is nearly always in flower with semi-double, dark red blooms. Generally healthy, never fails to please and looks great growing along a fence. Great for picking.
Multi award winner. 1976.
Dublin Bay Clg
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Hybrid Tea. If you are looking for a top performing, fragrant yellow rose then it would be hard to go past this reliable beauty. Well formed golden yellow blooms on nice long stems appear regularly throughout the season. Vigorous, upright grower that is generally healthy. 1978.
Dutch Gold
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Korgeowim
Floribunda. A heavenly perfume emanates from this multi award winning rose. Earth Angel has unique tightly cupped blooms of pure white revealing a soft blush pink centre. Outstanding healthy shrub with mid green foliage, repeat flowering. Strong Fragrance.
Bred by renowned Kordes Roses.
Earth Angel
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda Std 45cm. A heavenly perfume emanates from this multi award winning rose, with unique tightly cupped blooms of pure white revealing a soft blush pink centre. Outstanding healthy shrub with mid green foliage, repeat flowering.
Bred by renowned Kordes Roses.
Earth Angel Std 45cm
Current Stock Height: STD-45/HGT-60 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$69.99
Floribunda. A heavenly perfume emanates from this multi award winning rose, with unique tightly cupped blooms of pure white revealing a soft blush pink centre. Outstanding healthy shrub with mid green foliage, repeat flowering.
Bred by renowned Kordes Roses.
Earth Angel Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
Floribunda. A free flowering rose with perfect high pointed blooms of warm yellow that keep their true colour until petal drop. Lovely fragrance, compact habit and nice healthy foliage. An excellent rose. 1992.
El Dorado
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: 5l ?
$49.99
Hybrid Tea. This is one of Lloyd's favourite roses so you know that it is just lovely 'cause he's got good taste. Exhibition quality, fragrant blooms of pale creamy-yellow are produced continuously throughout summer. A robust and reliable bush with dark green foliage. Multi-award winner. 1985.
Elina
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Climber. Attractively hanging heads of crimson-scarlet Hybrid Tea flowers. Vigorous growth. Summer flowering, with a few blooms later on. Strong Old Rose fragrance. Bred by Albert Norman (UK, before 1940).
Ena Harkness Clg
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. With clusters of beautiful 'old world' blooms in shades of softest salmon pink Enchantment makes a real show throughout the season. Disease resistant dark green foliage and a soft fragrance. One of the 'Palace' series bred by Poulsen and a very nice rose. TM.
Enchantment
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. Truly one of a kind blooms of terracotta fading to dusky pink. Amazing for picking with distinctive ruffle form. Multiple blooming on a super healthy, upright, bushy plant with glossy foliage. Enigma has a light fragrance, Bred by Bob Matthews. PVR
Enigma
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. Truly one of a kind blooms of terracotta fading to dusky pink. Amazing for picking with distinctive ruffle form. Multiple blooming on a super healthy, light fragrance, bushy plant with glossy foliage. Bred by Bob Matthews. PVR
Enigma Std 80cm
Expected Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Currently sold out. Add to your waitlist to be advised when next in stock.
Hybrid Tea. A magnificent sensual rose with flowers of dark velvet crimson red and a heady erotic perfume. Erotica is very free flowering, and proven to have a healthy, hardy growth habit. Flowers have a true hybrid tea form and are just perfect for picking. Exquisite.
Erotica
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. A handsome rose with deep green foliage and heavy trusses of brilliant red blooms that open to reveal showy yellow stamens. Europeana has a nice light fragrance. Flowers consistently from summer into autumn. Multi Award Winner. From the Netherlands 1963.
Europeana
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Austin Rose. An exceedingly pretty rose of soft, glowing apricot-pink, each bloom packed with numerous delicately ruffled petals. Held on red-tinged stems, the blooms begin as shallow cups, opening to full rosettes, revealing petals of a richer hue, which gradually pale over time. They have a delicious strong fruity fragrance.
Eustacia Vye
Current Stock Height: 10/15 cm ?
Container: pb 8 ?
$49.99
Standard. Austin Rose. An exceedingly pretty rose of soft, glowing apricot-pink, each bloom packed with numerous delicately ruffled petals. Held on red-tinged stems, the blooms begin as shallow cups, opening to full rosettes, revealing petals of a richer hue, which gradually pale over time. They have a delicious strong fruity fragrance.
Eustacia Vye Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
Stock of this item is very low.
Floribunda An abundance of large clusters of soft medium pink blooms with a cream reverse. Blooms last well on the plant or in a vase.Tidy compact growth habit that is low and spreading. Mid green leaves complement the pink blooms beautifully on this extremely healthy rose bred by NZs Rob Somerfield. PVR
Eye Candy
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Eye Opener
Shrub. 'Eyeopener' is aptly named as the vivid red flowers with white centres and prominent yellow stamens are extremely showy and will make a strong statement in the garden throughout the summer. Bright green disease resistant foliage on arching stems. Definitely a favourite. 1987.
Eyeopener
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. Bred in New Zealand this vibrant rose has single blooms of bright scarlet highlighted by a white centre and prominent golden stamens. Flowers non stop and grows well with very little fuss. Can be used as border or low hedge. 1975.
Eyepaint
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Polyantha Std. 'The Fairy Queen' is a sport of the every popular and reliable rose 'The Fairy'. It has all the same qualities i.e. lots of bloom. glossy green healthy foliage and an arching habit. The dainty double flowers are a showy crimson pink and lightly scented. PVR. 1998.
Fairy Queen Weeper Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
Floribunda. Enchanting blooms of soft blush pink with hints of apricot, this award winner casts a spell in any garden with its lovely fragrance, multi-petal form and easy care nature. Bushy plant with dark green foliage. Moderate fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Bred by renowned Kordes Roses of (Germany, 2003).
Fairytale Magic
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Standard, Floribunda. Enchanting blooms of soft blush pink with hints of apricot, this award winner casts a spell in any garden with its lovely fragrance, multi-petal form and easy care nature. Bushy plant with dark green foliage. Moderate fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.
Bred by renowned Kordes Roses (Germany, 2003).
Fairytale Magic Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
Hybrid Tea Std. The rich glossy green foliage highlights the warm golden-apricot blooms with their swirling petals. Nice fragrance to satisfy the senses. A lovely rose to give as a gift or use as a special memorial. 2001.
Faithful Friend Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
Floribunda. Soft cream blooms with a thin raspberry red edge. The cream petals turn pink with age making the older flowers stunning in their own right. The petals drop cleanly before they turn brown so no deadheading needed. Round, compact habit.
Certificate of Merit, Palmerston North Trial Ground, New Zealand (2013)
Feeling Better
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Pineapple Guava
Vigorous growing variety which ripens in autumn around April-May. Rough skinned fruit which are large, aromatic and very sweet. Partially self-fertile but cross pollination is essential for large fruit so plant with a companion for best results. Evergreen.
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Feijoa Apollo
Current Stock Height: 80/90 cm ?
Container: 3.5l ?
$39.99
Feijoa Apollo
Current Stock Height: 80/110 cm ?
Container: 3l ?
$49.99
aka Pineapple Guava
Well it's called 'Mammoth' for a reason - bumper crops of oblong shaped fruit that are full of flavour, ready to eat around May. Great for cooking and fresh eating, also makes a nice chutney. Plant with another Feijoa for best results. Prefers a sunny well drained position. Evergreen.
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Feijoa Mammoth
Current Stock Height: 80/90 cm ?
Container: 3.5l ?
$39.99
Feijoa Mammoth
Current Stock Height: 70/90 cm ?
Container: 3l ?
$49.99
aka Creeping Fig
A useful plant for covering up anything ugly or unsightly - in the garden that is. Self clinging aerial roots clamber along walls, up fences, water tanks etc. Small juvenile foliage is an attractive bronze green. Grow in sun/part shade and needs protection from harsh frost. Evergreen.
This is a plant that I am never without in the garden. I prefer the small mature leaves and usually trim off the more mature rangy growth. Creeping Fig does not like harsh frost and will show signs of some stress in very cold winters but usually recovers well.
Ficus Pumila
Current Stock Height: 30/40 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$36.99
Floribunda. Showy orange blooms with a white reverse. Masses of blooms form large clusters on long stems and have a lovely fragrance. Petals fall cleanly so the bush always looks tidy. Upright habit and dark glossy leaves with good disease resistance and very few thorns. Bred by Rob Somerfield 2017.
Winner of the Gold Star of the South Pacific.
Fireball
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. Rich cerise burgundy blooms with deep yellow reverse petals make a striking combination! This award-winning rose is easy to grow forming a healthy, bushy plant with deep green foliage. Light Fragrance. Another showstopper bred by renowned Kordes Roses of Germany.
Flashback
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Flower Carpet Rose
Shrub. An outstanding ground cover rose with trusses of double, weather proof, snowy white flowers that appear non stop from spring through to autumn. Glossy green, disease resistant foliage and a nice gentle fragrance. Deservedly an award winner. Germany 1991
Bred in Germany where it is called Schneeflocke which translates in English to Snowflake.
Flower Carpet White
Current Stock Height: 10/20 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$26.99
Floribunda. A very popular rose with clusters of soft apricot buds that open to ivory blooms, blushed with apricot and fading to cream as they age. Beautifully formed. Continuous flowering and a gentle fragrance make this a very rewarding rose.
French Lace
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Korresia or Sunsprite
Floribunda. AKA Korresia. One of the most justly admired yellow roses, which holds both its shape and its clear bright colour. Reliable flowers over a long period and a nice strong fragrance. If you like yellow you will love this multi-award winning rose. 1974.
Friesia
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Hybrid Tea. Silver lavender petals unfurl with hints of frosted blue to grey. This uniquely coloured rose has a pleasant fragrance and healthy foliage. Displays well when picked. New release 2025 from Matthews in association with international rose breeders.
Frosty Moon
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
$49.99
Hybrid Tea Std 80cm. Silver lavender petals unfurl with hints of frosted blue to grey. This uniquely coloured rose is well suited for picking. New release 2025 from Matthews in association with international rose breeders.
Frosty Moon Std 80cm
Expected Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Currently sold out. Add to your waitlist to be advised when next in stock.
Hybrid Tea Std 80cm. Single bud Standard. Silver lavender petals unfurl with hints of frosted blue to grey. This uniquely coloured rose is well suited for picking. New release 2025 from Matthews in association with international rose breeders.
Please note single grafted rose.
Frosty Moon Std 80cm Single Bud
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$54.99
Floribunda. Deliciously different cream buds transforming into brushed strawberry petals. Super compact growing bush with healthy green foliage. This is a brand new release from Bab Matthews of Matthews roses.
Fruit Salad
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Austin With its exquisite deep pink, many-petalled rosette blooms and delightful, fruity fragrance, Gabriel Oak is a captivating English Shrub Rose The vibrant, deep pink flowers contrast with their lush green foliage.
The name Gabriel Oak is from a fictional character in Thomas Hardy’s novel, Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). Gabriel was a skillful, hardworking, and honest young farmer who feel in love with the capricious heroine, Bathsheba Everdene.
Gabriel Oak
Current Stock Height: 20/30 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Rosa Mundi
Gallica. A very Old rose. Large Crimson semi-double flowers, striped and splashed with pinks and whites. It is hardy with few thorns and matt green foliage. A very striking rose, which is pleasantly scented. Summer flowering.
Gallica Versicolor
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. The name says it all! This showstopper displays warm tropical toned clusters of orange blended with yellow. An award-winning addition to your garden. Bushy plant with mid green foliage, lightly scented. Bred by renowned Kordes Roses of Germany. Deciduous.
Exclusive to Matthews Roses
Garden Delight
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda Std 80cm The name says it all! This showstopper displays warm tropical toned clusters of orange blended with yellow. An award-winning addition to your garden. Bushy plant with mid green foliage. Bred by renowned Kordes Roses of Germany.
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Garden Delight Std 80cm
Current Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ?
Container: pb12 ?
$79.99
A spreading dwarf form of the eternally popular Gardenia. Covers itself in a mass of sweetly fragrant flowers from late spring to summer. Ideal as a container plant or use as a ground cover in a warm, frost free position in the garden. Will respond well to regular liquid feeding. Evergreen.
Gardenia Radicans
Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm ?
Container: 2l ?
$26.99
Gardenia augusta Radicans
Current Stock Height: 5/10 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$29.99
Tea. The General is a robust grower with relatively thornless stems. The blooms are cupped and quartered and a unique blend of rosy pink overlaid with cream with hints of buff, yellow and red. Delicious scent and nice glossy green foliage. Repeats well. France 1899.
General Gallieni
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Organic based General Garden fertiliser with 'Vigor'; an exclusive blend of organic manures giving a natural supply of plant food. For general use, base dressing of crops and light side dressing of established plants.
NPK 4-5-5
General Garden Fertiliser 3kg
Current Stock Height: 3kg
Container: Bag ?
$19.99
General Garden Fertiliser 8kg
Current Stock Height: 8kg
Container: Bag ?
$34.99
Tea. A trouble free rose that blooms profusely from spring through to autumn. The fragrant blooms are double, quartered and a blend of cherry red and salmon pink. Foliage is blue-green. Nice to pick. Compact habit, minimal pruning, loves the sun. From France 1878.
In ideal conditions this rose may require support due to height.
General Schablikine
Current Stock Height: 30/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
This bright little shrub will add 'sunshine yellow' to your garden in late winter when not much else is in bloom. A fast grower with bright green evergreen foliage that clips well. The pea shaped yellow flowers appear from late winter to early spring. Happy in a well drained sunny spot.
Genista Yellow Imp
Current Stock Height: 15/20 cm ?
Container: 2.5l ?
$29.99
Austin Rose. In order to be named after this famous gardener you know this has to be a great rose. Rich deep pink, cup shaped flowers with petals that are arranged in a spiral. Powerful fragrance, repeat flowering and very striking in full bloom. A nursery favourite. Voted world's Favourite rose in 2025 by World Federation of Rose Societies.
Gertrude Jekyl
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. A multi award winning rose including one for fragrance so you 'nose' it is going to smell divine! The flowers are a beautiful soft burnt-orange blend that age to pink and appear in regular clusters. The foliage shows excellent disease resistance.
A most appealing shade of burnt orange flowers with a lovely sweet fruity fragrance, that age to pink. The compact bushy plant of approximately 90cm repeat flowers well and has large attractive leaves that are disease resistant. Award winner.
Ginger Kisses
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Gloire Lyonnaise
Hybrid Perpetual. Very large, fragrant, creamy white blooms with a lemon blush at the base. Handsome leathery foliage. This rose has a strong upright habit and with few thorns. Flowers appear from summer to autumn. France 1885.
Gloire Lyonnaise
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Hybrid Tea. Superbly healthy, glossy green foliage complemented by simply gorgeous or should we say 'Glorious' large yellow blooms. Fragrant, easy care and definitely a must have. Perfect for picking. 2001. NZ Rose of the Year 2006.
Glorious
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Hybrid Tea. Gorgeous blooms of deep gold, tinged with copper appear reliably and regularly on this free flowering upright bush. Good disease resistance. A trouble free rose that has remained a firm favourite since 1983 for a very good reason - it's a 'goodie'.
Gold Medal
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Hybrid Tea. A classic, perfectly formed star-shaped, rose with superb deep yellow flowers of some substance. Gold Strike has lush deep green glossy foliage and a strong upright growth habit. Nice scent too - really lovely.
Gold Strike
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Modern Climber. The large golden yellow blooms, repeat well and cover this vigorous, shapely plant. Has a moderate, citrus fruity and spicy fragrance. This multi award winner is simply one of the best modern climbers. Bred by Tim Hermann Kordes (Germany, 1995).
Golden Gate Clg
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Shrub. Large, mainly single blooms of soft golden yellow with prominent golden brown stamens and a gentle fragrance appear continuously through-out summer. Dark stems and glossy light green foliage with good disease resistance. A strong upright shrub that is worthy of a place in the garden. 1956.
Golden Wings
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. Extraordinary deep blood red, fluted velvety petals which age to deeper rouge, almost black. Repeat flowering on a neatly rounded, healthy bush this rose is outstanding for picking and floral work. Named to celebrate excellence in NZ dressage.
Bred by Henri Delbard (France, 1997).
Grand Prix Special
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
Floribunda. This rose clothes itself with stunningly beautiful red-purple flowers that open into an old fashioned style.The dark green glossy foliage compliments the blooms well and it is a highly fragrant variety.I am sure that ‘Grandma’s Rose’ will be loved by all the grandmas out there. PVR
Grandma’s Rose, bred by Rob Somerfield, is the winner of the 2019 Gold Star of the South Pacific.
Grandmas Rose
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Grapefruit
Citrus. N.Z.'s most popular Grapefruit, 'Golden Special' has large juicy mostly seedless fruit that ripen July - November. Yummy for breakfast fruit, juicing or making delicious Marmalade. Grow in a sheltered position with fertile well drained soil. Water well during hot dry periods. Evergreen.
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Grapefruit Golden Special
Current Stock Height: 80/90 cm ?
Container: 4.7l ?
$54.99
aka Grapefruit
Citrus. Grafted on Flying dragon rootstock to keep compact. Golden Special has large golden fruit that mature in August. Very juicy and tangy and produced in abundance. Plant in a sunny position in fertile well drained soil. Water well during hot dry periods. Dwarf. Evergreen.
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Grapefruit Golden Special Dwf
Current Stock Height: 80/90 cm ?
Container: 4.7l ?
$54.99
aka Grapefruit
Citrus. This Australian variety has large, good quality, pale yellow fruit that mature from November through to March. The fruit has thin skin and very juicy flesh with a mild flavour. Usually has a bumper crop every 2nd year i.e. has biennial tendencies but we won't hold that against it. Evergreen.
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Grapefruit Wheeny
Current Stock Height: 80/90 cm ?
Container: 4.7l ?
$54.99
aka Grapefruit
Citrus. Grafted on Flying Dragon rootstock to keep compact. This Australian variety has large, good quality, pale yellow fruit that mature from November through to March. The fruit has thin skin and very juicy flesh. Usually has a bumper crop every 2nd year/has biennial tendencies. Evergreen.
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Grapefruit Wheeny Dwf
Current Stock Height: 90/110 cm ?
Container: 4.7l ?
$54.99
aka Greensleeves or Harlenten
Floribunda. An unusual rose with large clusters of pink buds that open to chartreuse-green blooms with hints of buff and pink. Quite a vigorous grower and to quote Rosarian Peter Beales 'good for cutting and conversation'. Would look good in a container.
Greensleeves
Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ?
Container: pb8 ?
$49.99
aka Kapuka
Native. A selected form of the ever popular Griselinia. Gorgeous, broad, glossy green foliage with attractive wavy margins. Ideal background shrub but at its best when used as a hedge. Tolerant of just about any planting conditions including coastal. Very tidy and well groomed. Evergreen.
Griselinia Broadway Mint
Current Stock Height: 45/55 cm ?
Container: 1l ?
$17.99
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