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Floribunda. There probably aren't enough superlatives to describe this excellent white rose. The petals are richly textured with just a little blush of colour in the centre offset by warm bronze stamens. Multi award winner including one for fragrance. Disease resistant. 10 out of 10! 1978.

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Floribunda. Light orange red blooms with white reverse and edges of petals. Free-flowering all summer on a healthy and compact bush. Bred by Sam McCready 1975. One of the handpainted roses, that is, it appears an artist has hand-painted the flower edges in a different colour. Lovely!

The first plant to be protected by Plant Variety Rights (PVR) legislation in New Zealand.

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aka AKA Simply the Best

Hybrid Tea. This Rose is AKA 'Simply the Best' and that certainly describes it well. Dark green glossy foliage and the most beautiful warm copper-orange-bronze blooms that emit a powerful musky fragrance. Mr McGredy does it again. Excellent cut flower.

Winner of Rose of the Year in 2002. Marketed in Europe as Simply the Best

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Hybrid Tea. A lovely rose with tight firm buds that unfold to reveal large, shapely, double, pure white blooms. With a powerful fragrance and classical shape, this is a lovely picking rose. Good strong grower. Belfast Gold Medal 1994.

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Hybrid Tea. A strong rose with large swirling flowers of pure creamy white tinged with pale pink on the petal edges. Nicely fragrant and free-flowering, nice picking rose. Sturdy healthy upright bush, shows good disease resistance. 1992

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Austin. This is a pretty little rose with real flower power. The soft yellow flowers are rosette shaped and have a strong fragrance. 'Molineux' has a strong resistance to disease so overall a worthy choice. Lovely for the front of the border.

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Floribunda. An unusual and beautiful rose from Sam McGredy with large, beautifully formed blooms in moody tones of lilac and blue. A good strong grower that holds its shape well and repeats profusely. Unusual grey-green foliage. Lightly scented. 1991

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Climber - Hybrid Musk. A great little climbing rose that I have always enjoyed growing. Clusters of fragrant creamy-white blooms appear non-stop from summer through to autumn. Nice dark stems and foliage set the flowers off really well. Generally vigorous, healthy and trouble free. 1913.

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Shrublet. Simply delightful and quite unique panicle like clusters of petite pretty-pink rosettes. This easy-care rose is ideal for landscaping, can be used as a low border plant. Repeat flowering and virtually thornless! Bred in New Zealand by Carl Dibley.

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aka The Butterfly Rose

China Rose. An exceptionally graceful rose which bears masses of slender pointed buds of vivid red opening to soft yellow then changing to coppery tones of pink and later in the season crimson tones. A continuous, spectacular and unusual display. One of my firm favourites. Bred prior to 1896.

The name Mutablis means 'changeable' which is what really describes the flower colour best. This rose is also described as the 'Butterfly Rose' as the single flowers float and dance above the foliage like a - you guessed it - a butterfly.