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Floribunda. Supporting Breast Cancer Foundation NZ this truly beautiful rose creates an outstanding, continuous display of soft pink cupped shaped blooms on a healthy, very compact bushy plant. $2 from the sale of each rose will be donated to BCFNZ. Ideal for planting in a pot. PVR

Pink Ribbon symbol is a trademark of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. Bred in New Zealand by Bob Matthews. Flowers can be variable in form.

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Floribunda. An outstanding red Floribunda with glowing red blooms from summer to autumn. The nice light fragrance combined with high health and vigor resulted in this rose being awarded NZ Rose of the Year in the 2008 trials. It's worth finding a space for. 1994 PVR.

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Hybrid Tea Std 80cm. Has large cupped shaped blooms of soft pink, sweetly scented on long, strong stems ideal for picking. A super healthy plant with glossy foliage. Bred by Bob Matthews and named in celebration of the Matthews Nurseries 70th anniversary 2017. Award Winner.

A winner of a Certificate of Merit at the New Zealand Rose Society trials in Palmerston North in 2015.

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Floribunda. Like any self respecting 'Playboy' this rose makes sure it is always the centre of attention. The almost single flowers are tones of brilliant orange, scarlet and yellow. Nice glossy foliage and of course smells good too. Use to add boldness to your planting schemes. 1976.

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Hybrid Tea. A commemorative Rose that naturally is found to be growing in the gardens at the Vatican. The blooms are large, full and glistening white with a very strong fresh citrus fragrance. Vigorous and healthy with glossy green foliage. Blooms well throughout the season. 2006.

Jackson and Perkins from the USA introduced this rose and are donating 10 percent of all sales to charities chosen by the Vatican.

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Austin Std Rose. Large, double and full blooms of glowing pink with an outer rim of paler pink petals. Strongly fragrant with just a hint of lemon as the blooms fades. Good disease resistance and plenty of blooms throughout the season. Certainly fit for a Princess.

Named after Princess Alexandra of Kent who is a keen gardener and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth the II.

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Hybrid Tea. Pristine bears wonderfully large blooms which are white with a hint of pink which are lovely to behold and are borne in large quantities, usually one to a stem. Lovely big hips after flowering and a large vigorous healthy bush. 1978

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Hybrid Tea. It is trouble free, generous in bloom and beautiful. The shapely buds open to large, mid pink, graceful blooms that have a soft fragrance. 1954. This much admired and reliable rose is popular in the UK for hedging. Named to mark the accession to the throne in 1952 of Queen Elizabeth the II.

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Austin Rose. If you like pink you will love this rose. Vibrant mid pink blooms with a strong fragrance are large, fully double and delightful. A healthy smaller bush, place towards the front of the bed to show to advantage. Good repeat flowering 1994.

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Standard, Hybrid Tea. Glowing hot orange tipped blooms with yellow centres makes this rose stand out from the crowd! Multi international award winner bred in France by Pierre Orard. Repeat flowering with a light fragrance. Robust growing plant.