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aka Scabrosa

Rugosa. The name 'Scabrosa' refers to the roughness of the handsome foliage which is clear green with interesting veining. The summer blooms are bright cerise pink offset with golden stamens and are followed by big fat red hips. Nice sweet fragrance. Robust and vigorous. 1950.

This rose could be used as a hedge as it grows into quite a tall specimen. The hips can be used for culinary purposes.

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Richly fragrant lilac hued clusters of flowers. This rose was named by Bob Matthews of Matthews Roses for the centennial of Rural Women In New Zealand in 2025. It is a healthy disease resistant variety which has mid green leaves to set off the pretty lilac blooms.

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Shrub Std. Everybody just loves our Sally. A stunning rose with regular and generous trusses of single flowers in shades of softest pale pink to white. Sturdy, vigorous, disease resistant growth habit, will even tolerate a little shade. Perfect for mass grouping. A really good rose. 1976.

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Rugosa. This highly fragrant rose has loose, semi-double, silky pink flowers produced in repeated flushes from spring to late summer. The blooms have a cluster of golden stamens in the centre. Dense dark green foliage and thorny, upright growth habit. 1926.

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Shrub Std Weeping. If you want a vigorous easy care rose that flowers its head off then 'Seafoam' would be hard to overlook. Small double white flowers with a hint of creamy pink and a light fragrance appear in great quantity throughout the season. Glossy foliage. Multi award winner. 1964.

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Shrub Std Weeping. If you want a vigorous easy care rose that flowers its head off then 'Seafoam' would be hard to overlook. Small double white flowers with a hint of creamy pink and a light fragrance appear in great quantity throughout the season. Glossy foliage. Multi award winner. 1964.

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Shrub Rose Std. If you want a vigorous easy care rose that flowers its head off then Seafoam would be hard to overlook. Small double white flowers with a hint of creamy pink and a light fragrance appear in great quantity throughout the season. Glossy foliage and an arching habit. Multi award winner. 1964

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Hybrid Tea. Exquisitely beautiful large white blooms with a blush of pink in the centre are presented on long stems perfect for picking. A powerful spicy fragrance will delight the senses - winner of a fragrance award. Seldom without a flower throughout the season. 1987.

This rose is very popular for wedding bouquets as it is so beautiful. Amongst the top 10 fragrant roses as voted by the All American Rose Society.

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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! Exclusive to Matthews Roses.

A sport of the ever popular Memorial Day.

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Floribunda Std. Skyla Rose has glowing medium pink blooms that open in quartered style. The medium height, compact bush will produce abundant blooms through the season that will delight with their alluring fragrance. This rose has good disease resistance. Bred by Rob Somerfield, released 2019.

Pacific Rose Bowl Festival 2019 New Zealand Rose of the Year Trial winners Awarded Best Floribunda Rose and Most Fragrant Rose. Named to celebrate the life of Skyla Rose Keating, a brave fighter of DIPG brain cancer.