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Austin. A vigorous grower with mid green foliage and masses of sweetly scented, loose-petaled, cup shaped, clear pink blooms that darken slightly as they mature. Flowers from summer to autumn, good disease resistance, easy to grow.

The 'Mary Rose' was the flagship of Henry VIII and was in turn named after his sister.

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Austin Std. A vigorous grower with mid green foliage and masses of sweetly scented, cup shaped, clear pink blooms that darken slightly as they mature. Flowers from summer to autumn, good disease resistance, easy to grow.

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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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aka AKA Simply the Best

Hybrid Tea Std. 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.

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Climber - Hybrid Tea. Peter Beales describes this as an "outstandingly beautiful climber." I agree! If you like single roses you will love Meg's large, scented blooms of buff yellow flushed with apricot and peach. Prominent russet-red stamens complete the picture. Glossy green healthy foliage. 1954.

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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 Std. 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. An award winning rose with exquisite clear pink blooms washed with soft lavender. The fragrance of the blooms is so strong that is said that just one stem will perfume a room. Strong disease resistant growth and few thorns add to the desirability. PVR. 2005.

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aka AKA Bonita or The St Edmunds Rose

Shrub. Memories of You is an upright, shrub rose with green leaves. It has fragrant, large blooms of orange-apricot with pink overtones that bloom throughout summer. This rose is known in different countries as Bonita or The St. Edmunds Rose and has won awards throughout Europe and Japan.