Climber - Cluster Flowered. A very popular free flowering rose with large semi-double blooms of warm pink which are offset by showy golden stamens. Nice light fragrance. Robust, tolerant of wet weather and easily grown. A real pleasure to have in the garden. 1967.

Austin Shrub/Climber. Apricot-yellow buds open to a large showly cupped, many petalled rosette. They are a beautiful blend of subtle apricot-pink and soft yellow, giving the overall impression of apricot, with creamy outer petals. Strong, honey, myrrh fragrance. A vigorous climber with mid-green foliage.

The name was inspired by the heroine of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd.

Climber. Mr Toogood of Melbourne found the seedling of this simply beautiful rose on his birthday and what a present! Spring flowering with dark, velvet red, double flowers that are very fragrant and excellent for picking. An enduring gift to celebrate a loved ones birthday. 1950.

Climber Hybrid Tea. An excellent rose with healthy disease resistant foliage, seductively scented, long stemmed, deep purple blooms that are perfect to pick. Stunning addition to any garden and bred right here in NZ by Rob Somerfield. 1998. Multi Award Winner.

Rob Somerfield says this rose is "named after the liqueur 'Blackberry Nip' that we all remember" from our past. I'm afraid my memory of it is not a great one - my fault as I somewhat over indulged, now days I would choose to drink in the scent of this beautiful rose rather than the liqueur!

A lovely little rose with button-hole blooms of pretty pink that appear in large sprays throughout summer. The blooms are lightly scented. Fine green foliage and stems with few thorns. Often confused with 'Cecile Brunner' but distinguished by the long sepals at the base of each bloom. 1920.

Rambler. This rambling rose is vigorous with single flowers of velvet red with white centres and yellow stamens. Flowers between Nov - Dec. A bright display. H 3.5m 1925.

Two-shade pink flowers featuring soft/light pink inner petals and a deeper rose-pink or darker pink reverse. Flowers have a strong fragrance and this rose is very free flowering. It will climb to cover a medium sized pergola.

Rambler. Small, mid pink, cupped flowers held in closely packed, conical clusters. Strong, delicious fragrance. The almost thornless bush has light green leaves. Often found in old cottage gardens. Vigorous growth. Decidous. Cant, 1863

Rambler Climber. Bonfire is a medium red rambling climbing rose which can grow up to 5m in height. It has small double blooms displayed in large clusters and is a once flowering variety. This is a heritage variety which has good disease resistence.

Climber Large Flowered. The very pretty shade of soft apricot and hybrid tea shaped blooms make this climbing rose most desirable. Named by the Royal College of Midwives to celebrate new life. Oh yes there is a pleasing fragrance as well. Award winner. 1982.