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Hybrid Tea. A must have for red rose lovers and aren't we all? Plump pointed buds open to sumptuous velvety red blooms that carry a delicious 'raspberry' fragrance. Just lovely to pick and long lasting in a vase. Nice overall habit. AKA 'City of Newcastle' and 'Veterans Honor'. 1997.

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Hybrid Tea. A special rose from Mr McGredy with classic buds that gently unfold to reveal charming soft pink blooms with a delicate fragrance. Lovely to pick and long lasting in the vase. Just a lovely rose that was named to honour the NZ Country Women's Association. 1975.

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aka Mr Lincoln

Hybrid Tea. A superb, classic red rose that has been in demand since it was first introduced in 1964. Dark red buds open to cupped sumptuous blooms with an exquisite fragrance. Strong upright growth habit. Lovely to pick. A Multi Award winner for all the right reasons.

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Hybrid Tea. A beautiful rose for your beautiful Mum. Bright rose pink blooms that are large and fully quartered. Wonderful strong fragrance and dark green glossy foliage that shows good disease resistance. Plenty of blooms throughout the season. AKA Ghita Renaissance.

Part of the 'Renaissance' collection which have been bred for excellent all round performance. These roses show good disease resistance and have plenty of flower power.

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Hybrid Tea. This rose has won several international awards and is known as one of the very best fragrant red roses. Leathery dark green foliage and superb, exhibition quality, deep, rich, velvety, crimson blooms. A wonderful cut flower. Repeats well from summer to autumn. 1963.

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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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Hybrid Tea. Deep golden yellow hybrid tea on long stems making it ideal for picking. It will often have a slight orange highlight on the outside of the petal. It is one of the first roses to bloom in the spring. Flowers are set off by very deep green, glossy foliage.

Pride of Palmy was named to celebrate the 50th year of the Palmerston North International Rose Trial Grounds, the oldest rose trial in the southern hemisphere.

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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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Hybrid Tea. Large, classic, blooms of creamy white which deepen in the centre to show a hint of peachy-lemon. Full and firm with glossy petals. Makes an outstanding display against the dark green glossy foliage. Beautifully fragrant too. Lovely. 1999.

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Hybrid Tea. This Romeo is described as healthy and strong, beautifully formed, with good weather resistance and a nice fragrance. Sounds like the man, oops, rose for me! The blooms are a passionate crimson red and produced continuously, an exceptional rose for picking. 1995.

The two roses crossed to produce this Romeo were Howard Morrison and Harmonie - A very apt "meet-cute" don't you think?