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PAGE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ALL Hybrid Tea. Tabasco has medium to large orange salmon blooms found both singularly and in substantial clusters. In full flower it is a magnificent sight. The bush is a medium height and has a nice upright growth habit with good disease tolerance. Tabasco Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? Container: pb8 ? WAS $45.99 LESS 20% Floribunda. This Rob Somerfield bred Rose is the most gorgeous blend of cooper and soft terracotta tones. The blooms are fully double and very beautiful with just the lightest scent. The glossy, dark green foliage completes the picture. Flowers well throughout the season. 2011.
Top Shelf Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? Container: pb8 ? WAS $45.99 LESS 20% Climber. Large, well formed, peach blooms on nice long stems, great for cutting. It's gorgeous tropical fragrance is the proverbial flag on top of the cocktail. Nice compact habit for a climber making it great for smaller spaces. Foliage is dark, glossy and with overall good health. Tropical Essence Clg Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? Container: pb8 ? WAS $45.99 LESS 20% Floribunda. Add a touch of romance to your garden with this gorgeous rose that has masses of double white flowers. If you treat it with lots of love you will be rewarded with flowers from spring until autumn. Lovely dark green foliage with good disease resistance. Bred by Rob Somerfield. Deciduous. PVR White Romance Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? Container: pb8 ? WAS $45.99 LESS 20% Floribunda. Bred in NZ by Rob Somerfield and a multi award winner, this showy rose has regular clusters of bright cherry red blooms with a hint of silver on the reverse. Nice dark green foliage and generally a healthy happy bush. Released in 2013. PVR.
Wild Cherry Current Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? Container: pb8 ? WAS $45.99 LESS 20% 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. 1996. Multi Award Winner. Blackberry Nip Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected Beginning of June, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
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. Blackberry Nip Clg Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected Beginning of June, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Standard. 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.
Blackberry Nip Std 80cm Expected Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ? New stock expected Beginning of June, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Floribunda Standard. Winner of New Zealand’s top rose award the Gold Star of the South Pacific in the New Zealand Rose Society international trials. A bright red rose that honours those who died in the terrible Christchurch earthquake. Disease resistant healthy bushes. Bred in NZ by Rob Somerfield. Christchurch Remembers Std 80cm Expected Stock Height: STD-80/HGT-110 cm ? New stock expected Beginning of June, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
Shrub Rose. Bred by Rob Somerfield and named after the Maori Queen this rose covers itself with deep purple blooms that hold an unforgettable fragrance. A nice healthy compact plant, perfect for the front of the garden. .
Dame Te Ata Expected Stock Height: 20/40 cm ? New stock expected Beginning of June, 2026. Waitlist now. Estimated price TBA. Payment on order.
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Certificate of Merit, Palmerston North Trial ground, Rob Somerfield 2017
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.2m x 1.1m
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'Top Shelf' was awarded a Gold Medal by the New Zealand Rose Industry in 2011 - the year of first release.
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.5m x 1m
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Bred in NZ by Rob Somerfield.
Habit: Climbing
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): Climbing
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Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 100 cm x 80cm
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PVR: 31909
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1.2m x 1m
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Rob Somerfield says this rose is "named after the liqueur 'Blackberry Nip' that many will 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!
Habit: Upright
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 1m x 60cm![]()
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!
PVR: 30934
Habit: Climbing
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): Climbing ![]()
Habit: Standard
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): Standard 80cm![]()
Habit: Standard
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): Standard 80cm![]()
Habit: Bushy
Leaves: Deciduous, Green
Mature Size (HxW): 90cm x 90cm
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