Whether you are celebrating a special occasion, remembering a loved one or just saying "I care", what could be more perfect than the lasting gift of nature in the form of an enduring rose? Here at Wairere, where roses rule, we have put together a carefully chosen list of over 100 roses right across the colour spectrum to provide you with a simple yet unique solution to mark life's special moments.

106 LISTINGS FOR SPECIAL-OCCASION

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Standard, Floribunda. Charming clusters of fragrant apricot blooms with vintage ruffle form. An easy care plant, this multiple flowering beauty lives up to its name in every way, making it a gardener’s dream! Hardy health plant.

Bred by Bob Matthews and named specially for Wanganui Garden Centre to celebrate both family businesses growing gorgeous gardens together since 1947.

 

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Floribunda. Anniversary is graced with soft porcelain pink blooms that cover the whole bush with their profuse display. Strong glossy green foliage with good disease resistance. The perfect anniversary gift that will provide long lasting delight.

Winner of the Gold Star of the South Pacific.

 

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Hybrid Tea. This is just a beautiful rose that was awarded Rose of the Year in 2002. Very fragrant, double, cerise pink blooms. Healthy tall bush. Perfect for a gift or memorial for that special friend in your life. A lovely picking rose for a floral display. 1998.

 

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Floribunda. A showy rose with an amazingly generous display of deep rich yellow flowers through out the season. A very vigorous healthy grower with a tidy upright growth habit. (Not to be confused with climbing rose of the same name.)

 

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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.

 

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A large flowering, slightly fragrant hybrid tea rose. Large well-formed soft pink flowers are produced throughout the growing season on tall stems. Medium green glossy foliage. Ideal for cutting and can be used for hedging.

Kordes 1979.

 

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Hybrid Tea. A famous and classic rose with large, cream to buff-yellow, exhibition quality blooms that emit a delicious fragrance. A very vigorous and healthy rose that is a multi award winner for all the right reasons. Flowers well for months. From the USA, 1947.

 

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aka AKA Millennium

Floribunda. Pretty buds open to double scarlet red blooms that last well when picked. Very eye catching and a lovely rose for the garden or to give as a gift to that special someone in your life. Nice fragrance . NZ Rose of the Year 2001. AKA 'Millennium'.

 

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Floribunda An abundance of large clusters of soft medium pink blooms with a cream reverse. Blooms last well on the plant or in a vase.Tidy compact growth habit that is low and spreading. Mid green leaves complement the pink blooms beautifully on this extremely healthy rose bred by NZs Rob Somerfield. PVR

 

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Hybrid Tea. A pretty rose with semi-double flowers of soft yellow/orange that fade to a gentle yellow/pink. Nearly always in flower and the blooms weather really well. A lovely gift to use as a special memorial. Bred in NZ 1999.