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.

103 LISTINGS FOR SPECIAL-OCCASION

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Patio Std. 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!

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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Hybrid Musk. Long arching sprays of single small pink blooms with a white centre and a soft fragrance. Very dainty and delightful, continuously in bloom. Good ornamental hips in autumn. Superb rose as shrub, pillar or standard. RHS AGM. 1937.

 

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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 Std. Blooms of creamy white with pinkish-red blush splash on the edges of the petals. Continuously in flower and very fragrant. Always pleases and lives up to its name. Exceptional cut-flower variety. Multi-Award winner.

 

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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 Std. The rich glossy green foliage highlights the warm golden-apricot blooms with their swirling petals. Nice fragrance to satisfy the senses. A lovely rose to give as a gift or use as a special memorial. 2001.

 

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Floribunda. Soft cream blooms with a thin raspberry red edge. The cream petals turn pink with age making the older flowers stunning in their own right. The petals drop cleanly before they turn brown so no deadheading needed. Deciduous

Bred in NZ by Rob Somerfield.