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aka Peace or Mme A Meilland

Hybrid Tea Std. Possibly the world's favourite, best known and best loved rose. A delicate soft yellow edged with pink. Lightly fragrant blooms on a very sturdy vigorous bush. Wonderful as a cut flower. Repeats well and shows good disease resistance. Multi award winner. 1945.

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Floribunda. Supporting Breast Cancer Foundation NZ this truly beautiful rose creates an outstanding, continuous display of soft pink cupped shaped blooms on a healthy, very compact bushy plant. $2 from the sale of each rose will be donated to BCFNZ. Ideal for planting in a pot. PVR

Pink Ribbon symbol is a trademark of Breast Cancer Foundation NZ. Bred in New Zealand by Bob Matthews. Flowers can be variable in form.

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Hybrid Tea Std 80cm. Has large cupped shaped blooms of soft pink, sweetly scented on long, strong stems ideal for picking. A super healthy plant with glossy foliage. Bred by Bob Matthews and named in celebration of the Matthews Nurseries 70th anniversary 2017. Award Winner.

A winner of a Certificate of Merit at the New Zealand Rose Society trials in Palmerston North in 2015.

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Floribunda Std. Like any self respecting 'Playboy' this rose makes sure it is always the centre of attention. The almost single flowers are tones of brilliant orange, scarlet and yellow. Nice glossy foliage and of course smells good too. Use to add boldness to your planting schemes. 1976.

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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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Floribunda. A bushy plant with mid green foliage that shows to perfection the beautiful displays of true red, medium sized, blooms that are vibrant and lively. Named as a tribute to Raymond 'Poppy' Diack.

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Hybrid Tea Std. A bushy vigorous rose with glossy green foliage and the most beautiful, rich crimson blooms with a very attractive sheen to the petals. The fragrant flowers appear continuously from summer to autumn. An excellent rose for cutting and exhibition. 1974.

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Austin Std. Large, double and full blooms of glowing pink with an outer rim of paler pink petals. Strongly fragrant with just a hint of lemon as the blooms fades. Good disease resistance and plenty of blooms throughout the season. Certainly fit for a Princess.

Named after Princess Alexandra of Kent who is a keen gardener and a cousin of Queen Elizabeth the II.

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Austin Standard. Has a unique character and a very special beauty. The young flower is deep pink, almost red, gradually fading to a pure deep pink as the bloom matures. The undersides of the petals have a pleasing hint of yellow. The petals are rather narrow and unusually substantial.

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Floribunda Std. Named after the classic English Rose - Diana Princess of Wales. This pretty rose has attractive pearly white blooms that smother the bush from summer through to autumn. Gentle fragrance, compact habit and nice, healthy, glossy foliage.