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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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Standard, Floribunda. Elegant blush, champagne blooms in new vintage flower form, the blooms can also have hints of soft apricot in spring and autumn. With fragrance, healthy vigor, and foliage, it is ideal for your garden or picking for a bouquet. Repeat flowering. Bred by Bob Matthews.

Standard. Floribunda. This really pretty rose will delight you with its clusters of soft peach - apricot blooms in a full and frilly style. The blooms have high petal count, a nice fragrance and are offset against light green foliage.

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Austin Standard. A gorgeous shrub rose with deeply cupped, very fragrant blooms in shades of warm apricot and pink that repeat all season. A disease resistant plant that we present here as a standard.

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Floribunda Std. You'll just love this rose darling as it's absolutely fabulous. Healthy, dark green, disease resistant foliage and stems of showy golden blooms that are produced in abundance. Nice strong fragrance and all together a must have. Multi International Award Winner.

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Floribunda Std 80cm. Luxurious rich perfume emanates from the most perfectly purple double blooms. Strong growing, upright bushy plant. This rose won the Silver medal for Most Fragrant as well as People’s Choice at Australia’s National Rose Trials, 2019. Top garden performer and simply adorable in every way!

Bred by renowned Kordes Roses of Germany

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Floribunda. Named in France in honour of our Southern French town. The blooms display a range of colour tones as the flowers mature from soft pink to strong cherry to cerise with a white reverse, displayed in abundance and covering a compact bush. Repeats well.

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Floribunda Std. Glossy green foliage and fully double, fragrant blooms of soft cream, peachy, pink make this rose named after UNICEF Ambassador, Ali Mau a desirable addition to the garden. Every sale of this lovely rose means a generous donation to UNICEF.

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Floribunda Std 80cm Glowing warm coral orange blooms borne on strong stems. A sport of the spectacular ‘My Mum’ that was discovered by its namesake. Winner of Gold Star of the South Pacific 2022 for the highest scoring rose at the NZRS. International Rose Trials, Palmerston North. Deciduous

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aka Devotion Std 80cm

Hybrid Tea. An elegant rose with richly coloured (unfading) blooms that are shades of warm apricot and amber. Nice long, strong stems hold the flowers well and are perfect for picking. Plenty of blooms from summer to autumn. Nice soft fragrance and an upright and bushy habit. 2003.

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Hybrid Tea Std. Double blooms which are a subtle blend of apricot, amber and pink. Really pretty. The flowers are very fragrant, well spaced and produced regularly in large clusters. Strong compact, healthy bush. 1985

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Floribunda Std A pretty rose that has 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. Deciduous

1997. PVR. Winner of the Gold Star of the South Pacific.

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Floribunda Std. An unusual rose with blooms of soft lilac with hints of cream that gradually fade to an antique coffee shade. Strong, rich fragrance. This would be a lovely rose to complement perennials in a mixed border. Repeats well throughout the season. Bred in NZ 2011.

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Hybrid Tea Std. Celebrate your love of NZ with this beautiful rose. The perfect buds open to fragrant blooms shaded a rich salmon pink. A strong healthy plant with disease resistant foliage. Lovely to pick. 1989.

Aotearoa was released by Sam McGredy in 1990 to mark this country’s 150th anniversary

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Hybrid Tea Std 80cm. Perfect cherry red blooms ideal for picking. Bred by Bob Matthews of Mathews Roses, NZ, this rose is ideally suited to New Zealand conditions and would be an outstanding addition to any garden. Healthy glossy foliage.

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Hybrid Tea Std. This rose looks most beautiful when fully open. Powerfully fragrant with perfect-creamy white blooms. Exceptionally free flowering. Good for picking. We have this in our garden at Wairere and it never fails to please. 1990.

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Floribunda Std. Avalanche is certainly the right word for this free flowering rose. Bred from Iceberg, masses of lightly scented creamy-white double blooms smother the plant throughout the season. Vigorous disease free plant. A worthwhile addition to your rose garden. 1989.PVR.

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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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Apricot-yellow buds open to shallowly cupped, many petalled rosettes. They are a beautiful blend of subtle apricot-pink and soft yellow, giving the overall impression of apricot, with creamy outer petals. Strong, honey, myrrh fragrance.

The name was inspired by the heroine of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd.

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Standard, Floribunda. Blooms of berry-magenta shade that cover the bushy, compact growing plant. Very quick to repeat so will provide a great display of colour in the garden. Super easy to grow, the glossy green foliage is super healthy and will thrive under a no-spray situation.

Berry Nice, bred by Bob Matthews of Whanganui, received a Certificate of Merit.

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Floribunda Std. A showy rose with an amazingly generous display of deep rich yellow flowers through out the season. The bush is super healthy with good vigour. Tidy upright growth habit. (Not to be confused with climbing rose of the same name.) Deciduous

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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.

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aka Blue September Std 80cm

Floribunda Std. Hues of lilac blue petals, shift in shades opening with bee friendly stamens. Easy care with few thorns, fragrant. Named for Prostate Cancer Foundation NZ to support and raise awareness with a $2 donation.

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Austin. Beautiful flowers of rich salmon start as red buds which open first to pretty cups, gradually developing into blooms of classic rosette formation. The delightful myrrh fragrance has a hawthorn character with hints of elderflower, pear and almond. Dark green foliage on a vigorous healthy bush.

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Hybrid Tea Std. Unique antique pink buds open into light coffee-coloured blooms aging with hints of blush pink. A floral artist's dream, this distinctively stunning rose is ideal for picking. Repeat flowering, hardy and robust grower. Bred by Bob Matthews.
Suitable for warmer areas including Auckland/Northland

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Hybrid Tea Std. A rose of medium height that has perfectly formed soft salmon-pink blooms on a dense bushy plant, and a sweet spicy fragrance. Lovely for picking and really very beautiful in a bouquet. 1995. Bred by Sam McGredy.

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Hybrid Tea Std. Hybrid Tea. Catherine has a soft pink, creamy buds which open into vibrant pink flowers. The blooms, have a lovely soft fragrance, and sparkle on bronze-green foliage. A hardy high health rose. Bred by Bob Matthews, and named for his wife.

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Hybrid Tea. A modern twist on an old favourite. Soft yellow blooms with a hint of pink on the outer petals stand out on rich green foliage. Repeat flowering. A lovely light fragrance completes the picture. Bred by Bob Matthews.

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aka Charles Darwin

Standard Austin. Another excellent rose from David Austin of England. The large double blooms are a shade of yellow that I would describe as old gold. Very fragrant so plant where you will enjoy the perfume. Broad spreading vigorous growth and good disease resistance. Plenty of blooms.

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Standard, Hybrid Tea. Very fragrant hybrid tea with large, velvety, opulent blooms in a strong magenta pink shade. The fragrance has won this rose several international awards. Repeats well from summer to autumn. 1996. PVR. Deciduous

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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.

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Dazzling floribunda that has vibrant orange blooms that are well formed and freely borne on a neat bushy plant of medium habit. They appear almost luminous, standing out whatever the weather and lasting well without fading. Foliage is dense, glossy and dark green with excellent resistance to disease.

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Standard Austin. Described by David Austin as "their finest white rose to date" and appropriately named after his daughter Claire. Buds of pale lemon open to large white blooms with petals arranged in concentric circles. The plentiful blooms are very fragrant. Excellent disease resistance. 2011

Claire Austin is also an established nursery woman growing perennials. Her book "Irises- A Gardeners Encyclopedia" is a "must have" for any Iris grower.

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Hybrid Tea Std. A very hard rose to describe adequately with words, you really need a picture painted by the artist it is named after. Carmine red buds open to orange pink blooms with cream stripes and a hint of soft yellow. Nice light and fruity fragrance. Flamboyant! PVR. 1992.

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Hybrid Tea Std. A superb new generation rose bred for high health and low maintenance. Along with that you get drop dead gorgeous, vivid crimson blooms that sit well above the foliage. Sturdy compact bush and of course it repeats well. Winner of an International award for excellence. PVR

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Hybrid Tea Std. Unique champagne coffee coloured flowers with tones of soft silvery beige. Wonderful for picking and floral art with a perfect bud formation and long stems. Make sure to take extra care at planting time for this one of a kind variety. PVR

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Floribuna Std 80cm. Clusters of antique platinum blooms opening in changing shades of warm lilac to pink. Plants are bushy, healthy and have mid-green foliage. Bred by Bob Matthews from another of his creations ‘Cappuccino’.

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Standard Austin. A beautiful rose named for the beautiful English Ballerina - Darcey Bussell. Fully double rich crimson blooms with a perfect rosette of outer petals. The delicious fruity fragrance adds to the delight.

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Hybrid Tea Std. It's no secret that once you see this deliciously deep crimson rose in flower it will be a have to have. The fragrant blooms are large and velvety with up to 40 petals. Set against glossy green foliage they appear continuously through out the season.

This rose has high susceptibility to downey mildew and we no longer stock it.

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Austin. An exquisitely beautiful DA rose. Peachy pink buds open to beautiful, white, chalice-shaped blooms, with a pinkish hue. Strong Old Rose fragrance has hints of almond blossom, cucumber and lemon zest. It forms a neat, rounded, bushy shrub. David Austin, 2015.

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Hybrid Tea. From NZ Breeder Rob Somerfield comes an exceptionally beautiful rose. The large blooms are tightly packed with petals and are toned soft cream with blush pink edges. Glossy deep green foliage that shows good disease resistance. Repeats well from summer to autumn. PVR

This rose has already won a Certificate of Merit and the breeder says "this rose has exceptional vase life" for those who can't resist picking your blooms. Pacific Rose Bowl Festival 2019 New Zealand Rose of the Year Trial winners Awarded Best Hybrid Tea Rose

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Hybrid Tea Std. Bred by Matthews Roses to celebrate 60 years of rose growing in NZ, this exquisite rose is shaded softest yellow in the centre gradually fading out to warm cream. Very decorative in the vase or garden. Strong compact growth habit and lovely fragrance. Award Winner. PVR

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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 Std. One of the very best red roses - ever - and bred right here in NZ. An easy to grow and well behaved rose that is nearly always in flower with semi-double, dark red blooms. Generally healthy, never fails to please and looks great Multi award winner. 1976.

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Floribunda. A heavenly perfume emanates from this multi award winning rose, with unique tightly cupped blooms of pure white revealing a soft blush pink centre. Outstanding healthy shrub with mid green foliage, repeat flowering.

Bred by renowned Kordes Roses.

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Floribunda Std. Sumptuous, old-fashioned, fully double blooms that are coloured a deep dusky purple and carry a sensuous spicy fragrance. Dark glossy green foliage and plenty of blooms throughout the season. Absolutely gorgeous.

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Hybrid Tea Std. A popular rose of exhibition quality. The beautiful blooms are truly lovely, fragrant and well formed. They are shaded a pale creamy-yellow and appear on strong single stems just asking to be picked. One of Lloyd's favourite roses so you know it's a 'goodie'. Multi Award Winner.

PVR 1985.

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Floribunda Std. Clusters of beautiful 'old world' blooms in shades of softest salmon pink. Very showy from summer to autumn. Enchantment shows good disease resistant dark green foliage. A very nice rose with pleasing soft fragrance. TM

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Floribunda. Truly one of a kind blooms of terracotta fading to dusky pink. Amazing for picking with distinctive ruffle form. Multiple blooming on a super healthy, light fragrance, bushy plant with glossy foliage. Bred by Bob Matthews. PVR

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Austin Std. A deliciously fragrant rose that has shallow cupped rosette shaped blooms which are a mixture of apricot and yellow on a free flowering plant. Flowers are always pleasing. H1.5M VF. RP. 1991.

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Standard Floribunda. Bred in New Zealand this vibrant rose has single blooms of bright scarlet highlighted by a white centre and prominent golden stamens. Flowers non stop and grows well with very little fuss. Looks fabulous when used as a border or planted 'en masse'. 1975. Deciduous

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Polyantha Std. 'The Fairy Queen' is a sport of the every popular and reliable rose 'The Fairy'. It has all the same qualities i.e. lots of bloom. glossy green healthy foliage and an arching habit. The dainty double flowers are a showy crimson pink and lightly scented. PVR. 1998.

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Standard, Floribunda. Enchanting blooms of soft blush pink with hints of apricot, this award winner casts a spell in any garden with its lovely fragrance, multi-petal form and easy care nature. Bushy plant with dark green foliage. Moderate fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

Bred by renowned Kordes Roses (Germany, 2003).

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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.