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Floribunda Std 80cm. Wonderful clusters of rich red swirling blooms in continuous flower above glossy foliage. A super easy care plant, it's an amazing garden rose that just doesn't stop flowering! Bushy. Bred by Bob Matthews. PVR

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Floribunda Std 80cm From the My Rose Collection with a special name My Dad, combined with amazing fragrance this rose delivers abundant clusters of deep golden yellow blooms which fade to cream on the outer petals as they mature. An easy care rose to honour your Dad.

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Floribunda Std 80cm. This free flowering easy care rose is covered in delightful coral pink flowers. A daughter of the popular 'My Mum' rose it shares many of her characteristics of high health and multiple flowers.

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Hybrid Tea Std. There's nothing you can do 'cause I'm stuck like glue to 'My Girl'. That's because it's a lovely rose with unfading deep rose pink blooms with a lovely fragrance. Good compact growth habit and healthy disease resistant foliage. Gold Medal Winner

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Floribunda. Radiant smoky orange blooms produced in spectacular clusters which glow in the garden. Repeat flowering, compact bushy plant with dark glossy foliage. This special addition to the easy care ‘My Rose Collection’. Bred in NZ by Bob Matthews. PVR

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Standard, Floribunda. New release bred by Bob Matthews. My Grandma has full blooms of a gorgeous rich lilac pink that have a divine, intense fragrance. High health, good vigour, repeat flowering and easy care. PVR

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Floribunda Std. Bob Matthews of NZ bred this rose and named it for his Mum so you know it is going to be a top performing and beautiful rose. The colour of the abundant blooms is a blend of coral, salmon, apricot and pink. Vigorous and healthy with a nice even growth habit.

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Floribunda. Simply gorgeous, multi-petal blooms in tones of dusky pink, radiating with sweet fragrance. Lovely for picking and a superbly healthy plant, this repeat flowering beauty makes a wonderful gift. Bred in NZ by Bob Matthews as part of the easy care ‘My Rose Collection’ range. PVR

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Floribunda. A superb easy-care rose providing a bounty of repeat flowering apricot golden blooms with open ruffle form. Mild fragrance. Very bushy plant with lush green foliage. Exclusive to Matthews Roses. PVR

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Floribunda. This rose emanates pure charm and beauty with a delicious fruity perfume and enchanting vintage style, light blush pink blooms. Repeat flowering, supremely healthy plant, ideal for planting in any garden situation. Exclusive to Matthews Roses.

Named in memory of the late English actress, this rose was bred in England by renowned Harkness Roses.

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aka aka Serenity

Standard Hybrid Tea. An outstanding classic shaped rose chosen to honour the 125th Jubilee of Nelson College for Girls. The blooms are a creamy apricot tinged with pink and set beautifully against dense, glossy, green disease resistant foliage. A tall vigorous grower. PVR

Nelson Girls was bred by Chris Warner of England and named in 2006 by importer Tasman Bay Roses.

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Hybrid Tea Std. Night Light produces a large number of lemon yellow blooms with outer petals ageing to cream. A compact bush of medium height with dark glossy foliage. Winner of the Certificate of Merit Palmerston North International Trial Ground 2017. Bred by Rob Somerfield Released 2019.

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Floribunda Std. One of the very best purple roses with richly coloured deep purple petals that gently fade to lilac. At its best when fully open. Very fragrant and a strong grower with good disease resistant. 1991.

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Austin. An excellent plant all round with highly fragrant rosette blooms that are shallowly cupped, soft pink rosettes. Strong, pleasing, fruity fragrance. Vigorous growth and good repeat flowering. Exceptionally healthy and disease resistant.

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Hybrid Tea Std. Named after the Waikato Rosarian Paddy Stephens, this beautiful rose has coral-orange, salmon flowers which are lightly scented and of a perfect form, repeats well throughout the season. Lush green foliage and a healthy vigorous growth habit. 1991.

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Hybrid Tea Std. This rose has won several international awards and is known as one of the very best fragrant red roses. Leathery dark green foliage and superb, exhibition quality, deep, rich, velvety, crimson blooms. A wonderful cut flower. Repeats well from summer to autumn. 1963.

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Hybrid Tea. Well-formed large flowers of almost pure white with a soft cream base. Upright growth. An ideal flower for cutting. Winner of many awards, 'Pascali' is firmly established as the world's favourite white, large flowered rose. Soft scent. Flowers continuously throughout the summer. 1963

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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.

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Floribunda. Simply gorgeous, free flowering softly cupped, blush pink white blooms with hints of warm apricot. Glossy foliage, bushy grower. Light fragrance. Bred by talented UK rose breeder Gareth Fryer. PVR

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Floribunda Std. Oh this is a gorgeous thing with deep purple blooms that are decadently and deliciously fragrant. The flat, full blooms have an old world charm but 'Purpleicious' has a modern habit with masses of blooms and healthy disease resistant foliage. Surely a 'must have'.

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Floribunda. Quintessential has lots of medium pink flowers with a lighter reverse. These blooms are packed with many petals often creating an old fashioned appearance. The bush is medium height and is clothed with extremely dark foliage. It is a very healthy variety. Deciduous

Bred in NZ by Rob Somerfield. Released 2018

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Floribunda Std. This delicious looking rose has large double white blooms that have been dipped in raspberry red around the edges. Very striking. Nice perfume. The bold trusses of blooms repeat well. Upright vigorous bush. Award winner. 1988.

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Hybrid Tea Std. A popular and lovely rose with large shapely blooms in warm tones of orange and copper. Puts on a lovely display with little effort. Nice soft fragrance, repeats well. Bred in Scotland. 1984.

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Standard, Hybrid Tea. Glowing hot orange tipped blooms with yellow centres makes this rose stand out from the crowd! Multi international award winner bred in France by Pierre Orard. Repeat flowering with a light fragrance. Robust growing plant.

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Shrub Std. This is a really pretty rose that has continuous clusters of semi-double soft purple blooms that fade out to a smoky, slate blue. The nice fragrance adds an extra enhancement. The foliage is a soft matt green. PVR

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Austin Std 80cm. Soft orange-red buds open to medium-sized, cupped rosettes of perfect apricot colouring. They are extremely robust and have a lovely fruity Tea scent. Very healthy; it matures into an attractive, rounded, bushy shrub with few thorns.

Named to mark the centenary of Roald Dahl’s birth. David Austin, 2016.

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Hybrid Tea Std. This rose is beautiful in shape, unusual in colour and highly fragrant. The large double blooms are shaded a rich velvety purple-mauve. Dark green foliage and a vigorous growth habit with a generous amount of blooms throughout the season. Nice. 1989.

This rose received top reviews from members of the NZRS when it was assessed during 2010.

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Shrub Std. Everybody just loves our Sally. A stunning rose with regular and generous trusses of single flowers in shades of softest pale pink to white. Sturdy, vigorous, disease resistant growth habit, will even tolerate a little shade. Perfect for mass grouping. A really good rose. 1976.

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Std. Bred in NZ, this sweet little patio rose has soft creamy white blooms of exquisite form. The centre of the rose has a soft glow of apricot. As you would expect from the name the blooms are beautifully fragrant. Excellent as a cut flower and foliage shows good disease resistance. 1999

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Shrub Rose Std. If you want a vigorous easy care rose that flowers its head off then Seafoam would be hard to overlook. Small double white flowers with a hint of creamy pink and a light fragrance appear in great quantity throughout the season. Glossy foliage and an arching habit. Multi award winner. 1964

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Floribunda Std. A fantastic healthy rose with bright, clear yellow blooms which are produced in abundance. Wonderful fragrance and excellent disease resistant foliage. Awarded a Gold Star of the South Pacific for its unrivaled flower power.

This rose is so highly rated by the NZRS members it was voted one of the top 5 healthiest roses in 2008.

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Floribunda Std. This NZ bred, multi award winning rose flowers continuously throughout the summer. The large clusters of blooms are beautiful, very double and shaded a soft rose pink. Nice light perfume. An outstanding and deservedly popular rose. 1984.

Sam McGredy named this rose after his friend the late Rex Hotchin who was not at all like a pretty pink floribunda but a good friend worthy of naming a beautiful rose after.

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Hybrid Tea. Deliciously fragrant, large silvery white flowers unfurl in a swirl of petals with subtle notched edges. The blooms are borne on long stems and when picked can perfume an entire room! Exclusive to Matthews Roses.

A sport of the ever popular Memorial Day.

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Floribunda Std 80cm. Dazzling clusters of petite snow-white blooms completely smother this compact growing easy-care plant. Lovely for growing in pot, repeat flowering with bushy, mid-green foliage. International award winner bred by renowned Kordes Roses. PVR

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aka County of Yorkshire

Shrublet Std. This fabulous little rose has won numerous international awards which guarantees a top performing easy care rose. The glossy green foliage is smothered by clusters of white flowers with a nice light fragrance that appear non-stop throughout the season. PVR. 2003.

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Hybrid Tea Std. A popular rose around the world and an International Award Winner too. Highly fragrant, large well shaped blooms in a warm apricot orange shade appear throughout the summer. Luxuriant green foliage and overall a really nice rose. 1995.

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Hybrid Tea Std. The official rose of the NZ Red Cross bred by Sam McGredy. Medium sized blooms of brilliant, velvety red appear regularly on wide, long stemmed clusters. An extremely healthy bush with disease resistant glossy foliage. Multi award winning. 1998.

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Standard Floribunda. A Serendipity - Flower Carpet cross that has produced a gorgeous medium sized bushy rose with delicious Creamy yellow flowers that are produced abundantly and accompanied by a delicate fragrance. Bred in NZ By Rob Somerfield 2014

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Hybrid Tea Std. The pointed buds open to reveal creamy white, fragrant blooms with golden stamens that are displayed to perfection against the deep green glossy foliage. Named for the Wellington Cathedral of St Paul, consecrated in 1852. A lovely rose.

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Standard Floribunda. Delivering an abundance of fragrant, soft apricot blooms above mid green leaves. Continuous flowering, lovely for the garden or enjoy your 'strawberry blond' in a container. Bred in NZ By Rob Somerfield 2014

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Floribunda Std. Vivid, vibrant flower power – hot coral orange blooms with a pale yellow reverse. Healthy, shrub type growth with glossy foliage to match. Multi international award winner. Repeat flowering with soft fragrance. Bred by renowned Kordes Roses.

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aka AKA Christchurch

Hybrid Tea Std. Long stemmed spiral buds open to reveal large, exquisite blooms of vibrant glowing orange set against dark green foliage. The blooms are fragrant and unaffected by weather so always put on a great show. Vigorous growth habit and good disease resistance.

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Hybrid Tea. Tobasco 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.

Certificate of Merit, Palmerston North Rose Trial ground, Rob Somerfield 2017

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Hybrid Tea Std. Multi award winning rose that is seldom without a bloom. Beautiful pointed buds that open to full petaled flowers of gold tipped with scarlet. Flowers continuously from summer to autumn. Foliage is large, glossy and healthy. Upright growth. Altogether a very striking rose.

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Austin Std. Fully double salmon pink blooms with a strong fruity fragrance and a very floriferous (i.e. flowers a lot) habit make this rose one to add to the must have list. Strong, healthy, disease resistant foliage. Named for the ship that Captain Cook sailed to NZ - I think he would approve.

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Polyantha Std. This Polyantha rose should really be part of the 'Pollyanna' group as it always looks cheerful. The pretty pink trusses of small, globular, double blooms appear in joyful abundance from spring right through to winter. Glossy mid green foliage that shows good disease resistance. 1932.