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Floribunda. Well you will really get your groove on with this award winning NZ bred rose. The bright red blooms open with a patch of orange-yellow in the centre and on the reverse. This quickly fades leaving lightly scented 'painted' flowers of red and white set against dark foliage. 1988.

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Patio. Masses of true rich red baby Hybrid Tea, small double flowers that keep their bud shape as they open. Deep glossy green foliage adds to the allure. Mild fragrance. Flowers in flushes throughout the season on this tidy compact small bush. Can be container grown. Deciduous.

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aka Romantic Siluetta Clg

Patio Climber. Cute clusters of multi-petal mini rosettes in shades of soft pink. Fragrant. Repeat blooming and easy to grow. Ideal for growing up a short obelisk, frame or in a courtyard setting. Bred by Kordes Rosen Germany. PVR

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aka AKA Interall

Shrub. This strongly growing shrub rose is a very reliable performer. Glossy dark green foliage and single flowers that are blush pink on the edges with a cream central zone. Nicely prominent golden stamens complete the picture. Fragrant flowers appear continuously throughout the summer. 1979.

This is a good rose to use for hedging as it is quite broad in habit being wider than it is tall.

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Hybrid Tea. 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.

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Hybrid tea. A lovely rose with large, full, colourful flowers that are a blend of orange, yellow and pink. Free flowering with a nice strong perfume. Excellent cut blooms. Royal Dane is a lovely bushy plant with upright growth and glossy dark green foliage. 1971. Deciduous

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Rugosa - Species. Glossy deep green foliage and enormous (10cm) flowers of pure white that are single and richly scented. A circle of golden stamens highlights the blooms which repeat on and off from spring to autumn. Lovely autumn foliage colour and red hips. Introduced to England in 1870.

As with all Rugosas this is a hardy and tolerant rose that copes well with poorer soils and even a little shade. Originally found in areas of Russia, China and Japan. Hips are used for Jam, Jelly and Tea.

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Floribunda. Scent by an Angel, a lovely name for a lovely rose that blooms continuously over the summer period. This high health rose mass produces gorgeously scented double blooms of a lovely blending of light red and deep pink. Dark green glossy foliage.

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Floribunda. With a name like 'Scent to Remember' you absolutely know that this rose is going to smell delicious and it certainly does. Not only that, it has exquisite, peachy apricot coloured blooms and is seldom without a flower from spring to autumn. Healthy disease resistant foliage. 2006.

Scent to Remember was released by Rob Somerfield of Tauranga in 2006 as a Hospice NZ fundraiser.

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Floribunda. A well deserved award winning rose of delicate white and highly fragrant bloom. This forms a compact but vigorous bush delivering plenty of blooms. Certificate of Merit winner in 2013 NZ International Rose Trials. Bred by Rob Somerfield in NZ.