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Climber. Add a touch of gold to the garden with this lovely climbing rose. The beautiful apricot buds open to large, fragrant, well formed blooms of deep golden yellow. Use to decorate a wall or fence, a vigorous grower but well behaved all the same. Lovely for picking. 1982.

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Floribunda. Vigorous medium growing upright plant with nice glossy foiliage. These striking golden-apricot blooms are ' a stand out in the garden. Produced in clusters, the blooms have a pleasing light scent. Bred by Somerfield. 2021 Deciduous.

This was a Certificate of Merit winner at the New Zealand Rose Society Trials in Palmerston North 2021.

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

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Patio or Shrublet. This little rose has non stop flower power. The oh so 'pretty in pink' blooms open from dark pink buds. Well behaved and exceptionally disease resistant 'Babe' is happy in the garden or a container. Compact bush. 2010.

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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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Climber - Cluster Flowered. A very popular free flowering rose with large semi-double blooms of warm pink which are offset by showy golden stamens. Nice light fragrance. Robust, tolerant of wet weather and easily grown. A real pleasure to have in the garden. 1967.

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Austin Climber. Apricot-yellow buds open to a large showly cupped, many petalled rosette. 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. A vigorous climber with mid-green foliage.

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

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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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Patio. What a little stunner. Long lasting, fully double blooms of a rich golden yellow that does not fade - and they're fragrant too. Generous amounts of bloom, nice healthy dark green foliage. Fabulous at the front of the border or in a container.

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Patio Rose. What a little stunner. Long lasting, fully double blooms of a rich golden yellow that does not fade - and they're fragrant too. Generous amounts of bloom, nice healthy dark green foliage. Fabulous at the front of the border or in a container. Presented here as 45cm Standard.