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Hybrid Tea. Unique dark dusky pink rosettes with beautiful fragrance, very healthy glossy foliage. New release for us in 2025. Bred by John Ford.

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Floribunda. 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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Rambler. Albertine is a well loved rose and I am certainly a dedicated fan. Always admired as in full bloom it is quite a breath taking sight. Very fragrant, double, loose, salmon pink flowers produced en masse in the spring. Vigorous growth. Just a few flowers in autumn. Award winner. 1921.

Albertine is best suited to a wall or a fence and as it flowers mostly on older wood it is best to only prune sparingly. Though this rose mainly flowers in the spring there are so many flowers and for quite a long period it is well worth growing.

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

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Climber. This rose has a sweet fragrance and clusters of large classically shaped pink flowers on a compact climber. Suitable for smaller spaces. Strong upright bushy growth. Nice to give to that someone special. Very showy, and good repeat flowering.

2017 Winner Pacific Rose Bowl Festival Best Climber. This rose received excellent reviews from The New Zealand Rose Society in 2010 with comments such as "picks well", "great form" and "masses of blooms".

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aka New Zealand

Hybrid Tea. Celebrate your love of NZ with this beautiful rose. The perfect buds open to fragrant blooms shaded a rich salmon pink. A strong healthy, hardy rose with disease resistant foliage. Lovely to pick. Released by Sam McGredy in 1990 to mark this country’s 150th anniversary.

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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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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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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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Floribunda. A showy rose with an amazingly generous display of deep rich yellow flowers through out the season. A very vigorous healthy grower with a tidy upright growth habit. (Not to be confused with climbing rose of the same name.)

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Climber 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.

Rob Somerfield says this rose is "named after the liqueur 'Blackberry Nip' that we all remember" from our past. I'm afraid my memory of it is not a great one - my fault as I somewhat over indulged, now days I would choose to drink in the scent of this beautiful rose rather than the liqueur!

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Rugosa. An outstanding Rose that repeats well with flowers that have an overwhelming fragrance. The blooms are clear white and semi-double. Always admired in the garden. Tolerant of poor soils and light shade. Excellent large hips in autumn. Can be used as a robust hedge. 1892.

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Hybrid Tea. Elegant buds that open into double, high centred blooms shaded a lovely deep lilac blue with a strong fragrance. Free flowering and an excellent picking rose. 1982.

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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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Austin. Richly fragrant, huge, fully double, globular flowers head of softest pink. Drop dead gorgeous in fact. Strong bushy growth habit excellent repeat flowering habit. Named after a fictional monastic sleuth and is far more showy than the name suggests. 1990 TM

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Climber. This sweet climbing rose as pretty pink blooms with a hint of mauve towards the edge. Reasonably compact for a climber so ideal for smaller gardens. Repeats well. Winner of the Best Climber award in 2009.

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Hybrid Tea. 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.

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aka The Sweetheart Rose

China. A perfect little button-hole rose, simply charming. Almost always in flower with small perfect pink blooms that open from long pointed buds. Fragrance is light, sweet and spicy. Relatively few thorns and healthy foliage. This climbing sport is quite vigorous and will tolerate some shade. 1894.

Summer flowering

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Floribunda. Large trusses of flowers which are pale apricot in the centre fading to cream at the outside. Healthy and vigorous with shiny dark green leaves. Repeat flowering.

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Austin. Named after the breeder's dad this vigorous rose has large cupped double blooms of apricot-yellow which smother the bush. The colour fades gracefully with age. Good strong fruity fragrance. Repeat flowers. Strong upright habit. 1973.

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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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Floribunda. Stunning, vibrant tangerine orange blooms - the colour is amazing and very showy. The bush has a strong tallish, upright habit with mid green foliage. Delightful light briar fragrance. Repeat flowering. An award winner.

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Climber - Floribunda. This rose has it all. Clusters of very fragrant, large, cupped, semi-double blooms in delicate blush pink fading to white with age. Strong vigorous growth habit and few thorns. Can be grown as a large shrub or small climber. Multi award winner. PVR. 1987.

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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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Austin. The delicate blush pink blooms have a perfect old fashioned cupped form and a generous amount of petals. The blooms which have a strong perfume fade to white with age. Repeats well, growth upright and vigorous. Just lovely. 1986.

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Hybrid Tea. 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, fruity fragrance. Flamboyant! 1992. PVR.

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Climber Hybrid Tea. One of the all time greats of modern rose breeding. Never fails to please, always admired. Dark green glossy foliage sets the stage for salmon pink blooms with copper and yellow highlights. Good fragrance, repeats well, disease resistant. Multi award winner. 1974

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Climber - Noisette. We just love this rose at Wairere and it is much admired in our garden. Seldom without a bloom from spring through to autumn. The flowers are a silky shade of apricot yellow with a loose relaxed petal formation. Good sweet fragrance and simply stunning in full bloom. Few thorns

1904.

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Austin. Named after a descendant of Queen Victoria this is yet another winner from Mr Austin. Strong fruity fragrance, large neatly formed rosettes of a lovely warm apricot-orange. A tall slightly arching shrub which is ideal for the back of the border, repeats well.

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aka Cupcake

Modern Climber. A new climber with old world blooms. Very pretty soft pink, cup-shaped double blooms with a lovely sweet fragrance. Masses of flowers cover this rose and repeat well. Nominated for "Rose of Excellence" award in The Netherlands. Awarded Certificate of Merit.

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Austin. Blooms are a particularly rich shade of apricot-orange, paling prettily towards the edges. Very resistant to rain damage and the petals drop neatly. Light-medium Tea scent. A very healthy shrub; it produces strong, arching stems which, over time, form an attractive mound of blooms.

Named after one of Britain’s most beloved stars of stage and screen.

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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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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.

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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. 2010.

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. 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. 2007

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aka Dublin Bay

Climber Floribunda. One of the very best red climbers - ever - and bred right here in NZ. An easy to grow and well behaved climbing rose that is nearly always in flower with semi-double, dark red blooms. Generally healthy, never fails to please and looks great growing along a fence.

Multi award winner. 1976.

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Floribunda. Sumptuous, old-fashioned, fully-double blooms in a deep dusky purple. Edd Tide may have colour-changes depending on sun exposure. A sensuous spicy fragrance among dark glossy green foliage - plenty of blooms throughout the season. Absolutely gorgeous.

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Austin. New to Us 2024. Large clusters of rosette flowers. The multi-toned blooms of pink and peach will fade to a soft cream as the flowers age on the plant. The tightly petalled blooms have a delicious citrus fragrance and are borne on a nice healthy upright bush.

Named for the Bronte Society to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the birth of Emily Brontë, the writer of Wuthering Heights.

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aka AKA Millennium

Floribunda. Pretty buds open to double scarlet red blooms that last well when picked. Very eye catching and a lovely rose for the garden or to give as a gift to that special someone in your life. Nice fragrance . NZ Rose of the Year 2001. AKA 'Millennium'.

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Hybrid Tea. The rich glossy green foliage accentuates 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. Nice pact plant. 2001.

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aka Flower Carpet Rose

Shrub. Double, soft pink blooms with a delicate fragrance put on a reliable show from spring through to autumn. Another winner from the Flower Carpet collection. Great for group planting or using as a ground-cover. Tough, hardy and deciduous.

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aka Flower Carpet Rose

A top performing and easy care rose with trusses of pretty coral pink flowers. The flowers are single with a ruffled edge and deepen in tone as they age. Excellent as a ground cover. Very free flowering (flowers for months) and shows good disease resistance too. Useful as a ground-cover.

Award winner. PVR.

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aka Flower Carpet Rose

Modern Shrub. Another top rose in the Flower Carpet series. Mini Cherry has masses of small cherry red fragrant flowers. Long flowering period and strong disease resistant foliage. Very pretty and perfect for group plantings or use as a specimen to highlight a pot or container. PVR

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aka Flower Carpet Rose

Shrub. This vibrant little beauty will brighten up garden beds and containers with its bold blooms in tones of hot and pastel pink Flowers in abundance from spring until autumn. Glossy green disease resistant foliage makes this an excellent choice for easy care gardening. PVR. 2006.

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aka Flower Carpet Rose

Shrub. Gorgeous deep red semi-double blooms accented by golden stamens decorate this hardy rose for up to 10 months of the year. Glossy green disease resistant foliage. Slightly sprawling habit.

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aka Flower Carpet Rose

Shrub. An outstanding ground cover rose with trusses of double, weather proof, snowy white flowers that appear non stop from spring through to autumn. Glossy green, disease resistant foliage and a nice gentle fragrance. Deservedly an award winner. Germany 1991

Bred in Germany where it is called Schneeflocke which translates in English to Snowflake.

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Floribunda. Large perfectly formed flowers in softest pink with a strong fragrance make this McGredy bred rose very desirable. Good strong growth habit and very free flowering. Can be used for beds and borders, cut flower or garden

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Floribunda Amazing abundance of lilac - bluish flowers, opening to reveal golden stamens. An enchanting rose, that's flower from summer to autumn, on a healthy bushy plant. Would make a smart low rose border. Bred by Bob Matthews.

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aka Korresia or Sunsprite

Floribunda. AKA Korresia. One of the most justly admired yellow roses, which holds both its shape and its clear bright colour. Reliable flowers over a long period and a nice strong fragrance. If you like yellow you will love this multi-award winning rose. 1974.

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Austin. In order to be named after this famous gardener you know this has to be a great rose. Rich deep pink, cup shaped flowers with petals that are arranged in a spiral. Powerful fragrance, repeat flowering and very striking in full bloom. A nursery favourite.

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Austin. This beautiful rose has very large, double, cupped blooms with a generous petal count. The blooms are shaded a rich golden yellow and the fragrance is very strong and fruity. Good disease resistance and repeats well. Just lovely to give as a gift to yourself or a special someone.

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Austin. Everyone just loves Graham Thomas because he is so generous with his blooms which are lightly scented. He always looks his best with warm, golden yellow blooms set against mid green foliage. He's also very reliable and a top performer. Also used as a climber.

This iconic yellow rose was named after Graham Stuart Thomas who was very influential in the re-introduction of 'old roses' to modern gardeners.

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Floribunda. A charming low growing rose that produces clusters of fully double, creamy white flowers with soft pink and peachy highlights. Matt dark green foliage and a nice soft fragrance. A good hedging rose and for group planting in beds. Flowers continuously throughout the summer. 1909.

Pronounced 'Grooss ahn ar-kn' - the name of this rose refers to the the breeder's home town of Aachen and means "greetings to Aachen" - just in case you were wondering!

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Hybrid Tea. A very beautiful rose that has been aptly named after a beautiful New Zealander. Frilly double blooms in shades of apricot cream and peach. Delightful perfume. A donation to UNICEF with every rose sold to assist with the education of girls in Ghana. 2006

This rose was voted most Fragrant Rose of the Year in 2009 and Rose of the Year in 2010.

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Hybrid Tea. Large, beautifully textured, full blooms with a generous amount of petals in a pretty pink shade. Nice long stems perfect for picking, (very few thorns) lush green foliage and a powerful fragrance i.e. 'Heaven Scent' make this a very desirable rose.

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Hybrid Tea. Now this is something just a little bit special. Beautifully formed flowers that have a hint of pink in the bud but open to reveal blooms of silvery lilac-grey. This rose has a delicious fragrance and healthy disease resistant foliage. It repeats well throughout the season.

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Floribunda. Drop dead gorgeous blooms toned in moody shades of blue, lilac and mauve with just a hint of white in the centre, all highlighted by golden stamens. Good repeat of bloom throughout the season. Nice powerful fragrance to delight the senses. UK 2006. AKA 'Blue for You'.

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Floribunda. This outstanding relative to the ever popular white Iceberg has sumptuous blooms of burgundy wine with royal purple overtones. Very free flowering with a soft fragrance, a top performing rose in every way which is simply a must have.

The intense colour of the new blooms will fade as the bloom ages especially in our hot afternoon sun. Therefore consider a garden position where it is a bit cooler in the afternoons.

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Floribunda. One of the best white roses - ever! Free flowering with loose, double, pure white flowers. The blooms are produced in clusters of up to 15 per spray. Pleasantly perfumed with a gentle fragrance. Nice clean foliage, multi award winner and deservedly so.1958.

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Austin. Bears pretty, lightly scented, pale yellow blooms, fading almost to cream. The many delicately frilled petals are arranged around a button eye. It forms a sturdy, quite upright shrub with glossy foliage. Good repeat flowerer.

Named after the character in Shakespeare's Cymbeline. David Austin, 2016.

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Floribunda. Named after Ivey Hall at Lincoln University this pretty golden yellow rose has generous blooms that are nicely fragrant. Shows excellent disease resistance. Released by Bob Matthews Award Winner. 2008.

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Modern Shrub. A bushy vigorous rose with dark green glossy foliage. The semi-double, fragrant flowers are ivory blush with scalloped edges and reddish gold stamens. Flowers well from summer to late autumn. Perfect for a massed display. 1989 PVR. RHS AGM.

Good hedging rose.

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Austin. Bears large, many petalled, deep pink rosettes, each with a button eye. There is a light-medium strength fruity fragrance. It forms a neat and tidy shrub with a bushy, upright habit.Named for the son of David Austin Senior and brother of David Austin Junior.

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Austin. English Shrub Rose. A fully double rose with soft apricot yellow blooms. Its outstanding fragrance is extremely strong with delicious fruity tones. Is an upright shrub, with bushy growth and light green leaves. A very free-flowering rose. Relatively disease free.

David Austin, 1995. Named after a Thomas Hardy character.

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Climber. An excellent climber with large, lightly scented, double flowers of soft golden yellow set against healthy, glossy, foliage. Top performing yellow climbers are few and far between, and this is one of the best. 2002.

Those that took part in the NZ Rose Review 2010 rate this climber highly. It performed well in BOP, Waikato and Canterbury.

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Austin. Large, fullly cupped rosettes with outer petals that re-curve back slightly. Shaded a rich deep pink with a deliciously, fruity, fragrance with a hint of raspberry. Named for the late Baroness Strange who lived in Megginch Castle, Scotland. A good woman and a good rose. 2006.

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Austin. Robust and hardy with full double blooms that appear continuously throughout the season. The buds are a rich orange-red and open to reveal loosely arranged blooms in salmon with a golden yellow reverse on the petals. Nice fragrance and good disease resistance.

Named after the poem/song (Do you remember learning this at school?) The Lady of Shalott written by Alfred Lord Tenneyson. On either side the river lie Long fields of barley and of rye..............

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Hybrid Tea. Put the power of love into your garden with this drop dead gorgeous rose. The dusky red buds open to showy dark blooms in tones of magenta red. The fragrance is powerful and alluring. Disease resistant glossy foliage. Should definitely be on the must have list.

Winner of 'Most Fragrant Rose' Award in 2006.

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Floribunda. A very unusual coloured rose with tones of buff, lavender and pink - hard to describe but beautiful all the same. The blooms are cupped, double and fragrant. Plenty of flowers throughout the season. 1948.

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Austin. A hardy rose that can be trained as a small climber or a large shrub. Dark green foliage is off-set by beautiful blooms that are a soft apricot/pink and fully quartered. The flowers are strongly scented and flower continuously flowering from summer to autumn. 1982

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Floribunda. A multi-award winning rose bred by Rob Somerfield of NZ that created a sensation at the NZ Rose of the Year trials. The glowing florescent cream blooms with lime tinges are distinctive and certainly make a statement. Good repeat flowering, fragrant and generally healthy.

New Zealand Rose of the Year, Best NZ Bred and Best Floribunda Rose 2011.

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Shrub. This stunning rose has rich pink, fully quartered, large blooms. Mild, tea fragrance. A healthy robust grower with good disease resistant and excellent flower power. Can be used for cut flower, garden or landscape. Rain tolerant.

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Floribunda. Bred right here in New Zealand, this lovely rose has a soft fragrance and opulent blooms of rich velvety red. Repeats well from summer to autumn, flowers lasts well in a vase. A special tribute to those who gave their life in service, or just a personal way of remembrance.

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Austin. This angel of a rose has clouds of soft creamy apricot blooms that gently fade to white. A beautiful rose that blooms generously and has a vigorous, disease resistant, informal, growth habit. Named for an artefact recently discovered at Lichfield Cathedral. Mr Austin does it again!

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Patio. This is a stunning new, award winning, patio rose that produces prolific, double, coral flowers. A compact bush with large blooms that almost hide the matte green foliage. This lovely healthy bush flowers for a long period and looks great as a standard. Bred in NZ by Rob Somerfield.

2018 Rose of the Year Winner Waikato Rose Society spring show.

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Floribunda. This rose delivers full sprays of multi toned pink blooms radiating light to dark from the centre of the flower. Glossy green leaves the perfect compliment. Bred by Rob Somerfield this rose has all the disease resistance you would expect.

Looking Good is named for and benefits the cancer charity "Look Good Feel Better."

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Hybrid Tea. Large soft pink blooms on long straight stems with a gentle fragrance that will delight from summer to autumn. Healthy vigorous growth habit on a nice compact bush. A lovely rose to convey a floral message to someone special that you care about.

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Hybrid Tea. Oh this is just gorgeous. The ivory white blooms open to reveal soft peach centres. Flowers appear with generous abundance and carry an intense sweet fragrance. There is no doubt that you will indeed 'love me do'. Healthy glossy green foliage is an added bonus. 2007.

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Hybrid Tea. Large, perfectly formed blooms of bright crimson-scarlet are borne on strong stems. A special rose for special occasions. Nice light fragrance. One of the best for cutting or exhibition. We rate it highly and have planted this rose in our roadside garden. 1981.

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Floribunda. There probably aren't enough superlatives to describe this excellent white rose. The petals are richly textured with just a little blush of colour in the centre offset by warm bronze stamens. Multi award winner including one for fragrance. Disease resistant. 10 out of 10! 1978.

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Austin. A vigorous grower with mid green foliage and masses of sweetly scented, loose-petaled, cup shaped, clear pink blooms that darken slightly as they mature. Flowers from summer to autumn, good disease resistance, easy to grow.

The 'Mary Rose' was the flagship of Henry VIII and was in turn named after his sister.

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aka AKA Bonita or The St Edmunds Rose

Shrub. Memories of You is an upright, shrub rose with green leaves. It has fragrant, large blooms of orange-apricot with pink overtones that bloom throughout summer. This rose is known in different countries as Bonita or The St. Edmunds Rose and has won awards throughout Europe and Japan.

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Floribunda. A unique and striking rose with a powerful spicy fragrance. The generous trusses of small, semi-double flowers are shaded a sensuous rich purple highlighted with golden stamens. While this rose is quite vigorous it has a compact habit and is virtually thornless.

The NZRS recommend that this rose is best grown in light shade to protect the beautiful blooms from burning in the sun.

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Climber - Noisette. Masses of milky white, cupped and very fragrant blooms that are blushed with pink decorate the relatively thorn free canes. An exceptional rose that reaches great heights. Repeats well from spring through to autumn and the pale green foliage is lush and abundant. 1879.

This is a wonderful rose to grow through large trees where it will seduce you with its fragrance and beauty as you walk beneath.

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Hybrid Tea. A beautiful rose for your beautiful Mum. Bright rose pink blooms that are large and fully quartered. Wonderful strong fragrance and dark green glossy foliage that shows good disease resistance. Plenty of blooms throughout the season. AKA Ghita Renaissance.

Part of the 'Renaissance' collection which have been bred for excellent all round performance. These roses show good disease resistance and have plenty of flower power.

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aka The Butterfly Rose

China Rose. An exceptionally graceful rose which bears masses of slender pointed buds of vivid red opening to soft yellow then changing to coppery tones of pink and later in the season crimson tones. A continuous, spectacular and unusual display. One of my firm favourites. Bred prior to 1896.

The name Mutablis means 'changeable' which is what really describes the flower colour best. This rose is also described as the 'Butterfly Rose' as the single flowers float and dance above the foliage like a - you guessed it - a butterfly.

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Floribunda. 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 and scent.

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aka My Sister Red

Patio. A really showy, well-behaved compact, patio rose with masses of bright, fire engine red blooms. Flowers all season from summer through to autumn. Would look wonderful group planted or in a special container.

Described as well behaved and named in special memory of the breeder's (late) sister Marie.

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Floribunda. Celebrating 70 years of the NZ Gardener Magazine. The blooms on this rose are delightfully pretty in a soft apricot-pink, charming old fashioned form. Maturing flowers turn a dusky pink. Mid green leaves complete the picture on this healthy compact bush.

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Floribunda. One of the very best purple roses with richly coloured deep purple petals that gently fade to lilac. Old Port is 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. An exceptionally healthy and disease resistant rose.

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Hybrid Tea. 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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aka Peace or Mme A Meilland

Hybrid Tea. 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.

This truly superb rose was bred by Frenchman Francis Meilland and named by Field Marshal Alan Brooke to celebrate the liberation of France at the end of WW11. It is a fascinating story - worthy of further reading and certainly 'Peace' is very worthy of planting.

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Floribunda. Large clusters of very fragrant soft lemon blooms fading to creamy white. Tall upright growth. (AKA ROYDEN)

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Rambler. Small, dainty, semi-double flowers in shades of pink, salmon and creamy yellow appear throughout the summer. Blooms are delicately scented. Growth is upright (good for a pillar) and the foliage is light green and plentiful with relatively few thorns. Tolerates poor soil and some shade. 1923

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aka AKA Eden Rose

Climbing Hybrid Tea. Large full blooms that look like little round cabbages but oh so much prettier. The flowers are creamy white with over tones of lavender pink. Nice fragrance. Strong vigorous grower with bright green generous foliage. 1987.

FYI Pierre de Ronsard (1524-1584) was a French Poet who was popular in court about the time of Mary Queen of Scots. He was also an avid gardener. The breeder, Meilland honoured him by the naming of this lovely rose. Poetic justice wouldn't you say?

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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. Simply beautiful large coral pink blooms backed by deep glossy green leaves. Not only is it delightfully fragrant but it is a good repeat flowerer to boot. Well worth a place in the rose bed. Plant in full sun.

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Austin. 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. 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.

Princess Anne in The Pacific Rose Bowl (2022), won The Best Shrub Rose award.

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Floribunda. 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 'Purplelicious' has a modern habit with masses of blooms and healthy disease resistant foliage. Surely a 'must have'.

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Hybrid Tea. A multi award winning red, red, rose bred in France. This rose has even won an award for fragrance so you 'nose' it smells delicious. The hybrid tea shaped blooms appear from summer to autumn. It may be shy the first year after planting but will soon settle in. Glossy green foliage. 2001.

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Hybrid Tea. The lovely dark shiny foliage beautifully enhances the crispness of the baby pink to pure white double flowers. Long flowering. No hips and very fragrant. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Can be used for cut flower or exhibition.

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Hybrid Tea. A popular and beautiful 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 from summer to autumn. Bred in Scotland. 1984.

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Austin. 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 all round attractive compact bush. Few thorns. Named to mark the centenary of the British author, Roald Dahl's, birth.

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

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Rugosa. This strongly scented rose has beautiful semi-double, velvety wine-red flowers with a hint of purple. It is constantly in bloom over a long period. One of the best loved Rugosas with good reason. Nice dark green foliage which colours well in the autumn. Very hardy and tolerant. 1901.

The strongly scented flowers are followed by giant tomato-shaped hips. Hips are suitable for refreshing Rose Hip Tea.

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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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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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aka Scabrosa

Rugosa. The name 'Scabrosa' refers to the roughness of the handsome foliage which is clear green with interesting veining. The summer blooms are bright cerise pink offset with golden stamens and are followed by big fat red hips. Nice sweet fragrance. Robust and vigorous. 1950.

This rose could be used as a hedge as it grows into quite a tall specimen. The hips can be used for culinary purposes.

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Shrub. 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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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. An unusual rose that is technically called a red blend i.e. burgundy and white randomly striped blooms. Strong spicy fragrance and a vigorous bushy growth habit. Winner of Americas top rose award 1997. Something unique and different for the collector or rose enthusiast. 1997.

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Floribunda. 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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Austin. The subtle charms of this lovely rose will simply delight you as you watch the beautifully cupped blooms open to perfect rosettes. The pale, pearly pink petals emit a delightful myrrh fragrance. Lovely. This rose appreciates light dappled shade in the afternoons. 1983

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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! Nice upright bush with dark green foliage.

A sport of the ever popular Memorial Day.

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Hybrid Tea. A beautiful and unique rose with large, sweetly fragrant buff lilac blooms, ideal for cutting. Classic hybrid tea shape with a high centre. Foliage is healthy dark green. Bred by John Ford and new to us in 2025.

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Climber. A great rose named after a great New Zealander. Let 'Sir Ed' climb to heady heights in your garden and delight you with beautiful, double snow white blooms with a cream centre. The blooms are very fragrant and the growth habit is strong and healthy. 2010.

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Hybrid Tea. Unique blend of smoky terracotta and deep plum blooms, glossy foliage. This would make an ideal birthday gift for your gardening friend or family member. This rose has been available overseas but bred in New Zealand by John Ford. New to us in 2025.

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Floribunda. Clusters of attractive, well formed flowers in a unique, warm bronze-brown tones. Very free-flowering tidy upright bush, flowers have a fantasic fragrance. Bred by Sam McGredy. Winner of a Certificate of Merit. 1990.

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Climber. An award winning rose with luminous orange blooms that are lightly scented. Good disease resistant foliage. Can be used as a tall shrub rose or small climber. A vibrant and showy rose. Pacific Rose Bowl awarded Best Climbing Rose 2011.

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Patio. When you are in your rose bed you will have 'Sweet Dreams' with this delightful patio that flowers all season. Pretty peachy-apricot, large, fully double blooms. Strong fragrance. Exceptionally disease resistant foliage. Use at the front of a border or try in a container.

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Austin. A beautiful apricot blend rose with full double blooms that are an informal rosette shape. Delicious fruity fragrance. Repeats very well and has the bonus of almost thorn-less stems. Considered to be very healthy. Another beauty to add to your Austin collection. 2006.

Named to commemorate the ship used in the early Tea Trade.

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Austin. A yellow rose of delicate beauty; the golden yellow blooms are fully double and nicely cupped. The growth is strong but graceful, displaying the flowers nicely. Deliciously scented with an award winning fragrance. Good disease-resistance and repeat-flowering.

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Austin. Named to honor Alnwick Gardens in Britain and what a beautiful rose this is. Fully double, deeply cupped blooms in a rich warm pink. Lovely rich old-rose fragrance with a hint of raspberries. A classic English Rose.

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

The Fairy is a great rose for group planting or using as a ground cover rose. It is tolerant of poorer soils and will even cope with a little shade. The Fairy is happy in a container and copes well with a haircut at just about any time. Recommended.

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Austin. New to us 2024. Named after the George Eliot novel, this rose is stunning in tones of pink and lilac pink. Plant is gently arching on strong healthy canes with glossy green leaves. Large clusters of deeply cupped, fruity-fragrant blooms appear throughout the season. Repeats well.

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Austin. New to us 2024. The single yellow flowers, appearing in large open sprays, make a spectacular display over mid green foliage. A simple but perfect, medium-sized rose that will repeat flower all season. Beloved of bees and with a light musk fragrance.

Named to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the classic weekly carton in Country Life.

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Austin. The beautifully rounded flowers and neatly placed petals make up a perfect rosette. The buds show light yellow, the flowers open to pure white, with a light apple fragrance. It has excellent vigour and health. It has typical light green Musk Rose foliage and is almost thornless.

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Climber Modern. The colour of this rose is magnificent - rich tones of apricot-orange with yellow showing through on the reverse. Large, slightly informal blooms are borne in generous sprays. Delicious fragrance and dark glossy foliage that shows good disease resistance. Multi Award Winner. 1969

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Austin. The blooms of this beautiful rose are fully double and rosette shaped. The petals are a delicious, delicate pink touched with just a hint of soft apricot. Delightful fresh fragrance. Flowers displayed on branches with an arching habit.

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Austin. This is a beautiful rose that looks good enough to serve up with dessert. The large, full, quartered blooms consist of over 80 frilly petals that look like whipped cream when fully open. Strong fruity fragrance. Free flowering and a nice compact habit.

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Austin. This is a really good rose with large semi-double flowers of soft lemon yellow paling to almost cream. The flowers open to reveal silky golden stamens. Reliable, flowers freely from summer to autumn on a . strong upright growth 1984.

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Hybrid Tea. Named to celebrate the centenary of Midwifery. Pretty pink blooms with a gentle fragrance stand out well against healthy, glossy green foliage. A lovely gift for the wise woman in your life or to celebrate a birth.

Wise Woman, bred by Bob Matthews of Whanganui

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Austin. One of the most fragrant of all English Roses having the distinctive myrrh scent which is rarely found in roses today. The plump buds have attractive flashes of red. These open to form round, rich buttery yellow coloured blooms which eventually pale to a softer creamy colour.

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 Climbing Rose

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Austin. The double full blooms of this gorgeous rose are large and deeply cupped even when fully open. They have a strong fragrance and are coloured a deep magenta shade with a silvery hue. A lovely rose that will provide you with plenty of blooms to pick and enjoy.

Now this is interesting - the Poet Milton introduced the word fragrance to the English language. This very fragrant rose is named after the Milton poem called 'Lycidas' to commemorate the 400th anniversay of Milton's birth. Don't worry there won't be a test when you buy the rose!

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Floribunda. This multi-coloured stunner is simply beautiful for picking, use in floral displays and bouquets. A vibrant dusting of burgundy with gold and white stripes on petals. Robust upright, healthy growing plant. Bred by Bob Matthews.