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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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Rambler. Small, mid pink, cupped flowers held in closely packed, conical clusters. Strong, delicious fragrance. The almost thornless bush has light green leaves. Often found in old cottage gardens. Vigorous growth. Decidous. Cant, 1863

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Shrub. Double flowers with frilled petals of delicate pink with deeper centres. Masses of floribunda flowers on this heirloom rose and very healthy. Continual flowering from mid Spring to Autumn and perfect for mass planting, hedges or specimen plants.

In 2003 Bonica was inducted to the WFRS Rose Hall of Fame (World Federation of Rose Societies).

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Hybrid Tea. This free flowering hybrid tea has lovely large full blooms of rich cream set against dark green foliage. The blooms have a light sweet scent. Nice dense habit and shows good disease resistance. Excellent for picking and exhibition. 1988.

This rose is also known as Caroline de Monaco and was named after Princess Caroline of Monaco after she selected the rose when visiting Meilland's Nursery in France.

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aka Candella, Eternally Yours

Hybrid Tea. A rose with beautiful, large, shapely blooms of deep crimson-maroon with a hint of silver on the reverse of the petals. Nice light fragrance and good repeat flowering. Resistant to disease. 1994 AKA 'Eternally Yours'.

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Floribunda. Striking flowers of rich tropical colours, bright pinks and gold with a distinctive dark eye. Semi-double to double, in small clusters, cupped bloom form. Extremely healthy with bright glossy foliage, continuous flowering, low growing with spreading habit.

aka Captain Ingram

Moss Dark purple to crimson, colour may soften in strong light. Strong fragrance. Medium to large, double, quartered bloom form form mossed buds. Once blooming spring or summer. Grows to around 120 cm tall, can be trained as a climber. Very disease resistant. Bred by Jean Laffay (France, 1854).

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Climber Large Flowered. The best description you could give this rose is 'that it's all good'. Double, quartered, full and fragrant blooms shaded a clear primrose yellow. Repeats well, nice hips in autumn if not completely dead headed. Excellent dark green, glossy foliage. Simply charming. 1963.

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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 bush rose. Bred by Bob Matthews, and named for his wife.

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Floribunda/Shrub. Rich, hearty, peach tones melting into pinks through a champagne haze. Offers a rich abundance of flowers that will delight throughout the season. Bred by Rob Somerfield in NZ and received Certificate of Merit, International RoseTrial Palmerston North 2018.