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aka Sweet Gesture

Floribunda. Flowers start as a tight pointed bud and open to a very clear pink with a mild, sweet fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Nice tidy bush. Bred by McGredy (1986) and introduced in New Zealand by Egmont Roses in 1993 as 'Northland'.

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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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Modern Shrub Polyantha. Another delightful rose from French breeder Delbard. This rose produces masses of semi-double pink to soft lavender flowers that have a white central zone highlighted with yellow stamens. The blooms have a lovely fragrance. Very free-flowering. PVR 2000.

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Hybrid Tea. Well-formed 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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Hybrid Musk. Rose lovers use all the superlatives when describing this rose as it is just so lovely. A prolific bloomer with clusters of large, semi-double blooms in tones of blush pink and cream. Handsome foliage and fragrant complete the picture. Hardy and reliable. 1924.

Penelope will have a display of beautiful hips in autumn if not completely dead-headed.

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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 Pantere rose

Hybrid Tea. A beautiful rose in two tones of pink. A reliably healthy and robust rose with dark shiny foliage, this rose has remained a firm favorite. Blooms have a moderate, fruity sweet fragrance. Continuous flowering from late spring to autumn. Meilland 1984

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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. 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. PVR

A winner of a Certificate of Merit at the New Zealand Rose Society trials in Palmerston North in 2015.

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Shrublet. Dainty small soft pink flowers cover the striking foliage of this vigorous plant. A bushy, spreading growing makes it a gorgeous gap filler. The petite blooms are lovely for picking and floral decoration. Bred by Kordes Rosen of Germany.