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aka The Shire

Floribunda. This compact little rose has blooms that are an unusual blend of salmon pink, copper and lavender. Generous amount of bloom throughout the season offset against dark glossy foliage that is generally healthy. Lightly scented. Multi Award Winner. USA 2006. PVR.

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Hybrid Tea Std. An attractive rose with large, vibrant orange to salmon blooms that open from spiral buds. Gentle fragrance and glossy green foliage. PVR. 1996.

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Floribunda. A surprising rose with gorgeous long white buds that open to reveal interiors of bright scarlet off set by the white reverse. The regular clusters of semi-double flowers have an unusual pinwheel form and carry a soft fragrance. Glossy green, disease resistant foliage. PVR 2006.

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Std Austin. Beautifully rounded flowers with neatly placed petals make up perfect rosettes. The opening buds are lightly tinged with yellow maturing to pure white. Has a light apple fragrance. Excellent vigour and is very healthy with typical light green Musk Rose foliage. Almost thornless.

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Floribunda Standard. A rewarding rose of rich shades of pink and tones of apricot. Vintage cup shaped flowers with a delightful soft fragrance makes this creation hard to resist. Repeat flowering. Deciduous.

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Hybrid Tea. Bred in NZ by Bob Matthews this rose is generally rated as excellent. Wonderfully fragrant, repeats well, profuse and generous with bloom, good foliage and striking rich mauve rosette shaped flowers. To top it off 'Waimarie' also shows good disease resistance. Excellent in deed! PVR

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Standard. Add a touch of romance to your garden with this gorgeous rose that has masses of double white flowers. If you treat it with lots of love you will be rewarded with flowers from spring until autumn. Lovely dark green foliage with good disease resistance. Bred by Rob Somerfield. Deciduous.

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Floribunda Std. This is a multi-award winning rose that is exceptionally healthy and disease resistant. The flamboyant blooms are a blend of orange-red and gold off-set nicely by the dark green foliage. Repeats well - a great rose for the garden or a container. PVR. 2009.

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Hybrid Tea Std. 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. PVR. 2005.

Wise Woman, bred by Bob Matthews of Whanganui

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Standard, Floribunda. Exquisite soft lemon to creamy white cupped blooms create a magical garden display with refreshing fragrance, free flowering, superb health and glossy foliage. Created by Bob Matthews in celebration of the 75th anniversary of Matthews Nurseries Ltd in 2022.