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Hybrid Tea. Beautiful soft coral pink blooms with rich fragrance, perfect for picking and vase display. Flowers on a hardy smallish bushy plant with fresh mid-green foliage. Nicely fragrant. PVR Bred by Bob Matthews.

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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 In Loving Memory gives non stop clusters of bright red flowers and lush green growth throughout the season. This upright bushy plant is a top performer. Awarded Gold Star of the South Pacific. As a memorial rose or just a stunning red for your planting scheme this rose delivers. PVR

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Hybrid Tea. A highly recommended, disease resistant rose with large, velvety deep red blooms on strong upright stems. The flowers are long lasting. Dark green leathery foliage and Moderately fragrant. Lovely in a vase. Multi Award Winner

This rose is named after the award winning Swedish Actress of the same name. Ingrid Bergman is probably best remembered for her role in the film classic 'Casablanca'. A beautiful rose for a beautiful woman.

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Floribunda. Pretty pale pink, semi-double flowers that look very delicate but are presented on long sturdy stems. A tall upright bush that flowers well with regular clusters of bloom throughout the season.

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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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Floribunda. Clusters of showy white blooms. Buds can have a slight pink blush in cooler weather. Very dark glossy foliage. Jack Frost is an extremely healthy rose that has a slight spreading habit. Good repeat flowerer. Bred in NZ by Rob Somerfield.

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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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Portland. A popular Portland rose of beautiful form and charm. The blooms are large, very double and the perfect 'old rose' formation. They are shaded a clear pink with edges that are slightly paler. Delicious fragrance and strong leathery foliage. Repeats well. France 1868.

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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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Hybrid Tea. Very large ruffled flowers in tones of fawn, copper and buff with a nice fragrance appear from summer to autumn. Quite a sight in full flower. A good rose that is quite disease resistant and hardy.

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Patio. Oh this one is hot! Brightest of bright orange- red blooms that hold their colour well. The flowers are double with about 27 petals making for a sumptuous bloom. New foliage has a nice bronze tone before maturing to a dark glossy green. Good disease resistance. 1978. PVR.

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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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Floribunda. A healthy rose with clusters of clear warm pink flowers borne in profusion throughout the season. Produced to commemorate the anniversary of the New Zealand suffragette movement. Very healthy upright bush.

Kate Sheppard was released in 1993 to mark the centenary of women’s suffrage in New Zealand.

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Floribunda. Clusters of deliciously fragrant, white blooms touched with a blush of pink held aloft of mid-green foliage, floriferous, repeat flowering, award winning rose, is one of our favourites for picking. Extremely healthy, bushy, upright plant vigorous. Bred by Bob Matthews. PVR

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Hybrid Tea. A unique Rose for the unique New Zealand gardener. Pretty ruffled blooms in shades of terra-cotta red. Sweetly scented so nice to pick. Kiwi rose repeats well from spring to autumn, and a good strong upright growth habit. PVR

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aka Queen of Denmark

Alba. Named after the 'Queen of Denmark', this summer flowering Alba rose has very fragrant, double, quartered, mid pink flowers with a button eye. The flowers appear in plentiful clusters arching the branches with their weight. The foliage is a grey-green and quite coarse. 1826.

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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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aka AKA Full Sail

Hybrid Tea. A rose for every Kiwi garden. Elegant classic shaped, large, creamy white flowers with a simply stunning fragrance. Strong, disease resistant plant with healthy glossy foliage. 1998. This rose is a natural 'sport' of Rose Aotearoa.

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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. Bred by Sam McGredy this modern shrub rose has clusters of beautiful tight buds that open out to flowers of the most delicate salmon pink highlighted by golden stamens. A strong grower that flowers well and also has a lovely fragrance.

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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. An award winning rose bred in NZ by Rob Somerfield. Sumptuous double blooms shaded vibrant red on long stems perfect for picking. Lightly scented. Tall upright growth habit, few thorns and disease resistant. A lovely rose that would make an ideal gift to express affection. 2009. PVR

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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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aka Luminis St Johns Rose

Floribunda. This Rose was released to celebrate the 125th Anniversary of St. John's NZ. The beautifully cupped blooms are clear white and fragrant and produced in generous clusters. 'Luminis' is Latin for light and this rose will certainly light up your garden when in full bloom.

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Hybrid Tea. Mamma Mia has super large formal buds that open to huge, quartered, flat blooms in tones of apricot and salmon pink held atop luscious green foliage on long stems. This rose has a lovely strong fragrance and the flowers are great for picking. Deciduous. PVR

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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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aka Miss All-American Beauty rose

Hybrid Tea. Delightfully fragrant, hybrid tea has large double, cupped, dark carmine pink blooms. This lovely vigorous rose adorns itself profusely in flowers in summer. Vigorous, healthy plant, shows good disease resistance.

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aka Pink Moss Rose

Moss. The stems and buds of this lovely rose are decorated with reddish green furry 'moss'. The buds open to large, rich pink, informal blooms that are very fragrant and quite frilly. Repeats well and is easy to grow. Prune lightly after flowering. From France 1852.

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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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Floribunda. Light orange red blooms with white reverse and edges of petals. Free-flowering all summer on a healthy and compact bush. Bred by Sam McCready 1975. One of the handpainted roses, that is, it appears an artist has hand-painted the flower edges in a different colour. Lovely!

The first plant to be protected by Plant Variety Rights (PVR) legislation in New Zealand.

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aka AKA Simply the Best

Hybrid Tea. This Rose is AKA 'Simply the Best' and that certainly describes it well. Dark green glossy foliage and the most beautiful warm copper-orange-bronze blooms that emit a powerful musky fragrance. Mr McGredy does it again. Excellent cut flower.

Winner of Rose of the Year in 2002. Marketed in Europe as Simply the Best

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Hybrid Tea. An award winning rose with exquisite clear pink blooms washed with soft lavender. The fragrance of the blooms is so strong that is said that just one stem will perfume a room. Strong disease resistant growth and few thorns add to the desirability. PVR. 2005.

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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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Damask. A graceful yet strong growing shrub with lush green foliage. The blooms are fragrant and look pale pink at first but open to pure white with a green centre. Rounded and flat in shape with a multitude of petals. Tolerant of poor soils and a little shade, repeats well. From France - 1832.

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Moss. Lovely, double, cupped blooms in a soft clear pink which emit a superb fragrance. The flowers are held on an erect mossy stem amid large, dark green foliage. Easily grown and performs well even in slightly poor soil. Recurrent. As the name suggests from France. 1898.

This rose should only be pruned lightly immediately after the first flowering and then only if required.

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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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Floribunda. From the My Rose Collection of Matthews roses, with a special name My Dad, combined with amazing fragrance this rose delivers abundant clusters of deep golden yellow blooms which fade to cream on the outer petals as they mature. An easy care rose to honour your Dad.

Certificate of Merit, International RoseTrial Palmerston North 2018.

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Hybrid Tea. There's nothing you can do 'cause I'm stuck like glue to 'My Girl'. That's because it's a lovely rose with unfading deep rose pink blooms with a lovely fragrance. Good compact growth habit and healthy disease resistant foliage. Gold Medal Winner

This Rose also won NZ Rose of the Year in 2012.

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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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Floribunda. This delightful new fragrant rose offers golden buds that open to beautiful soft yellow blooms of moderate size that will cover the plant. Healthy deep green foliage provides a rich contrast for these gorgeous blooms.

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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. A pretty rose named after a lovely lady - NZ Rosarian Nancy Steen. The abundant blooms are large, fully double, fragrant and borne in clusters. The colour is blush pink with a cream centre. Nice glossy dark bronze-green foliage. Bred in NZ 1976.

The late Nancy Steen also has a rose garden named after her in the Parnell Rose Gardens - Auckland. Lovers of roses and history should also check out her book 'The Charm of Old Roses'.

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aka aka Serenity

Hybrid Tea. An outstanding classic shaped rose chosen to honour the 125th Jubilee of Nelson College for Girls. The blooms are a creamy apricot tinged with pink and set beautifully against dense, glossy, green disease resistant foliage. A tall vigorous grower. PVR

Nelson Girls was bred by Chris Warner of England and named in 2006 by importer Tasman Bay Roses.

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Hybrid Tea. Night Light produces a large number of lemon yellow blooms with outer petals ageing to cream. A compact bush of medium height with dark glossy foliage. Winner of the Certificate of Merit Palmerston North International Trial Ground 2017. Bred by Rob Somerfield, released 2019.

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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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aka Old Black Moss

Moss. An exquisite rose with tight buds clad with dark green 'moss' that open to reveal small flowers in sumptuous maroon-black highlighted with golden stamens. The blooms carry a sweet fragrance and appear in summer. Small dainty leaves and few prickles. France 1845.

Pronounced 'Nwee duh yoong' this rose is named for poet Edward Young whose poem 'Night Thoughts' was very popular in the 19th century.

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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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Hybrid Tea. This rose has won several international awards and is known as one of the very best fragrant red roses. Leathery dark green foliage and superb, exhibition quality, deep, rich, velvety, crimson blooms. A wonderful cut flower. Repeats well from summer to autumn. 1963.

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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 Tea. Well it had to be red didn't it? This flamboyant, red, red rose with non fading blooms is a worthy representative of the Italian tenor. Long stems perfect for picking. Repeats well throughout the season on a nice upright bush.

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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)