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Austin. A gorgeous shrub rose with deeply cupped, very fruity fragrant blooms in shades of warm apricot and pink that repeat all season. It can be trained as a small climber.

Just in case you have ever wondered, this rose is named after Abraham Darby who was an English Pioneer of the Industrial Revolution.

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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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Climber. A dainty climbing rose that has clusters of small, semi-double flowers of white with a hint of palest pink. These open from rosy pink buds. Vigorous grower that looks wonderful on an arch or pergola. 1826, AGM 1993

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Rambler. This popular, spring flowering rambler has beautiful, slightly scrolled, lemon buds that open to a double cream delight. Glossy foliage produced on long pliable stems. Nice sweet fragrance. Tolerant of some shade and relatively disease free. One of the best ramblers available. 1900.

Though Alberic Barbier puts on its main display in spring and it is truly beautiful in full flower there will be sparodic flowering through to autumn.

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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 spring with a few flowers in the autumn. Vigorous growth. 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. An award winning 'sport' from the much loved climber 'Dublin Bay'. 'Alison' has double, vibrant pink blooms with the added bonus of fragrance. Healthy growth habit with lovely dark green foliage. Repeat flowering and if you like pink worthy of a space in your garden.

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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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Hybrid Tea, Shrub. Elegant, perfectly formed blooms of deep salmon, lasting for ages when cut. The fragrance is magnificent and wonderfully rich, much like an expensive Parisian perfume. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

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Hybrid Tea. Double blooms which are a subtle blend of apricot, amber and pink. Really pretty. The flowers are very fragrant, well spaced and produced regularly in large clusters. Strong compact, healthy bush. 1985.

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Hybrid Tea. A beautiful rose bred by Mr McGredy. Strong growth habit and large flowers of rich cream edged red. The outer petals suffuse to soft pink. Classic long stemmed buds which are perfect for picking. Nice soft fragrance. Recommended. PVR.

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Floribunda. Anniversary is graced with soft porcelain pink blooms that cover the whole bush with their profuse display. Strong glossy green foliage with good disease resistance. The perfect anniversary gift that will provide long lasting delight.

Winner of the Gold Star of the South Pacific.

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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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Hybrid Tea. A superb picking or exhibition rose with lovely intense apricot large, double blooms forms. Moderate fragrance. Healthy foliage and a strong, delightful scent as long as grown in an open sunny position.

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Tea. An outstanding Rose with open flat flowers that have a multitude of petals. The blooms are a pleasing blend of pink, copper and soft orange. The foliage is dark and glossy and the stems have few thorns. A delightful fragrance and generosity of bloom complete the picture. France 1872.

This rose is sometimes confused with Monsieur Tillier and vice versa as they are very similar in appearance however they are definitely different. Archiduc Joseph was named after a great plant collector - Archduke Joseph of Austro-Hungary.

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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, Azubis is a vigorous, shrub with thorny stems bearing pinnate leaves with ovate, toothed, dark green leaflets and clusters of large, strongly fragrant, fully double, high-centered, mauve to lavender flowers smother the bush with many repeats from summer into autumn. Deciduous.

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Austin Climber. Apricot-yellow buds open to a large showly cupped, many petalled rosette. They are a beautiful blend of subtle apricot-pink and soft yellow, giving the overall impression of apricot, with creamy outer petals. Strong, honey, myrrh fragrance. A vigorous climber with mid-green foliage.

The name was inspired by the heroine of Thomas Hardy’s Far from the Madding Crowd.

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Floribunda. Scrumptiously fruity perfume emanates from cupped yellow blooms, with petal tips occasionally brushed with warm pink. Winner of UK Rose of the Year 2020 this extremely healthy, easy care bushy plant was created in France by Delbard Roses. Repeat Flowering

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Hybrid Tea. Bright yellow blooms, sometimes with a flush of red. Fragrant.

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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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Hybrid Tea. Big Purple. The large blooms are a beautiful purple–magenta in color complimented of course by a huge fragrance like so many roses in this color shade. Blooms continuously from summer through to autumn. Fantastic for picking.

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Hybrid Tea. Absolutely drop dead gorgeous blooms of velvety deep garnet-red from ebony black buds. Good bushy habit and dark green foliage. Delicate perfume, continuous flowering from spring through to autumn. Yum Yum you've got to have one. 1973.

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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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Rambler. This rambling rose is vigorous with single flowers of velvet red with white centres and yellow stamens. Flowers between Nov - Dec. A bright display. H 3.5m 1925.

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Hybrid tea. A hybrid tea of classic form with very fragrant buds of lilac-blue to almost lavender. Upright growth with good foliage. Certainly one of the best of the 'blues'. Seldom disappoints and flowers well throughout the season. 1964.

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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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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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aka Bonfire

Climber. Bonfire is a medium red rambling climbing rose which can grow up to 5m in height. It has small double blooms displayed in large clusters and is a once flowering variety. This is a heritage variety which has good disease resistence.

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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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Florabunda. Coral-pink blooms with dark and brooding centres make this a stand-out rose for gardeners. Pick the blooms from Nov to April as they just keep on coming. Black spot and mildew resistance, coupled with these heavily scented bright flowers, make this rose an easy garden choice.

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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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aka Buff Beauty

Hybrid Musk. A well known and well loved little climber with fully double blooms varying from buff-yellow to soft apricot. Really pretty in full flower. Recurrent with a good strong scent. Could be used as a tall bush or small climber. 1939.

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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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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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aka Celebration or Myriam

Hybrid Tea. Very fragrant, very double and very large, quartered, pearl pink flowers. Vigorous healthy bush. Lovely as a gift for a special friend or family member who will really celebrate with the beauty of this delightful rose. 1991.

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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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Modern Climber. Sensational pearl white blooms with a distinctive raspberry purple eye. These unique flower clusters are delicately fragrant and fantastic for picking. Exceptionally healthy plant with brilliant glossy foliage. Winner of UK Rose of the Year 2019.

Bred in England by Harkness Roses and named for Jane Austen’s House Museum.

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Hybrid Tea. Bred from everyone's favourite rose 'Peace', with many inherent attributes. 'Chicago Peace' has large flowers and rich colour tones of deep yellow overlaid with copper and orange. Nice light fragrance. Good for cutting, strong healthy rose. 1962.

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aka AKA Terracotta

Hybrid Tea. This tall growing rose has fat rounded buds that open to full, heavy blooms. A blend of warm rusty-red, brown and pink set of by nice dark green foliage. Sweet soft fragrance and repeats well. Winner of a Certificate of Merit.

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Hybrid Tea. Named for NZ's largest city so you know this rose is going to be really showy. Large shapely double blooms of deep tangerine orange with a hint of gold. Good strong fragrance, free flowering. Nice picking rose. 1982.

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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. 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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Hybrid Tea. Deep red flowers with a gold reverse, perfectly formed with a lovely centre. Very large and full, borne mostly solitary bloom form. Blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, glossy, dark green foliage. Mild fragrant.

Bred by Wilhelm Kordes III Germany, before 1993).

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Climber. If you're fond of the confectionery of the same name then you'll love this frothy, fragrant double pink rose with profuse and prolific blooms. The flowers fade to white with age. Good 'sweet' fragrance. Vigorous and healthy rose which is aptly named.

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Hybrid Tea. A really attractive classic rose with well formed creamy white and pink blend blooms. Good strong stems and a nice heady fragrance. The overall effect is quite soft and pretty so ideal for adding a soft romantic look to the garden. 1993.

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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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China. This is such a pretty rose bred in France in 1902. The almost single blooms are shades of soft orange and pink highlighted with red. And oh the perfume. Flowers from summer to autumn. Lovely. Assume named after Zoe Talon AKA Comtesse du Cayla and mistress of Louis XVIII.

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Hybrid Musk. When I first started growing roses this was one of my favourites. The small double flowers are produced in large clusters and are a blend of apricot, buff and pink. Nice bronze tones to the foliage and a good musky fragrance. Few thorns. Use as large shrub or small climber. 1925.

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Shrub rose. A reliable rose that is almost continuously smothered in sprays of delicate blush-pink blooms highlighted with a deeper salmon pink. Perfect for combining with perennials in the border for a soft 'Cottage Garden' look. Healthy and robust. PVR.

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Floribunda Large deep red blooms that make a real statement in the garden and that also carry a nice scent. The foliage is light green and quite disease resistant. A lovely modern rose that will give you plenty of blooms to enjoy. 1997.

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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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Hybrid Tea. A superb new generation rose bred for high health and low maintenance. Along with that you get drop dead gorgeous, vivid crimson blooms that sit well above the foliage. Sturdy compact bush and of course it repeats well. Winner of an International award for excellence. 1999.

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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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Patio. Perfect golden buds open to delightful rich golden blooms that are very fragrant. Deep glossy green foliage completes the picture. Seldom without a flower through out the season. Named after Daltons of Matamata who produce most of the potting mix sold in NZ.

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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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Floribunda. This stunning rose has a heady fragrance and blooms of bright electric pink. Blooms are set on a compact healthy plant with dark green foliage. This award winning rose was originally bred in the UK. Award winning.

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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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Floribunda. Picture perfect porcelain pink blooms are produced profusely on this neat and tidy bush! A really pretty rose that would make a lovely gift for yourself or a special someone. Nicely perfumed as well. Bred in NZ. Certificate of Merit. 1999.

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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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Hybrid Tea. This rose is worth growing for the amazing scent alone. But wait there's more ....very double, lilac mauve flowers appear in big clusters on a strong healthy plant. Recommended. A rose with great dignity! 2002.

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Floribunda. Named after a famous Christian Dior fragrance so you know that this is one rose that definitely going to be perfumed. The large flowers are shapely with ruffled petals and golden stamens. They are shaded a soft lilac mauve and described as very feminine. 1984.

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Floribunda. This delightful rose would outshine even John Travolta! Orange-scarlet cupped double flowers dance amongst the glossy green foliage from spring through to autumn. Quite a show off. Nice light fragrance. Multi-award winner. 1984.

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aka Dublin Bay

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

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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Climber - Hybrid Tea. Large, fragrant, double, deep crimson blooms from summer to autumn and masses of glossy, dark green leaves. This vigorous, repeat-flowering climbing rose is one of the best climbing roses for covering a wall. The large, fragrant blooms make excellent cut-flowers. 1931.

Etoile de Hollande was first known as a bush rose - this climbing sport from the Netherlands came to the fore in 1931 and is much more vigorous than the bush.

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Austin. An exceedingly pretty rose of soft, glowing apricot-pink, each bloom packed with numerous delicately ruffled petals. Held on red-tinged stems, the blooms begin as shallow cups, opening to full rosettes, revealing petals of a richer hue, which gradually pale over time. They have a delicious strong fruity fragrance.

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Hybrid Musk. A tall growing summer flowering rose with trusses of single blooms that are a vivid red tone fading to pale white in the centre and highlighted by golden stamens. Very fragrant with dark green foliage. Bred in Germany in 1933. This rose would be very suitable to use as hedging.

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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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Floribunda. Bright yellow blooms with stunning red centres and golden stamens offer a gorgeous display continuously throughout the season. The glossy deep green foliage enhances the vividness of the flowers. Blooms fade to white with violet centers. Disease resistant, lightly scented. Deciduous.

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Floribunda. The latest new look in roses! Clusters of pale pink, almost white flowers that have an attractive mauve-purple blotch in the centres. This rose has fragrance, individuality and a mass of colour produced throughout the season. Definitely one for the enthusiast! Deciduous.

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Hybrid Tea. A pretty rose with semi-double flowers of soft yellow/orange that fade to a gentle yellow/pink. Nearly always in flower and the blooms weather really well. A lovely gift to use as a special memorial. Bred in NZ 1999.

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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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Austin. Named after a Shakespearean character in Henry IV, this beautiful rose smells as delicious as it looks. Large, cupped blooms of rich dark crimson fading to a pleasing rich purple. Really lovely and repeats well through the season.

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Vigorous climber bearing clusters of small, creamy-white, fully double, cupped, rosette-shaped flowers often with a hint of pink. Well Scented. Makes an admirable climber, with dark green, glossy leaves offsetting the flowers to good effect.

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Floribunda. A vibrant rose with large bright orange blooms that represent the warm glow of good 'Fellowship'. A real stand out in any garden with a lovely fragrance as an added bonus. Compact health bush, well worth planting.

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Hybrid Tea. A beautifully formed rose of an amazing salmon-orange colouring, with a delightful perfume. Free flowering with healthy foliage. Can be used for cut flower or garden. Very vigorous.

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Shrub Rose. Small cupped single mid pink flowers provide a dainty and pretty effect on this compact modern shrub bush. Seldom without a bloom. Looks wonderful in a container or used as 'en masse' as a border rose.

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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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Climber. Eye-catching climber with large, open, semi-double flowers of yellowish cream splashed and streaked with vivid red. Nice spicy sweet fragrance. Very vigorous and healthy and just that little bit different. 1999.

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Hybrid Tea. As the name suggests this rose is superbly scented. Free flowering with vermilion red blooms of some substance making them ideal for exhibiting or a vase. Strong deep green glossy foliage. Flowers from summer through to autumn. Multi Award Winner including one for fragrance.1964.

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Hybrid Tea. A wonderfully robust, free flowering rose with deep rich yellow blooms that don't fade. The flowers are fragrant and large with a generous amount of petals. Superb rose for bedding or hedges. Multi award winner and deservedly so. 1984.

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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 With its exquisite deep pink, many-petalled rosette blooms and delightful, fruity fragrance, Gabriel Oak is a captivating English Shrub Rose The vibrant, deep pink flowers contrast with their lush green foliage.

The name Gabriel Oak is from a fictional character in Thomas Hardy’s novel, Far from the Madding Crowd (1874). Gabriel was a skillful, hardworking, and honest young farmer who feel in love with the capricious heroine, Bathsheba Everdene.

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Hybrid Tea. This fragrant rose has an unusual an striking appearance with long apricot buds opening to large apricot/orange flowers. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

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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. Voted world's Favourite rose in 2025 by World Federation of Rose Societies.

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aka The Old Glory Rose

Climber Noisette. A beautiful, repeat flowering old rose that has large, full, quartered flowers. The buff apricot flowers have a delicious 'old world' fragrance. After 150 years it is still a firm favourite. Sometimes known as 'The Old Glory Rose'. 1853.

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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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Climber Modern. This delightful rose certainly does have a golden future. Beautiful, scented, hybrid tea shaped blooms in soft yellow are set against glossy green foliage. This rose shows good disease resistant and is reliable and free flowering. Very pretty. 1999.

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Floribunda. A lovely rose with bronze-red foliage and large clusters of golden apricot blooms. This rose would make a strong statement when planted en masse as it repeats well throughout the season. Nicely fragrant.

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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. This superb rose is the last to be bred by the international Rosarian Sam McGredy. A beautiful blend of cream, peach, apricot and salmon, with the darker tones towards the centre fading beautifully to the outer petals. Fragrant, disease resistant and sturdy. 2007.

Awarded best hybrid tea at the Pacific Rose Bowl Rose 2011

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A rich cerise well formed bloom with a strong fragrance. Blooms in flushes throughout the season.

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Floribunda. A lovely dark red rose with semi-double, ruffled blooms produced in regular clusters. Nice glossy foliage and a sweet fresh perfume make this rose a lovely one to pick. Bred in Demark 1986 and named after the Danish writer of fairy stories. Shows good disease resistance.

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Floribunda. Lovely deep pink blooms displayed in clusters throughout the flowering season. This gorgeous rose has a lovely strong fragrance and would make a special gift at any time but of course birthdays would suit too.

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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. The bright sunshine yellow blooms of this strong healthy rose are a cheerful sight in the garden from summer through to autumn. The blooms are fragrant and further enhanced by the deep green glossy foliage.

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Hybrid Tea. Salmon-pink, cluster-flowered, in small clusters, high-centered bloom form, borne mostly solitary, blooms in flushes throughout the season. Large, semi-glossy, dark green foliage.Medium, bushy, spreading shurb. Strong, sweet fragrance. 1980

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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. A beautiful rose bred in NZ. It is a unique and striking blend of soft and deep mauve tones. Attractive dark green foliage and a nice light fragrance. This rose would look lovely under-planted with soft greys and white. Repeats well. 1998.

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Climber. A pretty pink Climbing rose that does indeed have 'High Hopes' as it will reach up to 4m. The double blooms are produced in abundance throughout the season and have a sweet strawberry fragrance. Nice dark green foliage and generally a healthy vigorous grower. 1992.

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Floribunda. Oh Honey Child you're going to love this rose with its blaze of gorgeous blooms in shades of warm bronze and apricot. Masses of fragrant flowers will delight throughout the season. The foliage also has complementary bronze tones, just lovely. 1997.