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Rose of the Month

August – Racy Lady

With white a fashionable colour in gardening at the moment, this month’s featured rose is one of the best white roses around and one of the best that has been released in the last 10 years. Racy Lady, named for the Royal Automobile Association in the UK, is a great rose for both the garden and the vase. It is a taller growing rose to around 1.5m so needs a bit more space than many roses … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Gold Star, Hybrid Tea rose, NZRS trials, Rose of the Month

July – Starry Eyed

Probably the most unique rose to be introduced into New Zealand in the last decade, Starry Eyed is like no other rose around and is a welcome break from the usual pink or white shrub and groundcover type roses. … [Read more...]

Tagged With: ground cover rose, novelty, NZ Rose of the Year, NZRS trials, Rose of the Month, shrub rose

June – L.D.Braithwaite

The David Austin or English roses have become very popular with rose growers all over the world in the past 20 years. By crossing old fashioned roses with modern roses, David Austin of England has created a whole new line of roses that combine the form and scent of yesteryears roses with the repeat flowering of modern roses. … [Read more...]

Tagged With: Austin rose, David Austin, disease tolerance, English rose, fragrance, Rose of the Month

May – Serendipity

This month we are featuring one of the most disease tolerant roses on the market today. If you are new to growing roses and wish to grow one without too much effort, than Serendipity is highly recommended to you. Nothing seems to bother it during the summer and even in autumn when many other roses are not looking the best, Serendipity still looks great. … [Read more...]

Tagged With: disease tolerance, Gold Star, NZRS trials, Rose of the Month, serendipity

April – Aotearoa

What better rose to start off our regular ‘Rose of the Month’ feature than the one named for the 150th celebrations in 1990. The breeder, our own Sam McGredy could not have selected a better rose to carry the Maori name of New Zealand. The most outstanding feature of this rose is its huge fragrance and if you love fragrant roses, this one should be at the top of your list of roses to grow in your garden. It also has other great attributes – … [Read more...]

Tagged With: aotearoa rose, new zealand roses

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