July – Glorious
Yellow is always a colour that brightens up any garden and for the middle of winter, our featured rose is one of the best new roses to come onto the market in recent years in New Zealand. ‘Glorious’ is well named with large, well formed blooms of clear yellow produced on strong stems. They last […]
June – Kiwi
The brown or chocolate shades have always been a novel colour in roses and this month we feature one of the best to be released in this colour range in recent years. While New Zealand breeders like Nola Simpson and Sam McGredy have made significant contributions to roses in these shades, our featured rose comes […]
2016 Rose Pruning Demonstrations
Its almost rose pruning time in New Zealand so its time to think about pruning yours – roses are usually pruned between late June and mid August depending on where you live. Despite what is often said or written about rose pruning being difficult, it is actually very easy provided a few basic principles are […]
English Rose: Munstead Wood
David Austin or English roses have always been popular with New Zealand gardeners with their old fashioned blooms and fantastic fragrance. This month, we feature one of the newer varieties to be introduced to New Zealand and a welcome addition to Austin roses in this colour range. English rose, ‘Munstead Wood’ features very deep velvety […]
April – Flower Carpet® White
The Flower Carpet ® series of roses have become the biggest selling rose in recent times around the world. For this month, we feature the most popular colour of the series here in New Zealand. Flower Carpet® White was the second of the series to be released in this country in the mid 1990’s and […]
March – Sky Tower
This month, we featured one of the best climbers to have come on the market in recent years and a rose that lights up the garden when in bloom. ‘Sky Tower’ is aptly named for New Zealand’s tallest man made structure in Auckland and forms clusters of hot pink blooms in clusters, forming a great […]
February – Beehive Gold
This month we feature a bright yellow, non-fading patio rose, something not commonly found in the world of roses. Since its release in 2000, it has become a popular addition to the range of patio roses grown in New Zealand. ‘Beehive Gold’ has clusters of bright yellow, double blooms all summer long. It is an […]
January – Loving Memory
We start 2016 by featuring one of the most popular red roses grown in New Zealand today. ‘Loving Memory’ is a good garden rose and one often found exhibited at rose shows. The name also makes it a sought after rose to give when there is bereavement. ‘Loving Memory’ has large well formed lightly scented blooms […]