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Flower Carpet® Mini Cherry

The Flower Carpet® series of groundcover roses have been very popular in New Zealand since the first one was released nearly 30 years ago. This month we feature the latest in the series which has just been released in New Zealand. Flower Carpet® Mini Cherry has masses of small cherry red blooms covering the plant. A smaller grower than others in the series, it reaches 50cm high by 60cm wide making it ideal for  edging, hedging or in a … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2021, Anthony Tesselaar, disease tolerance, Flower Carpet, Noack, Rose of the Month

New Zealand Rose Experts Guide launched

The New Zealand Rose Society has recently launched the New Zealand Rose Experts Guide which provides information on growing roses to those joining rose societies around New Zealand.“Since 1964, the New Zealand Rose Society has provided a free publication about all aspects of growing roses to new members” said Hayden Foulds, President of the New Zealand Rose Society and editor of the publication. “ The New Zealand Rose Experts Guide has been … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2021, New Zealand Rose Society, Rose Experts Guide

Pride of Palmy

November is the month when roses are at their best across much of New Zealand as they come into flower and is also the month when many rose shows occur (Covid permitting) and also trial results are announced from the New Zealand Rose Society International Trials in Palmerston North. ‘Pride of Palmy’ has been named to celebrate 50 years of the Palmerston North Rose Trials by its breeder Rob Somerfield of Glenavon Roses. The deep … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2021, Hybrid Tea rose, National Spring Rose Show, New Zealand Rose Society, NZRS trials, Palmerston North, Rob Somerfield, Rose of the Month

2021 Spring Rose Shows

From late October through to early December is the time for rose shows and displays throughout New Zealand. Rose enthusiasts look forward to this time of the year as they show off their blooms to fellow rose lovers. There are a wide range of classes in which roses are entered from the more formal 'one bloom per vase' through to novelty classes where imaginations can run wild around various themes. No matter what your preference is, there is … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2021, National Rose Show, Rose Shows

Pink Ribbon

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month and what better rose to feature than the newly released rose ‘Pink Ribbon’ ‘Pink Ribbon’ is a stunning free flowering rose with masses of soft pink cupped blooms covering the compact, bushy growing plant. An ideal rose for a pot or to grow in the garden. It looks especially stunning planted in large groups and is also good as a standard. Bred by Bob Matthews of Matthews Nurseries, $2 from the sale of … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2021, Bob Matthews, Breast Cancer Foundation, floribunda rose, Matthews Nurseries, Rose of the Month

Newsflash

Orange is a very warm colour in the garden and this month we feature a new climbing rose which will light up any garden. ‘Newsflash’ covers itself in vibrant orange blooms all summer long creating an eye-catching display in your garden. Quick to repeat bloom, the vigorous growing plant is very healthy with mid-green foliage clothing. Bred in Ireland by David Kenny, this is a welcome addition to the range of orange-toned climbing … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2021, climbing rose, David Kenny, Matthews Nurseries, Rose of the Month

Truly Special

This month we feature a special rose that is great to give as a gift as well as to grow in your own garden. ‘Truly Special’ was presented by rose breeder Rob Somerfield to his parents on the occasion of his parents 60th wedding anniversary.  The blooms have an old fashioned form and are rose pink with a slight warm glow to the centre of the blooms.  A strong scent adds to the appeal of this variety. A small growing rose to 80cam … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2021, Rob Somerfield, Rose of the Month

Floranza® Modern Twist

This month we feature a rose that is not pink but not orange either – one of those colours that is hard to describe but will light up any garden Floranza® Modern Twist comes to us from Colin Dickson of Northern Ireland and features clusters of semi-double blooms , lightly scented that smother the plant. A medium to tall growing plant, the dark green glossy foliage compliments the blooms well. Available from Amore Roses Photo credit: Amore … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2021, Colin Dickson, Floribunda, Rose of the Month

Free Rose Pruning Demonstrations

Thank you to everyone who attended our free rose pruning demonstrations around New Zealand over the past few months. It is not too late to prune your roses, especially those in the South Island and colder parts of the North Island>If you have any questions, please get in touch with us … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2021, Auckland, Canterbury, Carterton, Feilding, Hutt Valley, Manawatu, Otago, rose pruning, South Canterbury, Wairarapa, West Otago

Rebel Spirit

With winter just around the corner, it is time to feature some of the exciting new roses to be released onto the New Zealand market this year. Our first featured variety is ‘Rebel Sprit’, a stunning shrub rose bred by Kordes Rosen of Germany who are international leaders in the creation of super healthy shrub roses.  ‘Rebel Spirit’ has masses of single red blooms opening to reveal golden yellow stamens that attract the bees.  An … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2021, health, kordes, Matthews Nurseries, New release, Rose of the Month, shrub rose

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