AMORÉ® Miriama Kamo
While plenty of bush roses have been introduced in the brown shades over the years, a climbing rose bearing such coloured blooms is certainly not common. This month’s featured rose is a welcome addition to the range of climbing roses and is a great addition to the garden for someone looking for something different ‘AMORÉ® […]
DECORANZA® Lotsa Love
Our feature rose for this month is a new release for 2022 that’s name just says it all. DECORANZA® Lotsa Love has well-formed blooms of warm cream to soft yellow with pink, peach and yellow highlights.The moderately scented blooms either come one to a stem or in small clusters and have potential for exhibition. A […]
Irish rose breeder takes top award at rose trial
Rose breeders from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland dominated the awards presented at the trials with five of the six awards going to rose breeders in this part of the world. Amateur rose breeder David Kenny, a retired school teacher from Tullow took home the main awards with the variety ‘FLORANZA® Eye Popping […]
FLORANZA® Eye Popping
To start off 2022, we feature an award-winning rose from the latest round of results from the New Zealand Rose Society trials in Palmerston North. FLORANZA® Eye Popping is a very floriferous rose with masses of single blooms starting yellow and fading to white with a red/purple ‘eye’ to the blooms. At times, you can’t […]
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 […]
2013 NZRS Trial winners
New roses from New Zealand and overseas breeders lead the way with awards at the New Zealand International Rose Trials in Palmerston North in late November 2013. The trials, which are operated as a partnership between the New Zealand Rose Society (Inc) and the Palmerston North City Council, aim to trial un-released rose varieties from leading […]