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April – Tropical Delight

Bicolour roses are a bit of a novelty in the rose world and this month we feature one that deserves to be more widely grown. ‘Tropical Delight’ has clusters of blooms, creamy white edged raspberry red that are lightly scented and look good enough to eat! In full flower, the plant looks a picture and looks a treat in the garden. It is a medium, bushy grower with good health to about 1.3 metres.  One thing it does not like is hard pruning so … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2017, floribunda rose, Johnny Johnstone, NZRS trials, Rose of the Month, Silver Star of the City of Palmerston North

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