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 […]
Valerie Webster
For the first month of 2021, we feature one of the winners from the NZRS International Rose Trials in Palmerston North which were announced at the end of November. Clusters of pure yellow blooms, lightly scented feature on a very healthy, medium growing plant with glossy green foliage. Named in celebration of Zonta International’s Centennial […]
Cutie Pie
Miniature /Patio Roses are the small flowering darlings of the rose world. This month, we feature a new release that is very well named for this type of rose. ‘Cutie Pie’ has masses of small blooms of an attractive coral peach color that are lightly scented. These cover the bushy, very compact plant which is […]
May – Berry Nice
This month we feature one of the new releases in the ‘My Rose Collection’ series bred by well-known rose breeder Bob Matthews of Matthews Nurseries Ltd, Wanganui ‘Berry Nice’ produces blooms of berry-magenta shade that cover the bushy, compact growing plant. Very quick to repeat so will provide a great display of colour in the […]
June – Platinum
70 years in business is a milestone worth celebrating and in 2017, Matthews Nurseries near Wanganui does just that. This month’s featured rose is a new release Hybrid Tea rose bred by Bob Matthews to mark this occasion. ‘Platinum’ has large cupped shaped blooms of soft pink, sweetly scented on long, strong stems ideal for […]
August – Anniversary
While pale pink is a fairly common colour in floribunda’s, this month’s featured rose is one of the better ones in the colour range to be released in the last 20 years. ‘Anniversary’ is a seedling of the popular ‘Sexy Rexy’ and carries many of its attributes, most of all its ability to produce masses […]
NZRS Trial winners 2014
The awards for Trial 44 (2012 – 14) at the New Zealand Rose Society International Trials were presented on December 7th in Palmerston North. A panel of 20 judges have assessed around 30 entries from New Zealand and overseas rose breeders (via their New Zealand agents) over a range of categories including freedom of flowering, health, […]