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May – Wedding Celebration

May is Royal Wedding month and what better way to celebrate than with a rose with a wedding theme ‘Wedding Celebration’ features large blooms of dark red, fully double with a pleasing perfume borne mostly solitary on long stems. A good variety for picking.  Tall growing with glossy dark green foliage and has good health. Bred by Poulsens of Denmark, this variety has a name that is bound to sell it as a wedding gift and is a welcome addition … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2018, Hybrid Tea rose, Poulsen, Rose of the Month

May – Scent by an Angel

This month we feature a new release for this winter from the world famous rose breeding family Poulsens of Denmark.  Poulsen roses perform well in New Zealand conditions and other introductions have included ‘Ingrid Bergman’, ‘Hans Christian Andersen’, ‘Sparkler’ and more recent introductions like ‘Silver Anniversary’ and ‘Mum in a Million’ ‘Scent by an Angel’ is very much like ‘Mum in a Million’ in growth form, being an tall upright vigourous … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2017, floribunda rose, Fragrant, Poulsen

August – Sparkler

White is very much a winter colour, but also one to cool the garden down during the long hot days of summer. … [Read more...]

Tagged With: 2011, disease tolerance, NZRS trials, Poulsen, Rose of the Month, shrub rose

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