Popular Varieties
Hybrid Tea roses grow from 1 to 2 metres in height with large double flowers on single stems. Some are fragrant.
Floribunda roses grow 1 to 1.5 metres in height with many clusters of flowers on one stem.
Climbers or pillar roses grow 2 metres plus in height. Some have hybrid tea type flowers others floribunda clusters.
Old Fashioned roses are often called species roses. Some grow to 4 metres in height, some are fragrant and have colourful hips in winter.
English roses (modern shrub) are bred to retain the best old fashioned rose traits of fragrance and flower form, but benefit from modern breeding being disease resistant and continuous flowering. They grow to a height of 1 to 2 metres.
David Austin roses are popular English roses.
Miniature roses grow from a height of 15 to 50cm, are compact bushes, do not require pruning and are great in patio pots and tubs.
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Fordell - new for 2026
Spectacular sunshine yellow blooms will brighten any garden with this fabulous variety! Free flowering all season with clusters of softly cupped, fragrant blooms on this healthy floribunda rose. Easy to grow, bushy plant with glossy foliage.
Named for the rural community of Fordell near Whanganui. Bred in NZ by Bob Matthews. Height 1.1m (NZ Plant Variety Rights). An addition to the 'My Rose Collection' from Matthews Nurseries
Fruit Salad - new for 2026
Fruit Salad produces deliciously different cream buds transform into brushed strawberry petals. Super compact, easy to grow plant with dense foliage. Repeat flowering clusters in a ripple of ruffle formed blooms.
A floribunda with light fragrance. Bred in NZ by Bob Matthews. Height 90cm (NZ Plant Variety Rights). An addition to the 'My Rose Collection' from Matthews Nurseries
Pride - new for 2026
Gorgeous glowing tropical tones of warm cerise pink with a vibrant yellow reverse. Stands out from the crowd with each distinctive bloom. Sensational for picking with cupped form. Repeat flowering floribunda, bushy plant.
Bred in NZ by Bob Matthews. Height 1.1m (NZ Plant Variety Rights). An addition to the 'My Rose Collection' from Matthews Nurseries
Iona - new for 2026
Soft pretty in pink blooms of delightful cupped shape form, repeat flower in clusters above healthy green foliage. Easy care vigorous plant, well suited for growing in any garden situation.
Named in celebration of the centenary of Iona College, Havelock North. Bred in NZ by Bob Matthews. Height 1.3m approx. (NZ Plant Variety Rights)
NZ Opera School - new for 2026
Glistening pure white blooms, elegantly displayed in clusters of multi-petal cupped form. The citrus scented flowers are perfect for picking, borne throughout the season on a robust growing plant with glossy foliage. Named in celebration of the New Zealand Opera School, Whanganui.
Bred in NZ by Bob Matthews. Height 1.2m approx. (NZ Plant Variety Rights)
Rural Women - new for 2026
Decadently fragrant, soft lilac hued clusters of blooms, on a compact growing easy care plant. Freely formed rosettes repeat flower above mid-green foliage.
Named in celebration of the centennial of Rural Women New Zealand in 2025. Bred in NZ by Bob Matthews. Height 1m. (NZ Plant Variety Rights)
Delectable - new for 2026
Deep, deliciously perfumed blooms exude their aroma above contrasting dark burgundy foliage. The opulent purple flowers are elegantly borne, great to pick with few thorns, repeatedly produced on a hardy plant. This stunning hybrid tea was bred in France by Pierre Orard. Award Winner. Height 1.2m (NZ Plant Variety Rights)
Richards Rose - new for 2026
Eye catching, true yellow blooms of classic form and fragrance. This handsome sport of popular ‘Amber Flush’ was discovered by Richard Harris and named in his honour.
Upright, healthy growing plant. Wonderful to pick - Hybrid Tea. Height 1.2m (NZ Plant Variety Rights
Starry Sky - new Shrublet for 2026
Spectacular quantities of petite soft blush petals completely smother this low growing, bushy plant. Excellent health. Glimmering stamens for bees to enjoy in any garden. International award winner.
Bred by renowned Kordes Rosen. Height 80cm (NZ Plant Variety Rights)
Perfumy Siluetta - new for 2026
This Patio Climber produces powerfully perfumed petals pack a punch with intense pink-violet clusters, re-blooming on easy to shape, bushy branches. This supremely healthy plant deserves a spot in any garden, being both bee friendly and easy to grow.
Bred by Kordes Rosen. Height approx. 2.5m (NZ Plant Variety Rights)
Vanessa Bell - English Rose
This new release for 2026 from David Austin Roses produces free flowering cupped blooms of soft lemon, paling to white. Tea scent.
Named for the artist, designer & founder member of the Bloomsbury Group - sister of the writer, Virginia Woolf. Bushy growth habit and bee friendly. Height 1.2m (Trademark applies)
Gabriel Oak - English Rose
This new release for 2026 from David Austin Roses has large many petalled rosette blooms of deep pink, with a sumptuous fragrance. Vigorous growing shrub with dark green foliage.
Named for the character in Thomas Hardy’s novel, Far from the Madding Crowd. Repeats well. Height approx. 1.3m (Trademark applies)
Eustacia Vye - English Rose
A new release for 2026 from David Austin Roses with a deliciously strong, fruity fragrance. Clusters of ruffled, peachy pink to pale blooms. Named after flawed heroine of Thomas Hardy’s, The Return of the Native.
Bushy growing plant of medium to compact habit. Repeat blooming. Height 1.1m (Trademark applies)