Ann Endt

A charming old rose introduced to NZ by Rosarian Nancy Steen and named after fellow Rosarian Ann Endt. Long elegant buds open to exquisite, single, scented blooms of bright cerise. Well behaved foliage and nice hips in autumn. Repeats well. Would make a lovely hedge. A rose for the real enthusiast.

Habit: Upright
Height: 1.2m x 0.9m

Rosa sancta Richardii

Species - Wild Rose. A hardy and tolerant rose with a sprawling habit. Single blooms of softest blush pink will perfume the summer garden with their sweet scent. The blooms have silken golden stamens in the centre. An ancient Rose introduced to 'modern' gardens in the 19th C from Ethiopia.

This rose was commonly used for planting in monastery gardens and around tombs hence the common name of the 'Holy Rose'. It is tolerant of some shade and poorer soils. Definitely a collectors 'must have'.

Habit: Spreading
Height: 100cm x cm

Rugosa Alba

Rugosa - Species. Glossy deep green foliage and enormous (10cm) flowers of pure white that are single and richly scented. A circle of golden stamens highlights the blooms which repeat on and off from spring to autumn. Lovely autumn foliage colour and red hips. Introduced to England in 1870.

As with all Rugosas this is a hardy and tolerant rose that copes well with poorer soils and even a little shade. Originally found in areas of Russia, China and Japan.

Habit: Upright
Height: 2mx1.5m

X Dupontii Clg

Species. Beautifully shaped pure white flowers with pronounced golden stamens and a sweet perfume appear amongst the grey-green foliage in early summer. The simple yet exquisite flowers are followed by nice orange hips in the autumn. Tolerant and hardy. From France some time before 1817.

Habit: Upright
Height: 2.5mx2m