PRICING

Prices for this seasons roses are as follow: 16cm pots cost $18.50ea and 20cm pots cost $27.50ea. Plants in larger containers cost from $40.00ea, depending on the size of the container and the maturity of the plant. Old and existing stock are priced from $10.00 per plant, depending on size and quality/condition.

MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FLOWER AND GARDEN SHOW 2012

This must see annual event will be on from … dates to be notified … in the Carlton Gardens. Come and see us at the RiAus stand in the old exhibition building and say hello. New release roses will be on display.

FERTILIZERS

Roses and Friends use and recommend the Neutrog products ‘Rapid Raiser’, for the beginning of season boost, ‘Sudden Impact for Roses’, as the year round fertilizer, along with ‘GoGo Juice’, and ‘Seamungus’ as a soil conditioner and plant starter. Visit www.neutrog.com.au for further information on all these products.

We also use, recommend, and are agents for ‘Healthy Earth Plant Spray’, from Healthy Earth Pty Ltd, a combined foliar food and fungicide. Contact us for more details.

HELP!

In the ‘Help!’ section this season, we’ve posted pictures of three new rose varieties that we are trialling, and would like your help in naming them.

The first is a shrub rose with small, single bright red blooms with a small white eye. It has just won a silver medal at the National Rose Trials in Adelaide. It has superb disease resistance. With the right name, it will be launched in 2013.

The second is another shrub rose. It has very large, golden yellow, old-style blooms, a la David Austin. ‘Golden Celebration’ was one of its parents. It’s a glorious rose!

The third is yet another shrub rose, but a tall grower, to 2 metres plus, and could be trained on a pillar, but is strong enough to be free-standing. It has large lemon yellow blooms, which, at the right bee-foraging temperature, give off a nice fragrance.