Species
Roses (Sp)
Once-flowering varieties are indicated thus (#), and cutting grown varieties like so (o/r).
Roses proprietary to us are indicated thus (p). Australian-raised or discovered roses are marked thus (*). Varieties preceded by an asterisk (+) are sold out for this season.
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 Some original wild roses collected by plant hunters many years ago and cultivated by nurserymen ever since for our pleasure today.
Rosa banksiopsis Small, single; purplish red, produced mostly singly. 1.8m
Rosa bracteata Large, single; white. Golden stamens. 1.6m x 2m+
Rosa gymnocarpa (o/r)Small, single, pale pink. Small pear-shaped hips. 2m
Rosa helenae# (o/r) Medium, single, white in large corymbs. Summer bloom. 6m+
Rosa x hibernica. # Medium, single, pale pink. Solitary. To 3m..
Rosa laevigata # Large, single, white. Very vigorous. 3m x 6m+
+*Rosa x nieuwesteegiiSmall to medium single, deep rose pink. A repeat-flowering back cross of a seedling from r. willmottiae and r. foliolosa discovered by John Nieuwesteeg in his old garden at Tarrawarra, and named in his honour. 2m x 2m.
Rosa x paulii Medium to large, single, pure white. Known to repeat. 1.5m x 4m.
Rosa pendulina (o/r)Medium, single, purple pink, nodding, flagon-shaped hips 2m+
Rosa roxburghii normalis.(o/r) Small to medium, single, soft pink. Superb, spiky, yellow hips. 1.8m x 2.5m
+Rosa roxburghii plena (o/r) Medium, full, deep mauve pink, paling to edges. Remontant. 1.5m x 1.8m
Rosa setigera #(o/r) ( Prairie rose). Medium, single light pink. Trailing habit. 1.2m x 3m
Rosa soulieana # Small, single, pale Sulphur yellow, fading to creamy white. 6m+.
Rosa spinosissima. # Small, single, white. Small leaflets. Black hips. 1m
Rosa sweginzowii macrocarpa #Small, single, pink. A superior form from Germany.
Rosa watsoniana#(o/r) Small clusters of tiny, single, white to light pink blooms. A curious multiflora variant with linear foliage. 2.5m x 4m+
Rosa wichurana#(o/r) Small, single white blooms in summer. Very glossy foliage. Usually procumbent, extremely vigorous and fast-growing. 1.5m x 6m.
Rosa xanthina ‘Canary Bird’. # Small, single, bright yellow. 2m x 2m.
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