$11.40 AUD Violet Blue. Given cool weather and light shade this rose is the nearest thing to true blue. The crimson buds open violet-blue with a white centre, semi-single and scented blooms, 25mm across, borne in clusterson short stems. While the plant is almost thornless and of modest climbing habit. The large light-green foliage is glossy and pointed. Summer flowering only. Moderately fragrant. Tough climber for shade, cold spots or poor soil.
$13.50 AUD Soft, velvety violet blooms, 80mm across, opening flat, very double and quartered with a button eye and a sweet lovely perfume. Reminiscent of a Gallica in shape and colour. An upright growing, almost thornless, shrub with stout branches. Foliage grey-green and soft to touch. Flowers are sometimes charmingly hidden among the foliage. In good soil this beautiful rose makes a tall shrub. Profuse recurrent blooming with an especially good show in autumn. Tolerates poor soil.
$18.90 AUD This upright shrub has reddish-purple, almost thornless, stems with dark green foliage with purple undertones, The blooms are produced singly or in small groups of up to five, are deep mauve-pink with prominent creamy-yellow stamens. They are produced in late spring and early summer. Slim flask-shaped hips are bright orange-red. A good shrub where a thornless rose is wanted, giving excellent, richly coloured autumn foliage that combines nicely with the hips.
$14.00 AUD
Large blooms of good growth and foliage. Flowers are high centred and richly perfumed. The colour is mauve-purple turning to red an the flower opens. If the blooms are picked in the bud and open in a vase inside, the colour will be a soft mauve.
$13.50 AUD The colour is clear deep rich mauve of a most attractive shade, and the form is particularly good with a high pointed centre and nicely reflexed petals. Well suited for the show exhibitor and highly recommended for the home gardener. The leader of this colour group. It is especially disease resistant.
