Coming up roses

New-release rose season is always eagerly anticipated. Here are Helen Young’s favourites from this year’s bunch.

1 ADORABLE

This must-have floribunda rose won Most Fragrant rose, People’s Choice and a Silver Medal at the 2019 australian national rose Trials. The clusters of magnificent double blooms are a rich pink-mauve colour, borne on an upright bush about 80cm high and 50cm wide. The perfume is complex and divine, with notes of lychee and apple. Treloar Roses; 1300 044 852 or www.treloarroses.com.au.

2 DELTA TIGER

Bred in Queensland, this fragrant hybrid tea rose bears large blooms of yellow and orange stripes and flecks, so that every flower is different. in cooler weather, the colours soften to peachy shades. The long stems are excellent for picking and produce blooms every 6-8 weeks. The 1.3m-tall and wide bush has attractive bronze new leaves and above average vigour. Brindabella Roses; [phone] or www.brindabella-gardens.com.au.

3 BRINDABELLA SUNRAY

Also Queensland-bred, this is the latest variety in the Blackspot Buster range, which focuses on disease-free and perfumed roses. This modern shrub rose produces rich yellow, multi-petalled blooms that fade to soft lemon. The clusters of flowers repeat every 6-8 weeks and have a true rose fragrance. good branching gives the 1.2m-tall bush a rounded shape. Brindabella Roses.

4 GOLDEN BEAUTY

A prolific floribunda rose, it was a Gold Medal winner internationally and at the Australian national rose Trials in 2018, where it also won People’s Choice. The large clusters of flowers are a spectacular colour, glowing amber gold that doesn’t fade in the heat or dry. They repeat flower on a healthy, compact bush that grows to around 1.5m tall. Treloar Roses.