Roses in Pot - The bigger, the better
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Kalangadoo, 1st April 2025
We have arrived home from attending the Melbourne International Flower and Garden Show and we had a wonderful time. Thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hello and talk to us. Our rose blooms were in the spotlight and the atmosphere was abuzz with excitement, with lovely comments "look at the colour!" and "such a beautiful fragrance!".
A special thank you to Sandra Turner, President of The National Rose Society and the volunteers from The Rose Society of Victoria who helped with the enormous workload, setting up, answering questions and giving out information, tending to the roses and packing up. We couldn't have done it without them.
The attendance to MIFGS well exceeded last year's numbers, and we will be back again in 2026 with even more varieties to show.
Our FELCO Gift Pack giveaway will be drawn Tuesday afternoon (1st of April) on our Facebook page. Follow us to find out who won!
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We love our FELCO Collection!
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FELCO Secateurs are our #1 tool for any pruning jobs on the farm. Over the years we have received many questions asking "What are the best secateurs to use?", and we have always recommended FELCO due to their superior quality, lightweight feel and easy maintenance.
We are excited to offer the FELCO range on our website so you can buy with confidence a product that will exceed your expectations.
In this video, Brian delves into why he loves FELCO products so much and highly recommends them for anything that needs pruning in your garden.
You can view our full collection of FELCO products here.
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Bigger pots means bigger roses
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Many customers are organising their rose order for winter. If you are buying a rose and intending to plant into a pot, we have some tips for you......
1) The bigger the pot, the better! As you can see in the photo below, both roses are the same variety, planted at the same time and in the same potting mix. Watered and fertilised together, as you can see one plant is double the size of the other - and the difference is the pot size. The smaller pot is 26cm high, 30cm wide, and the larger is 40cm high, 45cm wide.
2) Only use potting mix in pots (not soil from the garden as this will set rock hard). The price of the potting mix does matter - the more expensive, the better the quality. Choose a brand that is especially made for roses and with the pH slightly acidic, which the rose will love.
3) In pots this size, water every second day. Don't be scared about 'overwatering' as potting mix will only hold to a full capacity of liquid and the excess will drain away. In very hot weather, water every day. If it is extremely hot weather with scorching winds, you have to move the rose out of the wind or under a shadier spot; this will help protect wind burn/sun burn on the leaves.
4) Don't let the potting mix dry out. Dry potting mix will become hydrophobic and repel water, which will run down the sides of the pots. Therefore you 'think' the rose is watered because water is running out the drain holes - but is the water actually soaking into the root zone?
5) Fertilise your pots with a handful of pellets monthly (water straight after fertilising). A pellet form is better as it releases the nutrients slowly over a couple of weeks. A liquid fertiliser is good for an instant "pick me up" and foliage spray.
6) Change your potting mix every 3 - 4 years to rejuvenate your rose. Do this in wintertime, when the rose is dormant. Remove as much of the old potting mix as you can. Also give the root system a trim and prune the top.
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Potted Roses back in stock
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We have many different varieties of Potted Roses back online for you to order!
Potted Roses make great gifts (especially with our beautiful gift wrapping) or are perfect if you can't wait until winter for your new rose.
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Spiced Coffee - Potted Rose
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Unsurpassed in colour, this interesting rose is a blend of pale amber flushed with lavender & pink. Spiced Coffee is easy to grow and a good picking rose, graced with a spicy fragrance.
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Spiced Coffee - Potted Rose
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Unsurpassed in colour, this interesting rose is a blend of pale amber flushed with lavender & pink. Spiced Coffee is easy to grow and a good picking rose, graced with a spicy fragrance.
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Dolce Vita (meaning 'Sweet Life' in Italian) produces beautiful pink buds that open to form a delicious apricot bloom. This variety is a beautiful Delbard creation, with very good disease resistance, contrasting dark green healthy foliage and flowers all season long.
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Dolce Vita (meaning 'Sweet Life' in Italian) produces beautiful pink buds that open to form a delicious apricot bloom. This variety is a beautiful Delbard creation, with very good disease resistance, contrasting dark green healthy foliage and flowers all season long.
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Australian Beauty - Potted Rose
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Australian Beauty grows upright, it's healthy and very free flowering, with mid-green foliage. Its soft tones and romantic look will make it an ideal cut flower rose for a bountiful arrangement or a beautiful wedding bouquet.
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Australian Beauty - Potted Rose
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Australian Beauty grows upright, it's healthy and very free flowering, with mid-green foliage. Its soft tones and romantic look will make it an ideal cut flower rose for a bountiful arrangement or a beautiful wedding bouquet.
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Jubilee Celebration - Potted Rose
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Jubilee Celebration (Aushunter) has rich salmon pink blooms with hints of gold on the undersides of its petals, it produces flowers continually and freely and it has a delicious fruity rose scent with hints of fresh lemon and raspberry. It is a vigorous, healthy shrub and has excellent disease resistance.
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Jubilee Celebration - Potted Rose
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Jubilee Celebration (Aushunter) has rich salmon pink blooms with hints of gold on the undersides of its petals, it produces flowers continually and freely and it has a delicious fruity rose scent with hints of fresh lemon and raspberry. It is a vigorous, healthy shrub and has excellent disease resistance.
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Golden Celebration - Potted Rose
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Golden Celebration (Ausgold) is one of the largest flowers of the David Austin collection; this rose has round buds that open to large, cupped flowers in rich, golden yellow. Its excellent shapely growth forms a nicely rounded, slightly arching shrub with ample foliage in dark-glossy green.
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Golden Celebration - Potted Rose
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Golden Celebration (Ausgold) is one of the largest flowers of the David Austin collection; this rose has round buds that open to large, cupped flowers in rich, golden yellow. Its excellent shapely growth forms a nicely rounded, slightly arching shrub with ample foliage in dark-glossy green.
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Introduced almost forty years ago, Iceberg remains one of the most popular roses to date, known for its vigorous growth habit and low maintenance. Pure and clean white double blooms flower prolifically throughout the season, with a nice light scent.
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Introduced almost forty years ago, Iceberg remains one of the most popular roses to date, known for its vigorous growth habit and low maintenance. Pure and clean white double blooms flower prolifically throughout the season, with a nice light scent.
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Boscobel (Auscousin) is a vigorous and healthy new variety from David Austin: an upright shrub with dark green, glossy foliage, producing perfectly formed rich salmon rosettes. These delightful blooms are upward-facing and carried on strong stems.
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Boscobel (Auscousin) is a vigorous and healthy new variety from David Austin: an upright shrub with dark green, glossy foliage, producing perfectly formed rich salmon rosettes. These delightful blooms are upward-facing and carried on strong stems.
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Crepuscule Clg - Potted Rose
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A rose of orange, fading to apricot yellow colouring featuring a semi-double to double cluster flowering. Crepuscule has a semi climbing habit and can be trained up a trellis or pergola, with its large sweeping arches. It looks great also trained as a big shrub.
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Crepuscule Clg - Potted Rose
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A rose of orange, fading to apricot yellow colouring featuring a semi-double to double cluster flowering. Crepuscule has a semi climbing habit and can be trained up a trellis or pergola, with its large sweeping arches. It looks great also trained as a big shrub.
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Apricot Clementine - Potted Rose
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Apricot Clementine is a compact and vigorous miniature rose with a dense growth habit, forming beautiful rose beds. The stunning and long-lasting apricot-orange blooms can sometimes reveal a blush pink on the petals, and are produced in flushes throughout the season as well as being quick to repeat.
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Apricot Clementine - Potted Rose
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Apricot Clementine is a compact and vigorous miniature rose with a dense growth habit, forming beautiful rose beds. The stunning and long-lasting apricot-orange blooms can sometimes reveal a blush pink on the petals, and are produced in flushes throughout the season as well as being quick to repeat.
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A very vigorous floribunda with generous flowering, incredible fragrance and great disease resistance, from multi awarded French breeder Delbard.
Perfect to cut and enjoy inside with the intense perfume of lemon, basil, rose and ivy.
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A very vigorous floribunda with generous flowering, incredible fragrance and great disease resistance, from multi awarded French breeder Delbard.
Perfect to cut and enjoy inside with the intense perfume of lemon, basil, rose and ivy.
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Grazie e a presto! Benedetta and the Team at Wagner's
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