Rose (member) Garden  

Listing last updated on Wed Aug 2024

89 Arrowsmith Avenue
Taupo, Waikato 3330
New Zealand

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Taupo is a town in Central North Island plateau, altitude 413m above sea level. Beside Lake Taupo, a volcanic flooded caldera. Our soil is mostly pumice, solid rock pumice found 300mm below soil level. You can seive pumice for a fine silica sand for potting, when mixed with compost.
We need lots of fertiliser, especially missing trace elements.
Our wind is southerly straight off the lake, and can be bitterly cold in winter. So the garden has an east west wind break fence and all roses are on the northerly side.
The lady who planted this rose garden about 20 years ago, soon after the house was built, seems to have chosen well known award winners, all named in the Yates Roses book by Roger Mann, and Botanica's Pocket Roses.
So I am hoping that the unidentified roses will also be found there as well.

Along the fence (North facing):
White standard rose unidentified., bought at Bunnings Taupo
Iceberg Climbing
Peace Climbing
Dublin Bay Climbing

Six Rose bushes against the house (North facing):
1/ Trumpeter, also found this rose named in the Taupo Rose Gardens. (Facing the lake!!)
2/ Double Delight
3/ Ingrid Bergman
4/ Unidentified Ivory/White rose, bush, perfectly formed beautiful flowers. Slow to open, double very full, 62-75 petals, flower 5 1/4" 135mm diameter, high pointed, good perfume, truss cluster has 3 to 5 buds, Start ivory and pale to pure white. Possibly Auckland Metro. Iceberg??
5/ Unidentified Ivory/White rose, green tinted buds, possibly Niphetos or Pascali.
6/ Unidentified Ivory/White rose, buds opening soon.

Two potted roses just purchased from Bunnings:
1/ Champagne
2/ White Romance