Apparently it's an amazing year for roses according to NZ Gardener Magazine. I thought it might be the rose food recipe they posted on their FB page a few months ago, one that I tested out for the first time here at Struan Farm. That may have helped, but it's also a great season all over New Zealand.
Struan Farm's roses are the biggest I've ever seen them:
I've been deadheading daily so they keep blooming for a wedding being held in the Homestead gardens in two weeks. These were pretty much past it, I just couldn't bear to throw them onto the burn pile just yet!
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