Timaru roses blooming
The picturesque South Canterbury district of Timaru is gaining a reputation as the rose garden of New Zealand.
Timaru is home to one of the world's most respected rose experts, boasts an impressive collection of public and private rose gardens and now it has its very own rose.
The new rose - a pale, creamy, apricot known as the 'City of Timaru' has been produced by famed British rosarian, David Austin, father of the English rose.
Some of David Austin's other roses are found in the new Trevor Griffiths Rose Garden, a public garden built as a tribute to Timaru's own renowned rose grower, breeder and author. Recently retired, Trevor Griffiths once had the third largest collection of roses in the world and has published seven books on the subject.
The Trevor Griffiths Rose Garden is the best of many public rose gardens in Timaru. The new garden has 1200 old roses, possibly the largest of its kind in the Southern Hemisphere and attracts rose lovers from around the world.
Roses thrive in Timaru because it has plenty of sunshine, warm dry summers, cold winters and definite seasons.
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