DAWSON’S GROWN FREE MAGAZINE! AND GUARANTEED! Also available online. 2013 - 2014 Roses Don’t forget our brilliant and ever popular offer! TTHEHE DDAWSONAWSON DDOZEN!OZEN! BBuyuy aanyny 1122 rrosesoses ooff tthehe ssameame vvalue,alue, aandnd WWEE WWILLILL GGIVEIVE YYOUOU TTHEHE TTHH WA GROWN FOR 1133 OONENE FFREE!REE! Dawson’s Roses: A Growing Tradition Dawson’s Garden World is a family-owned, Western Australian company, which has specialised in growing roses for local gardeners since 1903. Dawson’s roses have always been famous for their quality and hardiness. To make sure you get the best, Dawson’s roses are grafted onto quality Rosa Fortuniana rootstock – they’re proven to outperform others in WA. Your Dawson’s roses will provide you with year after year of beautiful, colourful blooms. At Dawson’s we don’t just sell roses, we’ve been helping gardeners get the best out of their rose gardens for over 100 years, so there’s no better place to go for expert rose advice. Our catalogue is presented in colour groups and we hope this will aid easier selection and comparison of varieties. You can view our online rose catalogue, view our rose picture gallery and download rose fact sheets at www.dawsonsgardenworld.com.au Our knowledgeable staff will be happy to answer your questions on any aspect of rose growing or care. Just ask in-store or email your questions to [email protected] Because we grow the quality roses we sell, we confi dently guarantee them all. Happy Gardening! Eyes For You See our Rose Picture Gallery and our useful Rose Fact Sheets, plus more at: Scan to go to www.dawsonsgardenworld.com.au our website HEIGHT GUIDE FRAGRANCE GUIDE NEW RELEASES Legend 50cm - 100cm = small = slightly fragrant Set in colour. Customers 100cm - 135cm = medium = very fragrant please note New Releases 135cm - 150cm = tall are available in limited (2002) = The year in brackets after the rose’s name indicates numbers, so shop early the fi rst year of release. to avoid disappointment. (H) = Indicates heritage variety, roses released pre-1950. (STA) = Indicates variety also available as a standard rose. (W) = Indicates variety also available as a weeping rose. Customers Note: Limited numbers of standard and weeping roses Model of Perfection are available each year. Shop early to avoid disappointment. Brilliant Pink Iceberg FLORIBUNDA ROSES Woman’s Day Clusters of fl owers You can’t beat fl oribunda roses for sheer garden display. Ideal for borders, mass planting and hedging. If you want colour, think fl oribundas! Eyes For You Angel Face Europeana Iceberg NEW RELEASE JANE McGRATH (2009) (STA) - APRICOT-ORANGE SHADES Bred in Australia, this variety has quartered, BRINDABELLA BOUQUET (2008) – old-world style, pale pink blooms. Slightly APRICOT GEM (1978) - Rich apricot-orange Fluted white petals surrounding pink champagne arching form. Part proceeds of sales to the blooms. 100-120cm. blushed centres. Flowers fading to blooms McGrath Foundation. 100cm x 80cm BRASS BAND (1993) (STA) - Sunny of the purest white. A rounded, bushy shrub, MARY MacKILLOP (1989) – High-centred apricot-orange blooms with yellow reverse. which repeats well through the season. Strong, 130-150cm. spicy fragrance. Extensively trialled in humid, blooms of shell-pink, deeply edged with rose Toowoomba, Queensland, where it has shown pink on the outer petals. 120-150cm. CASANOVA (2001) - Large full-petalled blooms of intense orange. Strong damask rose very exciting levels of black spot resistance. PINK CHIFFON (1956) - Palest pink. Fully scent. 125cm. Height and width to 100cm. double, nodding, old-world style blooms. 100-110cm. FIRE STAR (2010) - Deep, mandarin-orange EYES FOR YOU (2012) (STA) – coloured blooms with frilled petals. Double Fascinating, semi-double blooms of pale pink PINK KNOCK OUT (2010) - Bountiful, bright blooms carried in clusters. Consistent performer with a contrasting “eye” of magenta-violet pink, single fl owers adorn this easy growing throughout the season. The offi cial rose of the surrounding golden stamens. Strong old rose disease resistant shrub. Fantastic landscaping Country Fire Association. 80cm x 75cm. fragrance. 120cm x 100cm. The plant is clothed variety. Height and width to 100cm. in healthy, dark green foliage. In fact, it’s the HONEY PERFUME (2004) - Lovely most black spot resistant variety we’ve seen! SEXY REXY (1984) - Shell-pink Camellia apricot-honey toned fl ower. 125cm. like blooms. 100-130cm. OUR HONEY OLIVIA (2012) – A honey HOT COCOA (2003) - Large ruffl ed blooms coloured variation of the original Olivia Newton- SHADY LADY (1986) (STA) - Clusters of of mysterious smoky chocolate orange. Subtle John rose. Complete with a delicate tea rose pink blooms, with ivory centres. Tolerates old rose fragrance. 120-150cm. fragrance. Height to 120cm. moderate shade. 120cm. MARINA (1974) – Non-fading orange. PEACH PROFUSION (2012) – Apricot, SIMPLICITY (1978) - Semi-double pink 90-120cm. peach blooms with a cream reverse. Blooms blooms in great profusion. 100-150cm. MARMALADE SKIES (2010) - Clusters of fading to an overall cream colour. Dense, bushy YELLOW-GOLD SHADES tangerine-orange, double blooms held on strong grower to 1m. Bred in Germany and released stems. 90cm x 80cm. in Australia 2012. FRIESIA (1977) (STA) - High-centred yellow blooms. Good cut fl ower. 90-120cm. McLEOD’S DAUGHTERS (2007) - THANK YOU (2011) – Prolifi c fl owering Creamy apricot blooms, tinged with a coppery rose, producing large clusters of deep mauve GOLD BUNNY (1978) (STA) - Very prolifi c, reverse. 150cm. blooms. Giving this rose is a wonderful way golden yellow blooms. 90-100cm. OLIVIA NEWTON-JOHN (2008) - Fully to say “thank you”. Best fl oribunda rose at SOUL MATE (2009) – Beautiful old-world double peachy-apricot coloured blooms, Australian National Rose Trial Gardens 2011. style blooms of buttery gold, carrying a sweet complemented by a delicate tea rose fragrance. Rounded, bushy habit. 120cm. liquorice scent. Bushy, rounded grower with 120cm. PINK SHADES good disease resistance. 120cm. SLIM DUSTY (2010) - An outback medley YELLOW SIMPLICITY (2000) - Bright yellow of golden orange infused with sunburnt copper BONICA (1981) - Small pink blooms in blooms in large clusters. 150cm. tones. Celebrating Aussie country music legend clusters. Spreading habit. 100-120cm. Slim Dusty. 90cm x 75cm. BLUSHING KNOCK OUT (2010) - Covers RED SHADES itself with apple-blossom pink single fl owers. WHITE-CREAM SHADES Group plant to create brilliant drifts of colour. BURGUNDY ICEBERG (2003) (STA) - BERNINA (1979) - Easy care and disease resistant. Height and Glowing burgundy blooms with all the reliable, Delightfully scented width to 100cm. heavy fl owering and disease resistant traits of creamy white. 90-120cm. the original white Iceberg. 135cm. BLUSHING PINK ICEBERG (2000) (STA) EDELWEISS (1970) (STA) - Creamy white. - A sport of the famous white Iceberg, with this EUROPEANA (1963) – Rich, deep crimson- Excellent border rose. Prolifi c. 60cm. form having pink blushes dappled through the red fl owers. 120cm. FRENCH LACE (1980) - Creamy, ivory blooms petals. The degree of pink blush varies, so select DOUBLE KNOCK OUT (2004) - Shrubby with hints of pale apricot towards the centre. when in fl ower to obtain your favourite shade. bush, producing endless clusters of double 100cm. 120-150cm. cherry-red blooms. Great landscape rose, looks ICEBERG (1958) (STA) - One of the world’s BRIDAL PINK (1967) - Delicate pink fantastic when mass planted. 100cm x 100cm. most loved roses. Ever reliable, prolifi c clusters double blooms. Excellent for bouquets. of pure white blooms throughout the season. HAPPY WANDERER (1972) - Blazing cardinal 100-120cm. 120-150cm. red. Semi-double blooms. 100cm. BRILLIANT PINK ICEBERG (2001) (STA) - MAGGIE (2004) - Soft white with hints of This brilliant pink sport of Iceberg rose is every LILI MARLENE (1959) - Brilliant double lemon in the centre. Lovely soft fruit and rose bit as wonderful as its parent. 135cm. red. 90-120cm. fragrance. 150cm. DEAREST (1960) (STA) -Double clear soft SATCHMO (1970) (STA) - Non-fading, rich PRINCESS OF WALES (2000) – Pure pink. 120cm. scarlet blooms. 90-120cm. white, lightly scented blooms. 100cm. 2 YYourour GGuaranteeuarantee ooff QQualityuality At Dawson’s we grow the plants we sell, so we can confi dently offer an unconditional 12-month Ebb Tide Brindabella guarantee. If, for any reason, a Dawson’s plant fails Hot Cocoa Cabana to perform, we’ll happily give you a free replacement Bouque plant. Just bring in the plant and the sales receipt as proof of purchase. A WORLD OF PLANTS GUARANTEED TO GROW A WORLD OF KNOWLEDGE Brass Band Fire & Ice Gold Bunny PURPLE-MAUVE SHADES SWEET INTOXICATION (2008) (STA) - LOVE-IN (2008) - Yellow blooms, splashed Clusters of medium to large, mauve-purple and striped with red, creating a mass of colour. ANGEL FACE (1968) (STA) - Fragrant blooms with a lavender reverse. Bewitchingly Healthy grower. 110cm. double deep lavender with ruby edges. 100cm. strong clove fragrance. Great hedging or garden MERRY MAKER (2009) - Short compact BONNIE BABES (2000) – (Formerly rose. Won most fragrant rose at the Australian grower ideal for group or mass planting. Semi- known as Perfume Perfection). Delicate mauve- Rose Trials 2009. Height to 135-150cm. double blooms with tints of apricot, lemon, lavender blooms, strong sweet fragrance. Height orange and pink. 50cm. BI-COLOUR/MULTICOLOUR 100-120cms. MODEL OF PERFECTION (1977) - Deep BLUE FOR YOU (2007) – Semi double BOLD SEDUCTION (2007) (STA) - A darker yellow edged orange. Outer petals deep cerise. mauve-blue toned fl owers, developing richer fl owering form of the ever popular Seduction 100-110cm. purple-near blue tones with age. Compact, rose. Deep sunset pink and ivory cream. 120cm. REGENSBERG (1979) – Semi-double blooms upright grower. 90cm. CABANA (2002) - Intensely fragrant, of pink with contrasting white centres. Petals EBB TIDE (2009) (STA) - Almost black rose-pink with light yellow blotches and stripes. also carry a faint white edging and reverse, buds open to reveal fully double, old-world style 130cm.