Trinity Farm Roses

03/12/2022

09/11/2022

Normally at this time of year we'd have open gates on the weekends for viewing of the roses in bloom. Unfortunately, due to a long recovery from Covid, we can't be open as many hours this season. The gardens are still available to come visit, but please make an appointment first by calling 0212579240. Mornings are preferable.

26/01/2022

Linda Campbell - 1990 Hybrid Rugosa
One of our long flowering strong reds, which truly exhibit the colour with dark rugose leaves, purple-red buds and velvety silver stems

17/12/2021

Our summer lilies have started to emerge - the bright day lilies are busy making a show and the tiger lilies are preparing themselves by taking over the garden

13/12/2021

Look at the sepals on this! They’re almost longer than the petals themselves!
We believe this is a seedling of one our Musk ramblers, and it is not the only one that has grown to a magnificent size, with this one being around 10m wide along a high fence. It has a grand show of orange-red hips in large clusters and tiny recurved points of the petals.

02/12/2021

Botzaris, well-hidden in the back of our garden with a large, flat, fragrant bloom. A damask of unknown heritage which was bred by Robert in 1856, who became the successor of the famous rose breeder Vibert.

23/11/2021

The vibrantly coloured Kate Sheppard, a NZ-bred floribunda rose from 1992. This was named by the breeder Sherwood after the leader and figurehead of the NZ suffragette movement.

13/11/2021

Honorine de Brabant - bourbon
Mme Berkeley - 1899 tea
Kirsten Poulsen - 1924 polyantha
La Belle Sultane - Gallica
Tinwell/Crimson/Damask Moss - Moss

Our plants are now changing daily with new blooms and growth, keeping track of how things are going is endless! We expect to be in full flush in the next few weeks, especially from the single-flowering old families

25/10/2021

Herb growers and gardeners around Taranaki are taking part in a project that could spawn a new industry.

22/10/2021

Nice day for a stroll around the rose gardens with a cuppa and tasty home-baked treat