Caption: ‘Shepherd’s Delight’ won the Gold Medal at the National Rose Trials.
The National Rose Trial Garden of Australia’s 2024 – 2026 Awards were announced on Tuesday 27 October at the Robin Hood Hotel. Here are the winning roses.
The Gold Medal was awarded to ‘Shepherd’s Delight’ an apricot Floribunda bred by Australian breeders J & R Nieuwesteeg. The rose also won numerous trophies including:
Marion de Boehme Award for the Best Rose of the Trial; Rose Hills Perpetual Challenge Bowl (USA) for the Best Floribunda of the Trial; The Davis Trophy for the Best Australian Bred Rose of The Trial Australia’s Rose of the Year; NRSA Sponsorship; The Australian Bred Rose of The Year; and WFRS People’s Choice Award.
The Silver Medal was awarded to ‘Thierry Marx’ a violet, strongly perfumed Floribunda from Georges Delbard, France and exhibited by Wagner’s Rose Nursery.
Five Bronze Medals were awarded and three Certificates of Merit including to:
- ‘Sophie Roches’ (Bronze Medal), which also won the Hamilton Gardens NZ Perpetual Challenge award for the Best Hybrid Tea of the Trial. It is strongly scented pale pink rose with ragged petals from Georges Delbard, France and exhibited by Wagner’s Rose Nursery.
- ‘Moonlight in Paris’, (Bronze Medal), which also won the Gearld Meylan Perpetual Trophy, Best Shrub or Groundcover in the Trial. It is an old-fashioned full-petalled, soft apricot rose fading to light pink from Georges Delbard, France and exhibited by Wagner’s Rose Nursery.
For all the awards, see The National Rose Trial Garden of Australia Inc. on Facebook (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100078864227580).
