Van Lier Nurseries Ltd

Colour: Bright Yellow

Size: Medium

Length: 40-70cm

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Breeder: Schreurs www.schreurs.nl

Description: A beautiful golden yellow rose, medium length, excellent for bouquet work.

Colour: Pure White

Size: Medium

Length: 50-70cm

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Breeder: Rosen Tantau - http://www.rosen-tantau.com/

Description: The Akito rose is immensely popular as the ideal rose for bridal bouquets, buttonholes, centerpieces and flower arrangements. This pure white Akito rose is loved for its simple elegance.

Colour: White

Size: Large

Length: 50-90cm

Vase Life: 10-14 days

Breeder: Lex - http://www.lex.nl/

Description: The opulent Avalanche rose is a popular wedding and Valentines Day flower and a longtime favourite of many florists. This powerful but elegant large white rose opens up to display a beautiful mass of white petals. The rose’s large head makes it perfect for bouquets, table centerpieces and pew ends. The long lasting vase life of the rose is an additional feature.

Colour: White

Size: Large

Length: 40-70cm

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Breeder: Preesman

Description: The Bianca rose is an off white green rose with a medium to large head. It is a traditional wedding rose featuring good stem length.

Colour: Dark Red

Size: Small

Length: 40-60cm

Vase Life:14-16days

Description: The Black Beauty rose is a small rose that opens into an almost black velvety bloom and has a long vase life. A symbol of savage beauty this dark red rose is a must have for any romantic occasion.

Colour: Black red

Size: Spray

Length: 40-60cm

Vase Life: 7-10 days

Description: This is a black red spray rose. The benefits of the black pearl spray rose is it’s stunning colour, good spray form and the 40 to 60 cm stem length.

Colour: Apricot/Orange with a hint of pink

Size: Large

Length: 40-70cm

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Breeder: Lex - http://www.lex.nl/

Description: As in the meaning of the rose’s name, seize the day, Carpe diem, certainly is a rose that seizes your attention. It has an old fashioned form with a curly edge on the outer petals which are a beautiful bi-colour of apricot and pink.

Colour: Lavender

Size: Large

Length: 60-90cm

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Breeder: Schreurs www.schreurs.nl

Description: The Cool Water rose is a beautiful consistent lavender colour and has a large classic rose head that opens into star shaped bloom. This rose is almost completely thornless, and with a strong head and a thick stem it is the ideal rose for any occasion. It is used frequently for wedding work.

Colour: Cream

Size: Medium

Length: 50-80cm

Vase Life: 12-14 days

Breeder: Lex - http://www.lex.nl/

Description: A variant of the Something Special rose, de la Crème is a soft cream colour with a green outer edge. It is a magnificent wedding rose.

Colour: Pink/Yellow/Orange

Size: Large

Length: 70-90cm

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Breeder: Lex - http://www.lex.nl/

Description: A funky new 2009 rose that grabs your attention with it’s unique colour. This versatile rose has so much potential as it is stunning in arrangements by itself but also blends well with a multitude of colours.

Colour: Cerise

Size: Medium, large

Length: 50-60cm

Vase Life: 8-10 days

Breeder: Schreurs www.schreurs.nl

Description: This rose has a pleasant fragrance and is a truly stunning colour.

Colour: Golden Yellow

Size: Large

Length: 70-90cm

Vase Life: 12-14 days

Description: The Gold Strike rose is a golden yellow colour that stands out against its dark green leaves and is accompanied by a light fragrance. The roses large head opens up into an attractive star-shaped bloom and its bright colour allows the rose to stand out in a flower arrangement for any occasion.

Colour: Red

Size: Extra Large

Length: 40-80cm

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Description: The Grand Prix rose is one of the largest headed roses available, opening into an impressive star-shaped bloom and supported by a strong thick stem. A classic red rose with velvety petals, the opulent Grand Prix rose is a popular choice for weddings and Valentines Day.

Colour: Pink

Size: Medium

Length:40-70cm

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Breeder: Schreurs www.schreurs.nl

Description: A very suitable wedding rose, it has a lovely shape and opens to a deep pink shade. Another attribute of the rose its high petal count.

Colour: Bright Salmon Orange

Size: Small to Medium

Length: 40-70cm

Vase Life: 12-14 days

Breeder: Kordes

Description: The Lambada rose noted for it’s striking flamboyant orange colour is well suited to mixed bouquets.

Colour: Light Yellow

Size: Large

Length: 50 -70cm

Vase Life: 10- 14 days

Breeder: Lex - http://www.lex.nl/

Description: Lima is a rose with a magnificent shape and form. Additionally it has a good strong stem. These attributes make it very versatile in florist work.

Colour: Terracotta/Yellow/Cream

Size: Large

Length: 40-70cm

Vase Life: 8-9 days

Breeder: Meilland

Description: The Leonidas is a traditional rose that has a very appealing and unique colour.

Colour: Yellow

Size: Large

Length: 50-90cm

Vase Life: 12-14 days

Breeder: Schreurs - http://www.schreurs.nl

Description: The Leonessa rose, a new addition in 2009, is of a striking canary yellow colour. Its large head and strong stem makes the Leonessa rose unique as there are very few yellow tea hybrids with long stems. The long vase life of Leonnessa is also another impressive quality of the rose.

Colour: Orange

Size: Large

Length: 50-80cm

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Breeder: Rosen Tantau - http://www.rosen-tantau.com/

Description: A truly gorgeous orange rose!

Colour: Mauve

Size: Medium

Length: 50 - 80

Vase Life: 10-14 days

Breeder: Rosen-Tantau

Description: The Ocean Song rose is a beautiful pale lavender colour that opens nicely into a stunning classic bloom. Although the roses head is slightly smaller its consistent lavender colouring is striking and makes a trendy change from the typical red rose. Very suitable for bridal bouquets as it blends so well with all colours but is exceptionally eye-catching when arranged with white.

Colour: Peach

Size: Extra Large

Length: 50-80cm

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Breeder: Lex - http://www.lex.nl/

Description: The peach avalanche is new to our range in 2009. This rose won rose of the year in the Netherlands in 2008. It shares all the characteristics of the Avalanche rose and has the added benefit of being a dreamy peach colour.

Colour: Red

Size: Large

Length: 40-80cm

Vase Life: 12-14 days

Breeder: Rosen Tantau - http://www.rosen-tantau.com/

Description: The prestige rose is a superior quality to most red roses. A further attraction of the rose is its very long vase life and its impressive stem length.

Colour: Red

Size: Large

Length: 50-80cm

Vase Life: 10-14 days

Breeder: Schreurs - http://www.schreurs.nl

Description: The Red Naomi rose is an exquisite large velvet-red rose accompanied by a lovely scent. This large headed rose has a high petal count, improved longevity and transports well. Such an exquisite rose, Red Naomi is an essential rose on Valentines Day. This rose also has an extremely good vase life.

Colour: Cerise

Size: Large

Length: 40-70cm

Vase Life: 11-13 days

Breeder: Lex - http://www.lex.nl/

Description: Sanna is a very unusual colour with striking appeal. This rose is of a high quality with a remarkably long vase life.

Colour: Light beige pink

Size: Medium - Large

Length: 40- 80 cm

Vase Life: 12-14 days

Breeder: Lex - http://www.lex.nl/

Description: The Something Special rose is classically beautiful. The head of the rose opens up to a very large full size and holds its shape well. The rose is particularly popular for weddings and finds its way into many a bridal bouquet.

Colour: Green (can have a delicate pink centre)

Size: Large

Length: 50-70cm

Vase Life: 12-18 days

Breeder: Schreurs www.schreurs.nl

Description: St Patrick is an eye catching colour which lends a special look to wedding flowers.

Colour: Dark lavender pink

Size: Large – extra large

Length: 50 - 80

Vase Life:10 -14

Breeder: Franko

Description: The Super Delilah rose has a beautiful shape with rolled back petal edges. It is an extraordinarily popular rose on Mothers Day.

Colour: Pale Pink

Size: Medium

Length: 40-70cm

Vase Life: 8-12 days

Breeder: Rosen Tantau - http://www.rosen-tantau.com/

Description: The Sweet Akito rose is a delicate, cool shade of pink that stands out against its dark green leaves. Classic in shape the Sweet Akito rose opens well and has a high petal count. Delicate in colour, the Sweet Akito rose is a perfect wedding flower and wonderful for bridal bouquets.

Colour: Pale Pink

Size: Extra Large

Length: 50-80cm

Vase Life: 10-12 days

Breeder: Lex - http://www.lex.nl/

Description: The Sweet Avalanche rose is of a dreamy porcelain pink colour with an impressively large head that opens beautifully. This large headed but delicate looking rose makes it a breathtaking wedding variety and a great focal point for any bouquet, centerpiece or flower arrangement.

Colour: Pink (perfumed)

Size: Large

Length: 40-80cm

Vase Life: 9-11 days

Breeder: Schreurs - http://www.schreurs.nl/

Description: The Sweet Moments rose has large pink petals that carry a strong fragrance with them. If it is a rose with fragrance that you are after then Sweet Moments is what you need.

Colour: Pink/Cream

Size: Extra Large

Length: 60-80cm

Vase Life: 12-14 days

Breeder: Lex - http://www.lex.nl/

Description: The Talea rose is a large champagne coloured rose with creamy pink outer petals and cream inner petals. A classic shaped rose with a strong stem and a rich texture makes the Talea rose a glamorous flower for any occasion.

Colour: Rich Orange red

Size: Large

Length: 50-80

Vase Life:10-12

Breeder: Lex - http://www.lex.nl/

Description: This red rose has both a strong stem and flower. The flower of the Valentine rose is a slow opening and has good form.

Colour: White Spray Roses

Size: Small spray

Length: 50-80cm

Vase Life: 9-11 days

Breeder: Schreurs www.schreurs.nl

Description: Vivianne is a delicately winsome pure white spray rose. The flower has excellent shape and is often used in wedding bouquets.