The Garden Centre Group

Name the Rose Competition winner announced

Peter SeabrookPeter Seabrook with some of the roses

We're delighted to announce the winner of our Name the Rose Competition is Mrs Margaret Gale of Romney Marsh, Kent. Margaret wins two tickets to the Hampton Court Flower Show in July next year, where the winning name will be officially announced.

The winning entry was selected by The Sun's Gardening Editor, Peter Seabrook and we thank Peter for taking the time to help us with what was a very tough decision. We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to all those who took the time to enter this competition.

We had over 3,500 entries and here are some of our favourites:
- Blooming Gorgeous
- Bright Future
- Happiness
- Laughter
- Summer Sorbet
- Sunkissed
- Tequila Sunburst

For those of you who did not win there will be another chance to enter next year and rest assured, we are already looking at ways we can improve the competition, so watch this space.

About the Rose

  • Height: 80cm
  • Spread: 40cm
  • As the rose develops the buds open to fully double flowers, yellow in the centre becoming suffused with shades of cerise pink towards the outer edges of the petals. The effect is intensified with sunshine.
  • An interesting feature of this rose is that it has a healthy, repeat flowering fully double floribunda that blooms from June through to October.

Tips on Caring for Roses

  • Roses are hungry feeders - you need to give them plenty of feed and water to get the best out of them.
  • Roses come in many shapes and sizes from the smallest patio rose to the largest rambler rose - make sure you choose the appropriate type for your garden.
  • Foliar feed is excellent in the summer - we recommend using Maxicrop to help.