If you’re searching for the best smelling roses, you’re in the right place. Fragrant roses can transform any New Zealand garden, enhancing outdoor spaces with captivating scent as well as their timeless beauty. Whether you want heavenly aromas for your flower beds, pots, or garden path, selecting the best smelling roses is essential for both visual and sensory delight. Here, you’ll find expert tips, favourite varieties, and inspiration for roses that truly deliver on fragrance.

Rosa ‘Burgundy Iceberg’ is a stunning floribunda rose producing masses of deep burgundy-red, lightly fragrant blooms from spring through autumn. Its striking colour and repeat-flowering habit make it a standout choice for borders, garden beds, and cut flowers. Hardy, disease-resistant, and easy to grow, this variety thrives in sunny, well-drained conditions across New Zealand. Burgundy Iceberg brings rich, velvety tones and long-lasting beauty to any garden setting with minimal maintenance.
From $38.57

Rose Diamonds Forever is a popular shrub rose that features masses fragrant, soft-yellow flowers. The showy blooms emerge in spring and continue until autumn. The foliage comprises small-sized, dark green leaves which provide a lovely backdrop to the flowers. This deciduous plant typically grows to 1 m tall and the same wide. Rose Diamonds Forever is commonly included in a mixed or border planting, included in a courtyard or cottage garden, maintained in a container, or included anywhere the beauty and fragrance can be appreciated.
From $44.09
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