evergreen roses bushes
Evergreen roses bushes are the ultimate dream for gardeners seeking round-the-year colour and lush foliage. If you’ve been searching for rose bushes that stay green and vibrant even through New Zealand’s cooler months, you’re not alone. This perennial favourite combines the romance of classic roses with the reliability of evergreen plants, making your garden both beautiful and easy to care for. Although traditional rose bushes are deciduous, there are a handful of rose-like evergreen shrubs and companion plants that deliver similar aesthetic appeal, bloom brilliantly, and maintain their foliage, even in winter.
Teucrium fruticans (Bush Germander)
Teucrium fruticans (Bush Germander) is a hardy evergreen shrub admired for its attractive silvery foliage and soft blue flowers that appear through spring and summer. This Mediterranean style plant thrives in sunny New Zealand gardens and is highly valued for its drought tolerance, tidy growth habit, and year round appeal.
From $18.95
Helleborus 'English Thoroughbred Series' (Winter Rose)
Helleborus 'English Thoroughbred' is a premium evergreen perennial valued for its elegant winter and early spring flowers and attractive year round foliage. It is an outstanding choice for shaded borders, woodland gardens, cottage gardens, and decorative containers, bringing reliable colour to New Zealand gardens when little else is flowering.
