The care, pruning, feeding and flowering of Thornless Roses is the same as for all other Hybrid Tea and Floribunda roses however without the thorns. Instructions on how to plant and care for all your roses are available by clicking here.
All Smooth Touch® varieties are considered 95 - 100% thorn free and are therefore much safer in gardens for children, elderly gardeners and people who have an impaired lymphatic system resulting from cancer surgery or radiotherapy.
Each year new varieties are added to the range. The new thornless varieties this year are Smooth Memories, Smooth Perfume and Smooth Harmony.
The range is available as bare-root by mail
order in Winter. Potted roses are available all year by phoning (03 5964 8382).
By purchasing a Smooth Touch® Thornless Rose you are supporting cancer research.
An elegant white rose with a high centre, attractive pink tinged outer petals and a light fragrance. This rose has healthy green foliage with stunning bronze new growth and almost thorn free stems. A most attractive rose for the garden and great for picking. Growing to approximately 1m. Available by mail order in Bush and Standard with 90cm stem. |
Delicate soft pink blooms, nicely formed with a delightful fragrance and good repeat blooms. Smooth Perfume grows to approximately to 1m and is ideal for a pot or in the garden. 1m. Available by mail order in Bush. |
A most unique rose. The bright candy pink flowers with white centres appear in large clusters on smooth thorn free stems. Smooth Harmony has lush green foliage and grows to approximately 1.2m. Available by mail order in Bush. |
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Beautiful golden apricot blooms with attractive wavy petals and a delightful fragrance. The semi-double flowers are produced on long thornless stems and can be grown and pruned as a large bush or trained as a climber. Available by mail order as a climber. |
Classic shapely hybrid tea buds open to large creamy golden blooms. The sweetly fragrant flowers are produced on long thornless stems and are ideal for cut flowers. The bush grows to about 1.2m. Smooth Friendship is available by mail order in bush. |
Gives an exciting new look to the Smooth Touch® Thornless range. Carmine and off white scented blooms each with a unique colour pattern are produced singly and in clusters and set amidst dark green thornless foliage. Growth to 1.2m. Smooth Lollipop is available by mail order in bush and Standard with 90cm stem. |
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Magnificent blend of apricot, coral and soft pink colours that vary according to the season. The hybrid tea style flowers have a delightful perfume and appear singly and in clusters amidst healthy green foliage on strong canes. A repeat flowering thornless climber, growing to about 3m, this rose is ideal for verandah posts, over an arch or trained against a fence. Smooth Splendour is available by mail order in Climber. |
This charming floribunda rose has clusters of creamy white blooms with softly ruffled edges, and a subtle sweet fragrance, flowering continuously over the flowering season. New growth appears with lovely bronze tips and the bush has a good cover of healthy lush green foliage. Smooth Snow Flake is available by mail order in Bush, Patio with 60cm stem and Standard with 90cm stem. |
This regal hybrid tea has lovely soft apricot buds, opening to reveal stunning blooms with reflex petals, fading to cream with soft pink edges. It has a pleasantly light fruity fragrance, flowering continuously over the flowering season and would be good for cut flowers. Smooth Queen is available by mail order in Bush. |
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A richly fragrant thornless rose. Its glossy dark green foliage provides an attractive backdrop to the pink tipped buds that open to a soft mauve flower with darker mauve edge. Growing to about 1m this rose is quick to repeat flower. Smooth Moonlight is available by mail order in Bush, Patio with 60cm stem and Standard with 90cm stem.
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A compact thornless floribunda
producing plentiful clusters of beautiful bright yellow flowers with
a light, sweet fragrance. Grows to approx. 1m and quickly sets new clusters
of flowers providing a near continuous display throughout the season.
Winner of a Bronze Medal. Smooth Buttercup is available by mail
order in Bush, Patio with 60cm stem and Standard with 90cm stem. |
The shiny, dark green foliage
of this rose provides the perfect backdrop for the large shell pink
flowers. Growing to about 1m the buds open gradually to reveal a glowing
soft apricot centre. The blooms have reflex petals that have a delightful
rose fragrance. Smooth Delight is available by mail order in
Bush and Standard with 90cm stem. |
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The beautiful flowers on this thornless bush are a delicate blend of pastel pink and white with a light rose fragrance. This attractive shrub featuring shiny new bronze foliage grows to about 1m. Smooth Ballerina is available by mail order in Bush. |
Large well formed blood red and very full flowers growing amidst lush deep green foliage. This lovely rose will grow to 2.1m high and is ideal as a large shrub or pillar climber and grow well on a trellis. Smooth Velvet is available by mail order in Climber. |
Highly fragrant rich cream rose with glowing apricot/yellow centre. The bloom is very full with excellent form. The bush, growing to about 1.2m high has attractive dark green foliage and will grow well in a pot or in the garden. Smooth Angel is available by mail order in Bush and Standard with 90cm stem. |
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Glowing cerise pink flowers that
are well formed and moderately full. Very fast repeat blooms that are
excellent when cut for indoor display. The compact bush with shiny dark
green foliage grows to about 1.3m and will grow well in a pot or garden.
Smooth Prince is available by mail order in Bush and Standard with 90cm stem. |
This lovely rose with nice glossy foliage is a very good garden variety. The soft salmon pink flower has an attractive bud formation of medium size with a delightful sweet fragrance. The bush is tall and upright in habit and grows to about 1.75m. Smooth Lady is available by mail order in Bush. |
A unique thornless rose of varying colours with a spicy fragrance. The creamy buff blooms shade to a pink edge and open to reveal a warm glowing golden apricot centre of varying intensity. Height 80cm. Smooth Sunglow is available by mail order in Bush, Patio with 60cm stem and Standard with 90cm stem. |
