Rosa It’s A Wonderful Life (‘Dictwix’) (PBR)

After undergoing two years of trials and assessments by a team of specialists, this wonderful new rose has been awarded the coveted accolade ‘Rose of the Year 2022’. Bred by Colin Dickson, it produces a succession of long-lasting, lightly scented flowers on robust and disease-resistant plants, which have lustrous green foliage and a relatively upright habit. Each fully-petalled bloom can grow up to 10cm across, and as they are a blend of pink, orange and peach, (the intensity of which can change according to temperature), they will fit effortlessly into many different colour schemes. It offers months of colour to borders or larger pots, and the flowers will also last well when cut for the vase.

All our roses are grown in an open field and then dug up when the weather conditions are right in October or November. As they are dormant throughout the winter, they will not produce any new roots until spring, however they should be planted out or potted up as soon as possible upon receipt. They will already have been cut back so no further pruning will be required, apart from snipping off any tips that have died back. Routine pruning can begin in late winter the year after planting.