🌹 Rose Smooth Touch 'Heart of Gold' – Thornless Elegance with Glowing Golden Blooms
Bring timeless elegance and easy-care charm to your Toowoomba garden with the Rose Smooth Touch 'Heart of Gold' – a standout feature from the renowned Smooth Touch range. Bred for Australian conditions and exclusively thornless, this radiant variety boasts deep golden-yellow blooms that glow with warmth and sophistication throughout the flowering season.
Perfectly suited to the Toowoomba climate, 'Heart of Gold' performs beautifully in full sun, thriving through warm days and cool nights. Its compact, upright growth habit makes it ideal for both feature planting and mixed borders, while the lack of thorns makes it a family-friendly choice for high-traffic areas, paths, and child-friendly garden zones.
From late spring through to autumn, 'Heart of Gold' produces flushes of velvety blooms with a subtle yet sweet fragrance. Each flower features a high petal count and superb form, echoing the beauty of traditional heritage roses with the added bonus of modern breeding improvements such as disease resistance and repeat flowering.
Whether you’re creating a rose garden, refreshing a cottage-style bed, or searching for a low-maintenance rose that doesn’t compromise on impact, ‘Heart of Gold’ is a shining example of what the Smooth Touch series does best. Low-prickle stems make pruning and flower cutting safer and easier - perfect for home florists and gardeners alike.
Why Toowoomba Gardeners Love It:
🌞 Thrives in Toowoomba's sunny, temperate climate
🌹 Golden blooms with a classic, elegant shape
🛡️ Highly resistant to common rose diseases
✂️ Thornless stems – perfect for easy handling
♻️ Ideal for both modern and traditional garden styles
🐝 Attracts pollinators, encouraging garden biodiversity
Growing Tips for Toowoomba:
Plant in full sun for at least 6 hours a day.
Use a well-draining soil enriched with compost or organic matter.
Feed in early spring and midsummer with a rose-specific fertiliser for best blooms.
Mulch regularly to retain moisture and suppress weeds.
Prune in late winter to encourage new season growth and maintain shape.
Add a glowing touch of sunshine to your garden with Rose Smooth Touch 'Heart of Gold', available now at True Blue Garden Centre – proudly serving Toowoomba and the Darling Downs with premium plants for every season.