🌹 Rose Smooth Touch ‘Velvet’ – Climbing Rose
Transform your garden into a romantic retreat with the Rose Smooth Touch ‘Velvet’ – Climbing Rose, available now at True Blue Garden Centre in Toowoomba. This captivating variety is part of the exclusive Smooth Touch® range, celebrated for its thornless canes, vibrant colour, and garden-friendly growth habit – perfect for Toowoomba's temperate climate and the broader Darling Downs region.
‘Velvet’ lives up to its name with sumptuous, velvety deep red blooms that unfurl in generous flushes throughout the flowering season. Each flower is richly perfumed with a classic old-world fragrance, making it ideal for arbours, fences, pergolas, or trellises where you can enjoy its beauty and scent up close. As a climbing rose, it provides vertical interest and can quickly become a dramatic focal point in any garden setting.
The Smooth Touch ‘Velvet’ rose is more than just beautiful—it's also practical. Unlike many traditional climbers, this variety features smooth, thornless stems, making it much easier and safer to train, prune, and enjoy. Whether you're gardening with children, pets, or simply prefer low-maintenance plants, ‘Velvet’ is a user-friendly and gardener-approved choice.
Key Features:
🌹 Thornless stems – Perfect for safe handling and easy training
🌹 Deep red velvety blooms – A showstopper for garden structure and visual drama
🌹 Highly fragrant – Classic rose perfume ideal for sensory garden spaces
🌹 Repeat flowering – Multiple flushes throughout the season
🌹 Climbing habit – Grows vigorously up supports, perfect for fences and pergolas
🌹 Excellent disease resistance – Bred for Aussie conditions, including Toowoomba’s cool winters and warm summers
Growing Tips for Toowoomba Gardeners:
Plant your Rose Smooth Touch ‘Velvet’ in a sunny spot with well-drained soil, ideally where it will receive at least six hours of sunlight each day. This variety thrives in Toowoomba's unique high-altitude climate, with its warm summer days and crisp nights enhancing both bloom colour and fragrance intensity.
Apply a quality rose fertiliser in early spring and again after flowering to keep growth vigorous. Mulch generously to retain moisture and suppress weeds. While ‘Velvet’ is disease resistant, a light pruning in winter and occasional deadheading will ensure it continues to perform at its best.
Perfect For:
Gardeners seeking thornless climbing roses
Adding elegance and fragrance to courtyards, verandas, or archways
Creating standout features in regional Toowoomba gardens
Lovers of classic red roses with a modern, low-maintenance twist
Why Buy from True Blue Garden Centre in Toowoomba?
As a locally owned and operated garden centre, True Blue Garden Centre proudly stocks premium-quality roses that perform beautifully in the Toowoomba region and the wider Darling Downs. When you shop with us, you're not only getting expert gardening advice and regionally suited plants—you’re also supporting a small business with deep roots in the local community.
Bring Home the Romance. Train Up a Velvet Dream.
Shop online or visit us in-store at True Blue Garden Centre Toowoomba and add the luxurious Smooth Touch ‘Velvet’ Climbing Rose to your garden today. It's time to grow something truly unforgettable.