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The Friesia standard rose boasts bright, sunny yellow blooms and a captivating, strong, sweet fragrance. Known for its vibrant colour and repeated flowering throughout the season, it adds a cheerful presence to any garden.

This rose entices with a rich, oriental scent that blends notes of iris, patchouli, and jasmine, accented by hints of litchi, apple, and fresh greenery, all settling into a soft finish of vanilla and apricot. It has earned several fragrance awards, including the James Alexander Gamble Fragrance Award in 1979.

Named Friesia after the Frisia region along the Wadden Sea, covering northern parts of the Netherlands and northwestern Germany, this rose variety was developed by Reimer Kordes and introduced in 1973, introduced to Australia in 1974.

Friesia is also available as a bush rose.