Glenlogie Rose Gardens is, as the name promises, a rose garden at 97A Anzac Parade in Whanganui East, Whanganui, carrying a 4.1 rating from 16 Google reviews. Roses in this part of New Zealand do their best work from late spring, with November and December bringing the fullest flush of bloom. Morning is the connoisseur's hour, when scent carries best before the day warms. Real quality shows in the leaves as much as the flowers: clean, glossy foliage means black spot and aphids are being kept in check, a steady contest in a sheltered river-town climate. Well-kept beds carry labels too, so note the names that stop you, and remember that winter — bare canes, fresh pruning cuts — is the honest test of a garden's bones. On Anzac Parade among the gardens of Whanganui East, Glenlogie makes a natural stopping point for anyone choosing roses for their own patch.