rose [A Whiter Shade of Pale]

Grow in full sun with fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil. For best flowering apply a balanced fertiliser and mulch in late winter or early spring and a balanced fertiliser again in early summer. See rose cultivation

Pruning group 20 (roses)

For home use, propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn or by chip budding in summer

Aphids, leafhoppers, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars large rose sawfly and rose leaf-rolling sawfly may be a problem. Also rabbits and deer can cause damage

May be subject to black spot, rose rust, rose powdery mildew and a downy mildew