rose Anna Livia

Grow in full sun with moderately 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. Can be grown in a container or used as an edging plants. Good for ground cover. See also rose cultivation

Pruning group 19 (roses)

Propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn or by chip budding in summer

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

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