rose 'Baron Girod de l'Ain'

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. Tolerant of poor soils. See also rose cultivation

Pruning group 15 (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 affected by black spot, rose rust, rose powdery mildew, and a downy mildew