rose 'Blanche Double de Coubert'

Easy to grow, dense, compact rugosa rose. 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. Large fruits only set intermittently. Good autumn colour, suitable for hedging and tolerant of poor soil and shade. See also rose cultivation

Pruning group 20 (roses). Do not prune after flowering if hips are required

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, downy mildews and rose powdery mildew