rose [Bright as a Button]

Grow in full sun in 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 for further information

Propagate by hardwood cuttings

May be susceptible to rose aphid, rose leafhopper, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly and rose leaf-rolling sawfly, also deer and rabbit damage

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