rose 'Fantin-Latour'

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. Tolerant of poor soil and suitable or hedging

Pruning group 22 (roses)

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

May be attacked by aphids, rose leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly, rose leaf-rolling sawfly, leaf cutting bees, rabbits and deer

May be affected by black spot, rose rust, rose powdery mildew and a downy mildew