Fedtschenko rose (of gardens)

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. Tolerant of poor soils and suitable for hedging

See pruning roses - rose pruning: shrub roses

Root hardwood cuttings in autumn and bud in summer

Susceptible to rose aphid, scale insects, leafhoppers, caterpillars, rose leaf-rolling sawfly larvae and leaf-cutting bees; rabbits and deer may cause damage

Prone to black spot, rose rust, rose powdery mildew, rose dieback and canker, rose balling, honey fungus, replant disease, a virus and downy mildew