rose [Geoff Hamilton]

Grow in full sun in fertile, humus rich, moist but well-drained soil. For best flowering feed with a balanced fertiliser and mulch in late winter or early spring. Feed with a balanced fertiliser again in early summer. See rose cultivation

Pruning group 20 (roses)

Propagate by hardwood cutings in autumn or by chip budding in summer. Propagate for own use only.

May be susceptible to aphids, rose leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly, rose leaf rolling sawfly. Deer and rabbits may cause damage

Very, healthy and disease resistant but may be susceptible to rose powdery mildew, rose blackspot or rose rust in dry soils