rose [Little Rambler]

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

Can be propagated by chip budding in summer or by hardwood cuttings in autumn, semi-ripe cuttings in late summer or by layering

Can suffer from aphids, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, rose leafhopper, caterpillars, large rose sawfly, rose leaf-rolling sawfly; rabbits and deer can be a problem

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