rose [Munstead Wood]

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

Pruning group 20 (roses)

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

Aphids, including rose aphid, are the most common rose pest. Can also be affected by rose leafhopper, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly, rose leaf-rolling sawfly and leaf-cutter bees. Deer and rabbits can also cause damage

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