rose [Raymond Blanc]

Grow in full sun in moderately fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, and dead-head to encourage repeat flowering; for more advice, see rose cultivation

Pruning group 15 (hybrid tea roses)

Propagate by hardwood cuttings in autumn, by softwood cuttings under glass in spring and summer, or by T-budding in summer

May be affected by brown scale, rose aphids, rose leafhopper, rose leaf-rolling sawfly, large rose sawfly, rose slug sawfly or slugworm, scurfy rose scale, glasshouse red spider mite, caterpillars, rabbits and deer; leaf-cutting bees may use rose leaves to make nests for their larvae

May be affected by rose black spot, rose rust and rose powdery mildew, canker, crown gall, honey fungus, downy mildews, and virus diseases, and by replant disease and rose dieback; said to be very disease-resistant