Rosa 'Raymond Carver' (S)

Grow fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in full sun. For best flowering apply a balanced fertiliser and mulch in late winter or early spring; apply fertiliser again in early summer - see rose cultivation. Good for cut flowers, tolerant of poor soils and suitable for hedging

Pruning group 20 (roses) or Pruning group 17 (roses)

Propagate by softwood cuttings in early to mid spring, hardwood cuttings in late summer to autumn or by chip budding in summer

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

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