rose 'Reine des Violettes'

Grow in full sun and moderately 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. May be grown on a support. See rose cultivation

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

Rose leafhopper, aphids, glasshouse red spider mite, scale insects, caterpillars, large rose sawfly and rose leaf-rolling sawfly may be a problem. Deer and rabbits can cause damage

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