rose 'Souvenir du Docteur Jamain'

Best grown in fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil in a shady position - this rose may scorch 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

Pruning group 17 (roses) or Pruning group 20 (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 very susceptible to black spot, rose rust, rose powdery mildew and a downy mildew