rose [Super Dorothy]

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, apply the fertiliser again in early Summer. See rose cultivation

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, rose leaf-rolling sawfly. Deer and rabbits can cause damage

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