rose [Susie]

Grow in full sun with fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil, ideal for obelisks. For best flowering apply a balanced fertiliser and mulch in late winter or early spring and a balanced fertiliser again in early summer - see rose cultivation

Pruning roses: climbing roses

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

Aphids, rose leafhopper, 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