rose [Wilde Edric]

Grow in full sun with fertile, humus-rich, moist but well-drained soil. Suitable for hedging and tough conditions. 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 group 20 (roses)

For home use, propagate by hardwood cuttings in 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. Rabbits and deer can cause damage

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