Get all your news in one place.
100's of premium titles.
One app.
Start reading
Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Business
George Hudson

Mulch, water well and prune with wild abandon: a Chelsea medallist reveals her ultimate tips for roses

Have you noticed the roses this year? Cycling around London, I’d estimate that about half of the front gardens have at least one rose, and this June they seem to be particularly gorgeous.

Never having spent much time looking after roses this abundance was a mystery to me — surely it can’t be that every Londoner decided to become an expert pruner?

Sign up to read this article
Read news from 100's of titles, curated specifically for you.
Already a member? Sign in here
Related Stories
Top stories on inkl right now
Our Picks
Fourteen days free
Download the app
One app. One membership.
100+ trusted global sources.