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Plant details

• Common Name: Floribunda rose
• Genus: Rosa
• Cultivar: 'Happy Anniversary'
• Skill Level: beginner
• Exposure: full sun
• Hardiness: hardy
• Soil type: clay/heavy, moist, well-drained/light
• Height: 0.45m
• Spread: 0.45m

This pretty rose produces sweetly scented, rich pink flowers through the summer. It is small enough to be grown in a container, making it perfect for patios or terraces. As a floribunda rose, it should be pruned from late winter to early spring. Cut back the main stems to 25-45cm (10-18in) above the ground; pruning to just above an outward-facing bud. Reduce sideshoots to two or three buds. Remove any spindly or diseased growth. After pruning, apply a rose fertiliser and mulch around the plant.