Prune lightly when the plant is dormant.
Add blood fish and bone twice a year, as the plant starts into growth in the spring and again after the first flush of flowers. Scrape the soil under the bush avoiding the surface roots and work in the blood fish and bone.
Dead head frequently in the flowering season to promote new buds
Roses do not normally come true from seed and are commercially grafted onto rootstock.
They can be grown from hard wood cuttings taken in the late autumn. Select had wood about 30cm long and remove all but the top two leaves. Insert into a prepared trench, rooting will take about a year, when they can be potted up individually
Roses can be grown from seed but this is usually to identify potential new varieties.
By our calculations, you should look at sowing Ferdinand Pichard about 35 days before your last frost date.
Roses prefer a sunny spot and this is particularly true of Ferdinand Pichard as it flowers early and the second flush is late.
Bare root roses are planted own the dormant season. Dig a big hole large enough to take the roots without becoming squashed and deep enough to cover the graft by about 4cm. Backfill adding blood fish and bone, water and firm in.
Container grown roses can be planted at any time of year. Dig a big hole and untangle the pot bound roots. Backfill, adding blood fish and bone and covering the graft by about 4cm. Water well and firm in. Water through the growing season, as the roots take time to establish.
Very good as cut flower
This variety tends to be ready for harvesting by mid summer.Bred by Tanne, France, 1921
A Hybrid Perpetual, the link between the Old Rose and the modern Hybrid Tea