Prune lightly after flowering. Feed with blood fish and bone in early spring and mid summer
Summer flowering on wood grown the previous year
Grown normally from cuttings or grafts
Take 30 to 40 cm hard wood cuttings and strip off all but the top two leaves. Dip into rooting hormone and insert into a trench with added grit prepared in less sunny part of the garden. The cuttings will be ready for individual planting the following autumn
Plant out in dormant season using bare root stock. Dead head old flowers, and prune lightly after flowering
Ensure that temperatures are mild and all chance of frost has passed before planting out, as Gloire des Mousseux is a hardy plant.Laffay 1852
Gloire des Mousseuses
Madame Alboni