Awarded the coveted accolade 'Rose of the Year 2022', Rosa It's A Wonderful Life produces a succession of long-lasting, lightly scented flowers on robust and disease-resistant plants, which have lustrous green foliage and a relatively upright habit. Each fully-petalled bloom can grow up to 10cm (4in) across, and as they are a blend of pink, orange and peach, (the intensity of which can change according to temperature), they will fit effortlessly into many different colour schemes. It offers months of colour to borders or larger pots, and the flowers will also last well when cut for the vase.

All our roses are grown in an open field and then dug up when the weather conditions are right in October or November. Some suppliers send out their roses as 'bare root' plants (i.e. without pots or compost), but we pot ours up as it helps to keep the roots hydrated and in good condition. As they are dormant throughout the winter, they will not produce any new roots until spring, so don't be surprised if the compost falls away from the roots when you take them out of their pots.

The roses can be kept in their pots throughout the winter provided they are kept well fed and watered, however ideally they should be planted out as soon as possible. They will already have been cut back so no further pruning will be required, apart from snipping off any tips that have died back. Routine pruning can begin in late winter the year after planting.