The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses: The Art and Science to Grow with Confidence (8) (Kew Experts) - Hardcover

Book 8 of 14: Kew Experts

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Hall, Tony

 
9780711261907: The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses: The Art and Science to Grow with Confidence (8) (Kew Experts)

Synopsis

This inspirational book from Kew Gardens' rose expert is the perfect guide to choosing and growing these majestic and versatile flowers.

Instantly recognisable, fragrant and evocative, roses are the quintessential garden flowers. From low-growing ground-cover roses to long-stemmed Hybrid Tea roses, multi-petalled English roses, wild roses, small shrubs for containers, climbers and ramblers, in a range of forms, colours and scents, there is a rose for every garden situation. 

Combining botanical illustrations and practical advice, The Kew Gardener’s Guide to Growing Roses is the definitive introduction to growing seventy-eight beautiful roses, with full growing instructions and details on feeding, propagation and training.

Twelve garden projects, from growing from seed to preserving rose petals, will bring the wonderful world of roses to life.

This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners and botanical scientists from Royal Botanic Kew Gardens offer up advice and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of gardening topics. Other titles include: Companion to Medicinal Plants, Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to Growing Orchids, Guide to Growing Herbs, Guide to Growing Succulents and Cacti, Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing Vegetables and Guide to Growing House Plants.

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About the Authors

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew has cultivated plants for more than 250 years. Today, Kew's horticulturists grow over 19,000 species of plants in the gardens – the most diverse collection in the world.

Tony Hall is Head of the Gardens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he has worked for more than 18 years. He is the author of The Immortal Yew and Gardening with Drought Tolerant Plants.

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