Roses (Garden Guides) - Softcover

Rosenfeld, Richard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0756603552 ISBN 13: 9780756603557

Publisher: Dk Pub, 2004

Synopsis

The new flower power - bright and stylish, listing over 300 varieties, from the climbing rose to the rambler.

Covering all you need to know about your favorite plants in a beautiful and convenient format, DK Garden Guides profile one type of plant, each with its own photograph and a paragraph full of fascinating information about the plant, its origins, and how to use it in your garden. Extremely accessible for novices, this series of unique plant guides include plant profiles that feature height, spread, and details about color and flowering season, as well as light requirements and hardiness; and, finally, a list of other varieties.

About this title

Review

Billed as "an inspiring and accessible guide to using roses to transform your garden into a vibrant and colourful haven", this book is sure to cover all your rose questions. It deals with every type of rose, each chapter considering a different group--wild and species roses, old garden roses, modern shrub roses, large-flowered bush roses, cluster-flowered bush roses, climbers and ramblers, miniature and patio roses. The individual complexities are discussed and explained, the colours examined in great detail and successful planting partners suggested. The whole book shows just how a complex subject such as roses can be dealt with successfully enabling any gardener to use them to create a beautiful garden with imaginative colour schemes. An illustrated plant gallery at the close of each chapter features the most colourful, fragrant, hard-working and easy-to-grow roses from that particular group and gives important information on colour, height, scent and flowering. The concluding chapter deals with all aspects of rose care and cultivation. Author Richard Ross is an award-winning freelance journalist and writer who has written books and has contributed to several newspapers and magazines. The book is beautifully and lavishly illustrated with visually stunning photographs by the renowned father and son Harpur team. Father Jerry is a leading award-winning garden photographer and he has contributed to many prestigious publications. Son Marcus was originally a publishing editor, and together they run the Harpur Garden Picture Library. Other books in the series cover perennials, climbers and bulbs. --Susan Naylor

Edition details

• Publisher: Dk Pub
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0756603552
• ISBN 13: 9780756603557
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320