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Roses: Placing Roses, Planting & Care, The Best Varieties
by: Editors of Sunset Books
publisher: Oxmoor House, published: 2003-01-01
ASIN: 0376036591
sales rank: 23392
price: $5.75 (new), $3.15 (used)
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Which roses grow best in a small garden?What companion plants complement a rose border? How do you 'modernize' a rose garden? All these and more are answered in the new edition of Sunset's Roses. Everything for the novice or experienced rose devotee is here-the latest advice on shopping for roses, growing techniques, planning a rose garden, maintaining healthy roses, regional tips, and yes, detailed pruning instructions (no more 'ouch.') With its lush photography showcasing over 350 roses, plus a gallery of choices hand-picked by Sunset experts, this is the resource book rose fanciers will reach for time and time again.
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Better Homes & Gardens Rose Gardening
by: Better Homes & Gardens
publisher: Wiley, published: 2010-12-28
ASIN: 0470878452
sales rank: 518577
price: $13.57 (new)
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Great ideas and down-to-earth wisdom on rose gardening from Better Homes and Gardens and the American Rose Society Better Homes and Gardens presents Rose Gardening, a comprehensive guide to growing great roses recommended by the American Rose Society. Roses are hardy, beautiful plants that grow easily and survive cold weather, so they continually remain popular for home gardeners. This practical guide combines the artistry of rose gardening with the green-thumb wisdom it takes to succeed. For gardeners of every skill level-whether they've grown roses before or hardly know what one should look like-this book offers inspiration, beautiful photography, artistic and creative garden plans, and historical information that rose enthusiasts will love. - Includes colorful diagrams, helpful checklists that make planning a breeze, easy-to-understand planting and caring directions, and much more
- Features more than 600 stunning full-color photographs, including a gallery of roses that showcases hundreds of varieties
- Offers advice on selecting the right roses for your geographical region, combining roses with other plants in your design, up-to-date information on pest control, and general garden maintenance
For anyone who loves roses and rose gardens, Rose Gardening is the ultimate resource for the home gardener.
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Roses for Dummies
by: Lance Walheim
publisher: For Dummies, published: 2000-01-24
ASIN: 0764552023
sales rank: 95191
price: $8.63 (new), $2.25 (used)
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“American Beauty,” “Dublin Bay,” “Rocketeer,” “Betty Boop,” “High Noon,” “Pearly Gates”…with a distinctive name for each of hundreds of varieties, the array of roses that could adorn your garden is both dazzling and daunting. So which ones survive hardily on their own for weeks on end, and which ones wither and die without constant attention? How do you tell a climber from a shrub, and how does each thrive? And don’t even start with pruning! Despite all the (ahem) thorny particulars, gardeners still love to grow these beautiful flowers that would by any other name still smell as sweet. Roses for Dummies does away with the myth that roses have to be high maintenance, instead showing how to choose a type that will blossom in your care. Inside, rosarians of all levels will find useful information on: - Shopping for roses
- Planting
- Watering and mulching
- Fertilizing
- Pruning
- Protecting roses from weather and pests
- And more
Roses for Dummies contains everything you need to know to get started, or, if you’re more advanced, refine your knowledge of roses. Now in a new Second Edition with more than 100 new varieties described, as well as new information on insect and disease control, this helpful guide also covers: - Landscaping with roses
- What makes a rose fragrant
- Roses and their partners in the garden
- Growing in containers
- Drying roses and making potpourri
- Rose societies and other places to see roses
- Ten roses to avoid if you’re not an expert
Whether looking for nothing more than a sweet-smelling decoration to brighten your doorstep, or looking to enter a major rose competition, discoveries about this much-loved flower await you. Full of pointers, resources, pitfalls, vocabulary, and an eye-popping full color insert, this book will help you grow the roses of your dreams.
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The Art of Gardening With Roses
by: Graham Stuart Thomas
publisher: Henry Holt & Co, published: 1991-03
ASIN: 0805015337
sales rank: 1144820
price: $68.64 (new), $1.22 (used)
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Growing Miniature and Patio Roses (Cassell Good Gardening Guide)
by: Dawn Eagle
publisher: Cassell, published: 1996-08
ASIN: 0304348368
sales rank: 1143440
price: $14.77 (new), $0.01 (used)
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Describing over 130 varieties of these roses and their development, the text also includes ideas for colour schemes and landscaping. There is cultivation information on buying, planting, feeding and pruning the flowers and a calendar showing how to care for the roses all year round.
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All About Roses (Ortho's All About Gardening)
by: Ortho
publisher: Wiley, published: 2007-01-23
ASIN: 0696232170
sales rank: 148222
price: $1.58 (new), $0.73 (used)
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Whether you're eyeing a hybrid tea you remember from your mother's garden, or one of the new easy-care landscaping varieties, this book makes it easy to add the unmatched beauty of roses to your garden. Inside you'll find: • Expert advice on choosing the right rose for your space and nurturing it for years of beauty. • Detailed descriptions of more than 200 varieties of perennials in the illustrated plant encyclopedia.
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Taylor's Guide to Roses: How to Select abd Grow 380 Roses, Including the New Hardy Ever-Blooming Varieties - Flexible Binding (Taylor's Gardening Guides)
by: Nancy J. Ondra
publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, published: 2002-02-05
ASIN: 0618068880
sales rank: 190565
price: $4.90 (new), $1.95 (used)
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No variety of plants can contribute as much beauty to a garden - and as much satisfaction to the gardener who knows how to grow them - as roses. In this guide you'll find
• photographs of almost 400 roses, with a quick reference to fragrance, winter hardiness, and disease resistance
• every important class of rose - Species Roses, Old Garden Roses, Shrubs, Hybrid Teas, Floribundas, Grandifloras, Miniatures, and Climbers
• suggestions for carefree border and ground-cover roses
• an encyclopedia entry for each plant, noting its uses and limitations
• a pest and disease chart that describes the damage, its cause, and ecologically safe controls.
Whether you want to buy a single carefree bush or maintain a whole garden of perfect roses, this Taylor's Guide has everything you need to know to succeed the first time.
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The Time-Life Encyclopedia of Gardening Roses
by: James Underwood Crockett
publisher: Time-Life-Books, published: 1972-01-01
ASIN: B001IQ5D6Q
sales rank: 389684
price: $1.75 (new), $0.99 (used)
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The Ultimate Rose Book: New Expanded Edition
by: Stirling Macoboy
publisher: Abrams Books, published: 2007-10-01
ASIN: 0810994100
sales rank: 121993
price: $42.99 (new), $26.65 (used)
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The spectacularly successful Ultimate Rose Book is back in a thoroughly updated and revised edition. Rosarian Stirling Macoboy’s book is a classic, not just for its beautiful pictures and comprehensive coverage, but also for its author’s good-humored, opinionated observations and his selection of 1,500 rose varieties to feature out of tens of thousands.
The expanded edition features 300 new varieties, selected for their beauty, fragrance, hardiness, and popularity, as well as new features on the history of the rose, the renaissance of garden roses, climbers, and ramblers, and great rose gardens of the world. There are also updated chapters on the classification of roses, as well as a glossary and bibliography. The 2,000 color photographs include the varieties named in the book.
An indispensable reference that possesses visual beauty and literary wit and soul, The Ultimate Rose Book is for gardeners and rose lovers everywhere.
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Complete Guide to Roses
by: Ortho
publisher: Wiley, published: 2004-01-20
ASIN: 0897215052
sales rank: 196646
price: $6.26 (new), $0.25 (used)
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• Detailed information to select, plant, propagate, water, fertilize, and protect roses from pests and disease • Eye-popping color photographs and profiles feature the 500 best rose varieties for North America-selected for bloom power, disease resistance, and performance • Tips and techniques to successfully landscape and design gardens with roses • Easy-to-follow information for beginners as well as in-depth answers for experts on arranging, preserving, and exhibiting roses
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