Product Description

“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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #251091 in Books
• Published on: 2000-01-10
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 416 pages

From Amazon.com
Is there any flower more sensuous and romantic than the rose? Roses aren't just fragrant and beautiful; they're also easy to grow and come in hundreds of varieties and colors. Roses for Dummies covers the various types of roses--hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas, miniatures, climbers, shrub roses, and antique roses--helping would-be rose gardeners select the best variety for their conditions and pocketbooks. Planting, watering, mulching, and pruning are covered in enough detail to suit any arboretum and, speaking of arboretums, the book's appendix gives the locations of the best public rose gardens in the U.S. Roses for Dummies is a friendly guide to what may become a blooming passion.

Ingram
This fun and friendly guide to the beautiful world of roses is perfect for gardening novices and experienced growers alike. This handy reference provides readers with the information, tips and techniques they need to plant and grow beautiful roses. Readers benefit from the useful advice for planting and growing roses and can take advantage of the sample rose garden plans to help them design a garden for any space or climate. Color photos, line drawings.

From the Back Cover
"Rose growers will find advice that is abundant and extremely helpful." —Bill Marken, eHow.com

"Easy solutions ... answers to all my puzzling questions." —Jan Weverka, The Rose Garden Newsletter

Praise for Roses For Dummies
"One of my favorite books on roses." ?Joan Franson, American Rose

"Thorough, easy-to-read ...well-researched and well-organized." ?Portland Oregonian

"Packed with modern techniques for cultivating roses in almost any space and climate." ?Country Decorating Ideas

"Even experienced gardeners will find this book a handy reference." ?Orange County Register

With new color photos and coverage of 75 additional roses

A rose book by any other name wouldn't spell things out as sweet! Now updated with coverage of more roses ? including the new English roses ? plus new illustrations, new zone maps, and more, this bestselling guide shows you step-by-step how to create the rose garden of your dreams.

Discover how to:

• Understand the different kinds of roses
• Integrate roses into your garden
• Choose plants by color, fragrance, and hardiness
• Water, mulch, fertilize, and prune
• Protect against pests and bad weather
• Locate rose resources and shows

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Customer Reviews

Excellent book
This book is excellent. I just decided to take planting roses as a hobby and this was the book I was looking for. It explains everything from choosing a rose plant, the different types of plants, how to plant them and how often to water them, how to prune them, etc. The very basics, just what a novice needs to learn.

Great for the novice or the expert
I have a HUGE stack of rose books, all of which I've read cover to cover. This, along with Ortho's ALL ABOUT ROSES, are the most informative and easy to read.

I have about 30 different roses in my garden, most of which are covered in this book. I found his descriptions of each rose to be fairly true to my experience.

In addition, the tips for rose shopping and winter protection have been invaluable to me here in Massachusetts, where it's difficult to find rosarians with anything more than a very basic knowledge of rose culture. The index is thorough and makes finding the information I need a snap. I wish all rose books were this complete and this easy to use! If the next edition would have more pictures, it'd be the perfect rose book.

I would give it 10 Stars if I could!
I'll be the first to admit it that when it comes to gardening, I'm more of a greenhorn than a green thumb. In ROSES FOR DUMMIES, I have found a friend. This book is exceptional for several reasons. First it goes step-by-step through cultivating roses. And the lists are wonderful.

Lists for roses that can survive bitterly cold winters; hot and dry summers; hot and humid summers, lists of "can't miss" roses, as well of the roses to avoid (for various reasons.)

The step-by-step approach is typical of "...For Dummies" books and does not assume a knowledge of roses, flowers or gardenings.

While there may be books just as good for beginning rose gardeners, I don't see how it is possible for there to be a better book.