Product Description

Botanica's RosesR will prove to be one of the greatest rose books of all time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #633094 in Books
• Published on: 2005-08-08
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 704 pages

From Library Journal
An exceptional reference on one of the world's favorite flowers. After introductory information on the rose's history and culture, there's about 600 pages of terrific photos and accurate descriptions. Aside from the thousands of cultivars listed, there's also an excellent section on wild roses. A very useful reference table summarizes the main features of each rose.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Customer Reviews

Now, This Is A BOOK!!
WOW! Was I shocked when this huge bundle of joy showed up at my door! I anticipated a lot of pics but holy cow! I was able to use this hummer to identify 2 roses I had scoured other resources for in no time! (So far I only have 40 roses.)

It is beautifully written and the photos--pure eye candy! I adore roses so it was like giving a gourmet dinner to a starving person.

Those are the good points. I only have 2 nit-pickies that are hardly worth mentioning because I ADORE this book and recommend it 100% to any and all garden lovers. 1) The Cd-Rom tweeked on my computer--probably because I have version Windows ME..., 2) on the rose descriptions they forgot to share how big the roses would get. They used words like " a medium shrub". I figured that they meant about 5 feet but if you dont know roses its a necessary tid-bit.

So there. if you are unsure of spending the hefty sum on this book, don't think twice...BUY IT TODAY--And BTW Amazon has it the cheapest. GO ROSE HAPPY!! Do it...you won't be sorry.

Magnificent!
This book exceeded my hopes. It has wonderful, high quality photographs and concise information, including on frangrance pages of reference charts. I was thrilled when it arrived. You DO get what you pay for!

Before you buy a shovel or pruning shears ...
... buy this book. It was extremely helpful to us as we planned and planted a large rose garden from scratch this spring. The pictures are superior to those you will find in most catalogs. The descriptions, while maddeningly inconsistent in the information they provide, give an independent check to the glowing descriptions that catalogs use to promote rose purchases. Some roses are less desirable -- less robust, less fragrant, less orderly in their growth -- than others. This book will help you more than any other book we have found to make an initial pass through the catalogs and concentrate on roses likely to fit your needs. There is no substitute for the experience and advice of local growers and nurseries who have grown roses in your area, but this book will prepare you to inquire and process information from those sources efficiently. If we could own only one rose book, this would be the book.