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Growing Roses: Your Guide To Creating An Easy Care Garden Full Of Fragrnce

Growing Roses: Your Guide To Creating An Easy Care Garden Full Of Fragrnce
By Barbara Wilde

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Barbara Wilde demystifies organic rose-growing for everyone who has ever fallen under the spell of the beauty of the rose. She challenges the myth that growing roses has to be a time-consuming task that cannot be done effectively without using chemical fertilizers and pesticides and shares time-tested advice and wisdom, such as: -Tips for buying the best bareroot and container plants -How to carefully prepare the soil -How to gently intervene when it comes to pests and diseases -A Gallery of Roses-a useful identification guide to more than 100 roses best suited to organic gardening -Step-by-step explanation of various pruning techniques -Ratings for fragrance, disease susceptibility, and shade tolerance Beautifully illustrated in color throughout, Wilde also includes four garden designs that show how naturally roses can fit into any landscape.

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  • Published on: 2003-10-28
  • Original language: English
  • Binding: Paperback
  • 278 pages

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"This no-nonsense guide belongs on every rose gardener's bookshelf, as Barbara Wilde presents all the information gardeners need to grow roses organically. Growing Beautiful Roses is straightforward, easy to access, and organized for maximum utility. Especially interesting are the chapters on the history of the various groups of old roses and on combining roses with other plants in the garden."--Anne Halpin, professional gardener, editor, and author of many gardening books, including Morning Glories and Moonflowers


This no-nonsense guide belongs on every rose gardener''s bookshelf, as Barbara Wilde presents all the information gardeners need to grow roses organically. Growing Beautiful Roses is straightforward, easy to access, and organized for maximum utility. Especially interesting are the chapters on the history of the various groups of old roses and on combining roses with other plants in the garden.
(Anne Halpin )

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Growing Beautiful Roses: Your Guide to Creating an Easy-Care Garden Full of Fragrance and Color

Have you always wanted to plant roses but are afraid they are too difficult to grow? Fear no more. Growing Beautiful Roses takes the intimidation (and the chemicals) out of growing the world's most legendary flower.

This gorgeous and rich instructional guide offers a holistic approach to growing these perennial favorites. Author Barbara Wilde presents tips and advice for choosing healthy roses, preparing the soil, and recognizing and preventing disease; plus, she takes the mystery out of pruning. Perhaps even more valuable, Wilde includes a gallery of more than 100 remarkable roses that are the most hardy and the most disease and pest resistant, making them the best roses for organic gardening. In addition, she takes you beyond the rigidity of a formal rose garden by showing you how to combine roses with other plants, including grasses, herbs, wildflowers, vines, shrubs, perennials, and annuals.

"This no-nonsense guide belongs on every rose gardener's bookshelf, as Barbara Wilde presents all the information gardeners need to grow roses organically. Growing Beautiful Roses is straightforward, easy to access, and organized for maximum utility. Especially interesting are the chapters on the history of the various groups of old roses and on combining roses with other plants in the garden."--Anne Halpin, professional gardener, editor, and author of many gardening books, including Morning Glories and Moonflowers