This inspirational book from Kew Gardens' rose expert is the perfect
guide to choosing and growing these majestic and versatile flowers.
Instantly recognisable, fragrant and evocative, roses are
the quintessential garden flowers. From low-growing ground-cover
roses to long-stemmed Hybrid Tea roses, multi-petalled English roses,
wild roses, small shrubs for containers, climbers and ramblers, in a
range of forms, colours and scents, there is a rose for every garden
situation.
Combining botanical illustrations and practical advice, The Kew
Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses is the definitive introduction to
growing seventy-eight beautiful roses, with full growing instructions
and details on feeding, propagation and training.
Twelve garden projects, from growing from seed to preserving rose
petals, will bring the wonderful world of roses to life.
This book is from the Kew Experts series, in which the top gardeners
and botanical scientists from Royal Botanic Kew Gardens offer up advice
and information as well as suggesting handy projects on a range of
gardening topics. Other titles include: Companion to Medicinal Plants,
Guide to Growing Bulbs, Guide to Growing Fruit, Guide to Growing
Orchids, Guide to Growing Herbs, Guide to Growing Succulents and Cacti,
Guide to Growing Trees, Guide to Growing Vegetables and Guide to
Growing House Plants.