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The Rose (Hardcover)

by David Austin (Author)
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  • Hardcover: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Garden Art Press; illustrated edition edition (1 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 1870673530
  • ISBN-13: 978-1870673532
  • Product Dimensions: 31.2 x 24.6 x 3.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 139,339 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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David Austin has an international following as a rose grower with an intimate knowledge of his chosen flower. In this wide-ranging book, he examines the historical development of the rose and discusses its place in the garden scene. He then selects and describes the best and most beautiful roses for today's gardens in chapters on Old Roses, Hybrid Teas and Floribundas, Small Roses, Species Roses, Shrub Roses, Climbing Roses and Rambling Roses.The English Roses that he has developed over fifty years of painstaking hybridisation are discussed in an especially highly illustrated and updated chapter that includes the best roses bred by David Austin up to the present day. The English Roses, which combine the charm, form of flower and gorgeous fragrance of the Old Roses with the disease resistance and the free and continuous flowering of Modern Roses, have influenced the way roses are used in gardens worldwide. Chapters on roses in the garden scene and on cultivation complete the book's comprehensive coverage. The opinions and recommendations of a leading rose grower, plantsman and gardener are combined with sumptuous photographs of roses in gardens and close up to make Roses irresistible for rose lovers and a must-have book for every rosarian.


About the Author

David Austin is uniquely equipped to write a book on the rose. As a commercial rose grower, he is in continual contact with gardeners and as a hybridiser he is in touch with agents who sell and propagate his English Roses worldwide - from Japan, Australia and New Zealand to the USA and Canada. His garden at Albrighton, near Wolverhampton, contains one of the finest collections of roses in the world, containing more than 800 varieties. He is the author of The English Roses. He was awarded the Victoria Medal of Honour by the Royal Horticultural Society in 2003 and the Dean Hole Medal by the Royal National Rose Society.

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4.0 out of 5 stars The Rose Book, 13 Feb 2009
We have just planted a small border of David Austin roses and I bought the book for my wife's Xmas present to complement the border. Lovely book. It'll help in cultivation but more so in deciding what rose to buy next.
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4.0 out of 5 stars A joy to open, 9 Aug 2009
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If you love roses, it doesn't get better than this book with its wonderful pictures and informative descriptions and helpful opinions about particular roses. I read it slowly and with great enjoyment
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