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Burpee Basics: Roses: A Growing Guide for Easy, Colorful Gardens
 
 

Burpee Basics: Roses: A Growing Guide for Easy, Colorful Gardens (Paperback)

by Mary C. Weaver (Author) "It's nearly impossible for rose lovers to look at pictures of gorgeous gardens and not want to rush out, buy plants, and start sticking them..." (more)
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  • Paperback: 176 pages
  • Publisher: John Wiley & Sons (23 Nov 1998)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0028626362
  • ISBN-13: 978-0028626369
  • Product Dimensions: 22.1 x 16.8 x 1.3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 2,762,807 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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Burpee Basics: Growing Guides for Easy, Colorful Gardens Down–to–earth handbooks for beginning gardeners "Our new series of concise gardening guidebooks continues Burpee's proud tradition of giving gardeners the essentials they need. These handy little books have a great deal in common with seeds: each one contains all you need to start a wonderful gardening experience.…Even the most experienced gardeners attend to the basic practices that you'll find so skillfully explained in these guides." —George Ball, Jr., President of W. Atlee Burpee, from the Foreword Roses The one book devoted entirely to the most easy–care, disease–resistant, low–maintenance roses for every climate and garden. By choosing rugged, disease–resistant varieties, anyone can grow beautiful roses. The core of the book is 100 plant portraits—descriptions of the most carefree roses commercially available.
  • Jam–packed with accessible, quick–reference information on everything from buying roses and preparing your soil to rose care and feeding, and pest and disease control.
  • Informative sidebars contain time–saving tips on pruning techniques, lists of roses for special garden conditions, and solutions to common mistakes.
  • Illustrated with over 90 color photographs of rose portraits and gardens, along with instructional line drawings.
  • Handy appendix lists mail–order and garden–supply rose sources and organizations.
  • Includes U.S. and Canadian zone map.
Visit W. Atlee Burpee online at www.burpee.com or Macmillan online at www.mgr.com

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Burpee Basics: Growing Guides for Easy, Colorful Gardens Down–to–earth handbooks for beginning gardeners "Our new series of concise gardening guidebooks continues Burpee's proud tradition of giving gardeners the essentials they need. These handy little books have a great deal in common with seeds: each one contains all you need to start a wonderful gardening experience.…Even the most experienced gardeners attend to the basic practices that you'll find so skillfully explained in these guides." —George Ball, Jr., President of W. Atlee Burpee, from the Foreword Roses The one book devoted entirely to the most easy–care, disease–resistant, low–maintenance roses for every climate and garden. By choosing rugged, disease–resistant varieties, anyone can grow beautiful roses. The core of the book is 100 plant portraits—descriptions of the most carefree roses commercially available.
  • Jam–packed with accessible, quick–reference information on everything from buying roses and preparing your soil to rose care and feeding, and pest and disease control.
  • Informative sidebars contain time–saving tips on pruning techniques, lists of roses for special garden conditions, and solutions to common mistakes.
  • Illustrated with over 90 color photographs of rose portraits and gardens, along with instructional line drawings.
  • Handy appendix lists mail–order and garden–supply rose sources and organizations.
  • Includes U.S. and Canadian zone map.
Visit W. Atlee Burpee online at www.burpee.com or Macmillan online at www.mgr.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars A treasure of a book!!!, 11 Jan 1999
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Exceedingly well researched and clearly presented, this book makes roses doable for everyone-no matter the climate, type of rose, or gardener's experience. There are terrific sections on choosing roses (grafting or own-root, grades, where to buy, etc.), planting, and general care. But the best part is "the rose gallery"-a list of 100 most carefree roses from among all the rose types, including old roses, modern ones, shrubs, and climbers. Weaver checked with some 70 rosarians, plant pathologists, and nursery growers in 40 states and weighed disease resistance, hardiness, general vigor, and overall performance to come up with the list. Each rose gets a good description and most have photos. A wonderful book.
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