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The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses By ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses by ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW


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Kew Gardens' beautiful, practical and contemporary guide to rose-growing for all gardeners.

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses Summary

The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses: The Art and Science to Grow with Confidence: Volume 8 by ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW

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.

About ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW

KEW ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS has built a global resource for medicinal plant names that enables health professionals and researchers to access information about plants and plant products relevant to pharmacological research, health regulation, traditional medicine and functional foods.

Tony Hall is Head of the Gardens at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, where he has worked for more than 18 years. He is the author of The Immortal Yew and Gardening with Drought Tolerant Plants.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION TO GROWING ROSES
PLANTS
'Alba Semiplena', 'Alberic Barbier', Amber Queen, Anne Harkness
PROJECT 1: USING ROSES IN A MIXED BORDER OR BED
'Arthur Bell', Avon, Lady Banks' rose, Berkshire, Blue Moon, Bonica
PROJECT 2: USING ROSE HIPS
Dog rose, Centifolia, Centre Stage, 'Cerise Bouquet', Charles Darwin, Claire Austin
PROJECT 3: ROSES FOR A SHADY SPOT
Claude Monet, 'Climbing Cecile Bru nner', 'Compassion', 'Comtesse du Cayla', 'Constance Spry', Darcey Bussell, Double Delight, 'Felicia'
PROJECT 4: PROPAGATING ROSES IN WATER
'Kiftsgate', 'Frau Karl Druschki, Rosa gallica 'Versicolor', Red-leaved rose, Graham Thomas, Happy Days, Helen's rose, Iceberg, Kew Gardens, 'Kew Rambler'
PROJECT 5: ROSES FOR AN EXPOSED SITE
'La France', 'Lady Hillingdon', Lady of Shalott, 'Lavender Jewel'
PROJECT 6: CARING FOR MINIATURE ROSES
'Little Flirt', Himalayan rose, 'Mrs John Laing', Munstead Wood, 'Nevada', 'New Dawn', Olivia Rose Austin, Oranges and Lemons
PROJECT 7: TRAINING AS A STANDARD FORM
'Para Ti', 'Paul Neyron', Peace, Pheasant, Pink Flower Carpet, 'Rambling Rector'
PROJECT 8: TRAINING A ROSE AGAINST A WALL
'Reine des Violettes', 'Roseraie de l'Hay', Rosy Cushion, Chestnut rose
PROJECT 9: GROWING ROSES FROM SEED
Rugosa rose, 'Sally Holmes', Scepter'd Isle, Bristly-stalked rose, 'Shropshire Lass', 'Silver Jubilee'
PROJECT 10: PRESERVING ROSE PETALS
'Soleil d'Or', Sophy's Rose, 'Souvenir de la Malmaison', 'Souvenir du Docteur Jamain', Scotch rose, 'Stars 'n' Stripes'
PROJECT 11: GROWING ROSES IN A CONTAINER
Sweet Dream, The Albrighton Rambler, The Generous Gardener, The Lady Gardener, The Poet's Wife, 'The Queen Elizabeth'
PROJECT 12: PLANTING A ROSE HEDGE
Trumpeter, 'William Lobb', Hugo's rose, Zephirine Drouhin'
Troubleshooting
What to do when
Index
Acknowledgments

Additional information

GOR011958447
9780711261907
0711261903
The Kew Gardener's Guide to Growing Roses: The Art and Science to Grow with Confidence: Volume 8 by ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS KEW
Used - Very Good
Hardback
Quarto Publishing PLC
20210504
144
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