A handy pocket guide format that selects the best roses -- of every kind. Gardening with Roses includes inspirational and practical ideas for using roses -- where to plant them and suggestions for plant associations. Gardening with Roses is a practical and inspirational guide in which the highly experienced gardener Patrick Taylor selects the very best varieties, described their special virtues, and explains how to use them effectively. Full information is given on hardiness and cultivation of every kind. 'The Rose Directory' at the heart of the book pays special attention to flower colour and scent, and character of leaf and habit, allowing you to choose the perfect rose for your garden . As well as a supreme gardener, Patrick Taylor is also an exquisite photographer and he has taken specially all the photographs used to illustrate this book.