Landscape with Roses: Gardens * Walkways * Arbors * Containers - Softcover

Cox, Jeff

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1561583820 ISBN 13: 9781561583829

Publisher: Taunton Press, 2002

Synopsis

Filled with practical design advice for incorporating roses into virtually every kind of landscape, this timeless, inspirational guide is destined to become a landscape gardening classic. Learn how to purchase and care for roses throughout the year.

About this title

About the Authors

Jeff Cox, former editor of Organic Gardening magazine, helped lead the organic movement from a fringe idea to a phenomenon. He was the host of Your Organic Garden on PBS and Grow It! on HGTV and is the author of seventeen books, including the James Beard Award-nominated The Organic Cook's Bible. His Web site is organicfoodguy.com.

Jerry Pavia's photographs have appeared in many books and other publications, most notably Beyond the Rose Garden, Rooted in the Spirit, Yosemite National Park, and Yellowstone National Park. He is a contributing photographer to Fulcrumfs Gardener's Guide calendars.

Reviews

Low-maintenance roses? Yes, there is a new breed of shrub rose. These less-fussy plants inspired Cox to create a guide to designing garden plans where perennials contentedly consort with the queen of flowers. Although some rose lovers desire formal beds, others strive for an exuberant, free-form naturalistic style, so Cox shows ways to maximize the effects of repeat and once-blooming roses regardless of the garden layout. Pavia's photographs capture vignettes in private, primarily American, gardens where splendid varieties of old and modern roses reign. Cox looks for qualities like disease resistance, an attractive growth habit, and abundant flower production to base his recommendations for rose color and hardiness or to meet design requirements. Anyone new to rose gardening should appreciate the concluding chapters, with practical advice on how to select, grow, and prune roses. Alice Joyce
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Edition details

• Publisher: Taunton Press
• Publication date: 2002
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1561583820
• ISBN 13: 9781561583829
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208