Growing Good Roses

FIRST PRINTING. "No flowering plant pleases a gardener-serious or casual-more than a rose, and no one knows roses better than Rayford Clayton Reddell. An award-winning rosarian and creator of the largest commercial garden rose company in the United States. Reddell shares his distinctive and informed point of view in this concise, up-to-the-minute guide to growing beautiful, healthy roses for both the novice and the experienced gardener. Based on his own years of experience and including much new information, 'Growing Good Roses' offers easy-to-follow suggestions and entertaining commentary on selecting, buying, planting, maintaining, spraying, cutting, pruning and exhibiting roses, as well as advice on landscaping with roses and coping with problems encountered in various growing zones. Unique to this book is a special section listing Reddell's selection of 24 'Best-Bet' modern garden roses, as well as tips on hybridizing and creating your own new variety of rose." 50 full-color photographic illustrations (with many full-page) and several clear and helpful black-and-white drawings. 172 pages. A NEAR FINE, BRIGHT, CLEAN, TIGHT, COLLECTOR WORTHY COPY sans rips/tears, stains, markings, discoloration and other prominent flaws. GA4.…