Complete Roses: Featuring 100 Easy-Growing Favorites - Softcover

Roebuck, Field

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9781580113724: Complete Roses: Featuring 100 Easy-Growing Favorites

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1580113729 ISBN 13: 9781580113724

Publisher: Creative Homeowner Pr, 2007

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Complete Guide to Roses will appeal to anyone who wants roses in their garden. It is ideal for gardeners who have been afraid to grow roses as well as for those who already grow these lovely flowers and want to learn more about them. Unlike many competitive books that originate in Great Britain and do not address North American growing issues, this book covers the effects of local climate on roses. Readers will learn how to care for the plants easily and efficiently, prepare and maintain the soil for optimal plant health, control pests and disease with environmentally friendly techniques, and prune every type of rose.

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Book Description:

Complete Guide to Roses is ideal for would-be gardeners who were always afraid to grow roses, as well as for gardeners who already grow these lovely flowers and want to learn more about them. This comprehensive book takes all the mystery out of growing these plants, but leaves the beauty. Through text and lavishly illustrated step-by-step instructions, readers learn how to select roses that are tough and dependable in their climate, prepare and maintain the soil for optimal plant health, maintain the plants easily and efficiently, control pests and diseases with environmentally friendly techniques, and prune every rose they grow.

About the Author:

Author Field Roebuck is a lifelong gardener and avid rosarian based in Dallas, Texas. Field contributes regularly to The Dallas Morning News, The Gardener, and Neil Sperry's Gardens. His photographs have appeared in many garden books.

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