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Hardy Roses: The Essential Guide for High Latitudes and Altitudes
The classic guide fully updated and expanded with the addition of over 25 hardy rose cultivars.
In Hardy Roses, author Bob Osborne shares his decades of experience raising roses without any chemicals in some of the coldest winters. Roses need not be intimidating and doomed to inevitable failure, regardless of the climate. With this indispensable guide, northern gardeners can enjoy that early snowstorm confident that their carefully tended roses will survive.
For this new edition of his classic guide, Osborne has fully revised and updated his text. In the first part of the book, he carefully guides readers through the process of selecting, planting and caring for roses, touching on topics such as overwintering, pests and diseases, and propagation as he goes along. The second section profiles over 100 hardy rose cultivars divided into four main climbers, tall shrubs, semi-vigorous shrubs and low shrubs. The guide also features a North American zone map and a detailed chart of hardy cultivars -- ideal to use while shopping -- describing color, form, hardiness, zone, vigor, fragrance, season, disease susceptibility and much more.
More than 125 exquisite photographs convey the roses' subtle coloration and beauty, and detailed line drawings illustrate the best planting, maintaining and propagating techniques for hardy roses. As the only authoritative book on growing roses in colder climates, Hardy Roses is essential reading for gardeners who want to experience the joy of cultivating these beautiful plants.
In Hardy Roses, author Bob Osborne shares his decades of experience raising roses without any chemicals in some of the coldest winters. Roses need not be intimidating and doomed to inevitable failure, regardless of the climate. With this indispensable guide, northern gardeners can enjoy that early snowstorm confident that their carefully tended roses will survive.
For this new edition of his classic guide, Osborne has fully revised and updated his text. In the first part of the book, he carefully guides readers through the process of selecting, planting and caring for roses, touching on topics such as overwintering, pests and diseases, and propagation as he goes along. The second section profiles over 100 hardy rose cultivars divided into four main climbers, tall shrubs, semi-vigorous shrubs and low shrubs. The guide also features a North American zone map and a detailed chart of hardy cultivars -- ideal to use while shopping -- describing color, form, hardiness, zone, vigor, fragrance, season, disease susceptibility and much more.
More than 125 exquisite photographs convey the roses' subtle coloration and beauty, and detailed line drawings illustrate the best planting, maintaining and propagating techniques for hardy roses. As the only authoritative book on growing roses in colder climates, Hardy Roses is essential reading for gardeners who want to experience the joy of cultivating these beautiful plants.
208 pages, Paperback
Published April 3, 2020
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July 3, 2023In Romeo and Juliet, Juliet says, “What’s in a name? That which we call a rose. By any other name, would smell as sweet.” In the book HARDY ROSE, there are dozens of very sweet smelling and looking roses that definitely will capture the attention of flower lovers the world over.
This is the third edition of the Bob Osborne HARDY ROSES series, and it is the most involved, with many more roses to view and savor, as well as to learn the best methods of bringing out the best in the roses.
The book is really the definitive book on roses, growing and caring for them. The beauty of the book is in that it tells you how to bring out the best in them, no matter where you may live. Of course there are different areas of each country when certain flowers can flourish better than others. Osborne goes into detail to tell us how to create roses that will exceed your expectations, and make you the envy of the neighborhood.
He mentions clay soil as the ideal soil for which roses can flourish best. He says that almost every rose book written uses clay soil to grow roses to perfection. But he also says it can be misleading as well. Clay is recommended because of its ability to hold more water, making it less likely the rose can dry out. He also studies the acidity and texture of the soil, as key elements in providing the best growing conditions for the rose.
The author also alerts us to the types of insects and disease, that can make even the best roses shadows of their former selves. He goes through all the routines necessary to help the roses you plant, grow as well as possible.
The book looks at the many types of roses that you can grow, and there is certainly so much variety, that which ones you choose would be a most personal choice. Each rose is noted, along with the hardiness zone, origin and year it was introduced, parentage, height it grows to, and the fragrance of the rose.
The photographs in the book were all taken by Beth Powning, giving an even more spectacular visual feel to them. If you are looking for the ultimate rose book, giving you ideas which ones to plant, then this book is the one and only reference guide you may ever need.
This is the third edition of the Bob Osborne HARDY ROSES series, and it is the most involved, with many more roses to view and savor, as well as to learn the best methods of bringing out the best in the roses.
The book is really the definitive book on roses, growing and caring for them. The beauty of the book is in that it tells you how to bring out the best in them, no matter where you may live. Of course there are different areas of each country when certain flowers can flourish better than others. Osborne goes into detail to tell us how to create roses that will exceed your expectations, and make you the envy of the neighborhood.
He mentions clay soil as the ideal soil for which roses can flourish best. He says that almost every rose book written uses clay soil to grow roses to perfection. But he also says it can be misleading as well. Clay is recommended because of its ability to hold more water, making it less likely the rose can dry out. He also studies the acidity and texture of the soil, as key elements in providing the best growing conditions for the rose.
The author also alerts us to the types of insects and disease, that can make even the best roses shadows of their former selves. He goes through all the routines necessary to help the roses you plant, grow as well as possible.
The book looks at the many types of roses that you can grow, and there is certainly so much variety, that which ones you choose would be a most personal choice. Each rose is noted, along with the hardiness zone, origin and year it was introduced, parentage, height it grows to, and the fragrance of the rose.
The photographs in the book were all taken by Beth Powning, giving an even more spectacular visual feel to them. If you are looking for the ultimate rose book, giving you ideas which ones to plant, then this book is the one and only reference guide you may ever need.
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