Best Rose Guide: A Comprehensive Selection

by Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix

Fresh ideas for selecting and growing the latest roses. Gardeners are always searching for new roses and better ways to grow them. Best Rose Guide is an up-to-date reference with a wealth of new ideas for selecting and planting the ideal roses. This authoritative guide covers 850 roses and bridges the divide between scientific texts and everyday horticultural books. The book explains how to identify and understand every type of rose. Best Rose Guide Vivid photographs show every rose in exquisite detail. The authoritative text also explains how roses have been cultivated from ancient Roman times to today with fascinating information and the most up-to-date DNA studies. Featuring the newest rose varieties and the latest techniques and ideas for selecting and growing them, Best Rose Guide is a definitive reference on roses.

Genres: Gardening, Nonfiction

288 pages, Hardcover

First published October 2, 2004

About the author

In 1975 Roger Phillips began his life’s major work of photographing and publishing pictures of the World’s garden plants. Using modern photographic techniques, Roger set out to develop an encyclopedic collection of books to show the difference between plants as diverse as mosses, roses and annuals. His first book Wild Flowers of Britain was a huge success, selling 400,000 copies in the first year. He has since written 20 additional volumes (often with his co-author Martyn Rix) selling over 4.5million copies worldwide.

Roger has written and presented two major six-part TV series on gardening (BBC & Channel 4). Famed for his ebullient personality and garish red glasses, he has become a well-recognised figure in the world of gardening.

Roger trained at Chelsea School of Art from where he entered a career in advertising culminating in the position of art director at Ogilvy & Mather Advertising. He left O&M to start a career as a freelance photographer, winning many awards before turning his photographic talents to the world of natural history.

Reviews

[Lance Mellon · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not as extensive as his book "Roses" but wonderful nonetheless. His knowledge af roses as well as horticulture in general and his artistic flair make him the best. He will be greatly missed since his death last year.

[Mari Ho · Rating 4 out of 5]

A good guide to some of the best roses out there, old and classy.

[Deborah Sexton · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best rose book I've ever used .