Roses (A Firefly Guide)

By Orietta Sala

Book Overview

Roses are the unrivaled divas of any garden. In this book, Orietta Sala presents a complete guide to roses that starts by answering that most basic of questions: which rose to plant where? Gardeners... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552096270
• ISBN13: 9781552096277
• Release Date: March 2003
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.48 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.8" x 1.0" x 5.5"

Customer Reviews

Concise, clear information, beautiful photos

This little handbook covers around 250 varieties of roses, a mixture of old garden varieties and modern ones (many of the Austin roses are included but very few of the hybrid teas will be found here). The introductory chapters, on the history of the rose and cultivation techniques, are solid and well written. The illustrations here (line drawings) are excellent. The heart of the book is profiles of individual roses. Each entry is illustarted with a beautiful photo, brief info about height, flower size and number of petals, followed by a few descriptive paragraphs. A list of alternative roses (those similar to the major one profiled) is also included. Sections in the back include a glossary of technical terms, a detailed guide to the classification of roses (with a list of individual varieties for each), profiles of rose awards and prizes throughout the world and the great breeders and creators of roses. This is a small book, easy to carry around and read in bed, and a very enjoyable read. It is not a complete guide but one that is nevertheless useful. The photographs alone make it a worthwhile purchase.