500 Popular Roses for American Gardeners [Paperback]

Book Description

Publication Date: March 1999

This handsome and handy book is devoted exclusively to the many varieties of rose. An opening section explains the main rose classifications, and follows up with general instructions on cultivation and propagation or all roses. The book's central chapters contain color-illustrated capsule descriptions of 500 different rose varieties, categorized as follows:

* Species or Wild Roses
* Old Garden Roses
* Modern Garden Roses
* Miniature Roses

Each description gives a brief explanation of the flower's origins, and a general description that tells readers whether or not the plant is a climber, and designates its flowering times and best climate for cultivation. The volume's final section consists of a fourteen-page cultivation table that alphabetically summarizes every variety's characteristics, starting with Abraham Darby and ending with Zonta Rose. A detailed index offers quick page references to all variety descriptions. The book comes with a protective transparent plastic jacket.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Barrons Educational Series Inc (March 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764108514
• ISBN-13: 978-0764108518
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #691,732 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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40 of 42 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A "must-have" for any rose lover., January 9, 2000

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K. Paris (Los Angeles, Californa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 500 Popular Roses for American Gardeners (Paperback)

This is probably the best, most up to date, little handbook on roses available. The pictures are true to live to what you will see in your own garden. Not the enhanced versions you see in some books. Although the descriptions are brief, they give an adequate description of each rose. It covers old garden roses as well as the current David Austin roses. With as many pictures and descriptions this book has, it is a great resource of information. I carry this one around with me to nurseries. It even comes with its own plastic cover to protect it. You won't go wrong this book.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Stop and Smell the Pages, August 9, 2001

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Tacie Himelright "Tortuga Tess" (Kennett Square, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 500 Popular Roses for American Gardeners (Paperback)

I bought this book as a present for my mother who loves to grow roses (she has a mere 91 plants) and she loved it. She immediately began tagging the roses she grows with those little pop up flags from Post-It. I don't grow roses, but found the information in this book interesting and helpful (Mom new a lot of it, but found it helpful none-the-less). The pictures can't be beat - they show each rose in all it's glory. The pictures are great. It is a paper back edition, but comes with a clear plastic dust jacket that is helpful for keeping the cover looking new. Honestly even if you just use it for the pictures you can't go wrong. It's a great book for anyone who loves and grows roses.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unless you want Austins or Romanticas, this will cover it, December 15, 2002

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M. Madaus (Zelienople, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 500 Popular Roses for American Gardeners (Paperback)

In a sense, this book is out of date because it does not cover the really new roses and rose types. That said, it is probably otherwise one of the most detailed and comprehensive sources I've seen -- and I've looked at a lot of them. I bought it used and if you don't want to spring for Botanica, or whatever the next 'bible' turns out to be, this will probably meet most of your needs.