Peter Schneider on Roses (Burpee Expert Gardener) [Hardcover]

Peter Schneider (Author), Paul E. Jerabek (Photographer)

Book Description

Series: Burpee Expert Gardener | Publication Date: March 1995

A renowned expert offers a volume of lively information on all types of roses including planting, growing, feeding, pest control, cultural notes, recommendations, and detailed descriptions and provides everything rose gardeners need to know--highlighted by stunning color photographs.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 216 pages
• Publisher: Macmillan General Reference (March 1995)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 002860038X
• ISBN-13: 978-0028600383
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.3 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,716,124 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent list of favorites, June 22, 2005

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This review is from: Peter Schneider on Roses (Burpee Expert Gardener) (Hardcover)

This is an excellent book, probably the best of the "Burpee Expert Gardener" series; it consists of Peter Schneider's favorite 400 or so rose cultivars, with many photographs and some broader cultural tips and information on classes of rose. That said, there are larger and more complete lists of roses, and more comprehensive guides to rose care; if Schneider doesn't like it, or if it wasn't in commerce before 1995, you won't find it here. I don't see that as much of a loss, as keeping the book to a manageable heft, and easing the choice of rose varieties, is worth the tradeoff if the editor's judgements are worthy. (Schneider, who boasts of having personally grown 1,400 rose varieties, mostly in Ohio, co-edits the Combined Rose List.)