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Is there any flower more sensuous and romantic than the rose? Roses aren't just fragrant and beautiful; they're also easy to grow and come in hundreds of varieties and colors. Roses for Dummies covers the various types of roses--hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas, miniatures, climbers, shrub roses, and antique roses--helping would-be rose gardeners select the best variety for their conditions and pocketbooks. Planting, watering, mulching, and pruning are covered in enough detail to suit any arboretum and, speaking of arboretums, the book's appendix gives the locations of the best public rose gardens in the U.S. Roses for Dummies is a friendly guide to what may become a blooming passion. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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“American Beauty,” “Dublin Bay,” “Rocketeer,” “Betty Boop,” “High Noon,” “Pearly Gates”…with a distinctive name for each of hundreds of varieties, the array of roses that could adorn your garden is both dazzling and daunting. So which ones survive hardily on their own for weeks on end, and which ones wither and die without constant attention? How do you tell a climber from a shrub, and how does each thrive? And don’t even start with pruning!
Is there any flower more sensuous and romantic than the rose? Roses aren't just fragrant and beautiful; they're also easy to grow and come in hundreds of varieties and colors. Roses for Dummies covers the various types of roses--hybrid teas, grandifloras, floribundas, miniatures, climbers, shrub roses, and antique roses--helping would-be rose gardeners select the best variety for their conditions and pocketbooks. Planting, watering, mulching, and pruning are covered in enough detail to suit any arboretum and, speaking of arboretums, the book's appendix gives the locations of the best public rose gardens in the U.S. Roses for Dummies is a friendly guide to what may become a blooming passion. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
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“American Beauty,” “Dublin Bay,” “Rocketeer,” “Betty Boop,” “High Noon,” “Pearly Gates”…with a distinctive name for each of hundreds of varieties, the array of roses that could adorn your garden is both dazzling and daunting. So which ones survive hardily on their own for weeks on end, and which ones wither and die without constant attention? How do you tell a climber from a shrub, and how does each thrive? And don’t even start with pruning!
Despite all the (ahem) thorny particulars, gardeners still love to grow these beautiful flowers that would by any other name still smell as sweet. Roses for Dummies does away with the myth that roses have to be high maintenance, instead showing how to choose a type that will blossom in your care. Inside, rosarians of all levels will find useful information on:
- Shopping for roses
- Planting
- Watering and mulching
- Fertilizing
- Pruning
- Protecting roses from weather and pests
- And more
Roses for Dummies contains everything you need to know to get started, or, if you’re more advanced, refine your knowledge of roses. Now in a new Second Edition with more than 100 new varieties described, as well as new information on insect and disease control, this helpful guide also covers:
- Landscaping with roses
- What makes a rose fragrant
- Roses and their partners in the garden
- Growing in containers
- Drying roses and making potpourri
- Rose societies and other places to see roses
- Ten roses to avoid if you’re not an expert
Whether looking for nothing more than a sweet-smelling decoration to brighten your doorstep, or looking to enter a major rose competition, discoveries about this much-loved flower await you. Full of pointers, resources, pitfalls, vocabulary, and an eye-popping full color insert, this book will help you grow the roses of your dreams.
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Whether you just want to mix a couple of roses in with your other perennials or you get so hooked that you want to make roses your hobby, you can find no plant more beautiful and satisfying. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
green foliage adorns, bareroot roses, orange floribunda, structural canes, climbing canes, white floribunda, old garden roses, pink floribunda, pink grandiflora, nice cut flower, flowering canes, good disease resistance, white hybrid tea, pink polyantha, excellent disease resistance, moderate fragrance, commercial rose growers, red hybrid tea, drying roses, slight fragrance, yellow floribunda, upright plant, double blooms, climbing miniature, pink hybrid tea Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Rose Society Award of Excellence, Saxon Holt, David Austin English, United States, Miniature Red, Climbing Red, Floribunda Pink, Grandiflora Pink, Miniature White, Floribunda Red, Floribunda White, Shrub Pink, Floribunda Yellow, Flower Carpet, Climbing Pink, Fragrant Favorites, Growing Healthy Roses, Miniature Yellow, Empress Josephine, Miniature Orange, Saxon Halt, Floribunda Orange-red, Miniature Apricot, Miniature Pink, All the Roses You Need New!
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Whether you just want to mix a couple of roses in with your other perennials or you get so hooked that you want to make roses your hobby, you can find no plant more beautiful and satisfying. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
green foliage adorns, bareroot roses, orange floribunda, structural canes, climbing canes, white floribunda, old garden roses, pink floribunda, pink grandiflora, nice cut flower, flowering canes, good disease resistance, white hybrid tea, pink polyantha, excellent disease resistance, moderate fragrance, commercial rose growers, red hybrid tea, drying roses, slight fragrance, yellow floribunda, upright plant, double blooms, climbing miniature, pink hybrid tea Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
American Rose Society Award of Excellence, Saxon Holt, David Austin English, United States, Miniature Red, Climbing Red, Floribunda Pink, Grandiflora Pink, Miniature White, Floribunda Red, Floribunda White, Shrub Pink, Floribunda Yellow, Flower Carpet, Climbing Pink, Fragrant Favorites, Growing Healthy Roses, Miniature Yellow, Empress Josephine, Miniature Orange, Saxon Halt, Floribunda Orange-red, Miniature Apricot, Miniature Pink, All the Roses You Need New!
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- Gardening for Dummies by Mike MacCaskey on page 35, and page 267
- South Carolina (Gousha Fastmap) by Don Wood in Back Matter
- The Ortho Problem Solver, Sixth Edition by Michael D. Smith on page 271
- China Doll by Katie Wild on page 56
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- Container Gardening for Dummies by Bill Marken on page 123, and Back Matter
- Lawn Care for Dummies by Lance Walheim in Front Matter (1), and Front Matter (2)
- Organic Gardening for Dummies by Ann Whitman in Front Matter, and page 250
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