Customer Reviews

Roses Love Garlic: Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers

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I was a bit disappointed in this book. There were some references as to what plants complement each other, and what ones are used to repel certain insects, but those references were too few and buried deep within certain textual descriptions of various plants. Many, if not most, plant references did not even have companion planting information. Then there were the chapters referring to cosmetics, fragrances, and skin care that better belonged in a health and beauty aid book. I will be looking for a different book to supply my needs on companion planting--but this time will preview the book at a bookstore or library so I know what I am getting.

Roses Love Garlic is a great book for novice and experienced gardeners alike. For the beginning gardener, chapter 19 offers many sample garden plans for both small and large plots. The more experienced gardeners might enjoy chapters 12 and 13 which provide projects involve dried flowers and the use of natural dyes. My personal favorite is chapter 7, "Companion planting with flowers and herbs." This book is a must own for anyone interested in chemical free gardening.

I'm an extremely practical gardener. My idea of a pretty flower is my eggplants blooming. Having read Carrots love Tomatoes, I was eager to get my hands on Roses as well, imagining all sorts of useful plants with flowers on them. But this book is actually about flowers, the ones people grow just because they're pretty. There's nothing wrong with beauty for beauty's sake, it's just not my style. This book definitely has information that I plan on using, and I highly recommend it for people who actually like flowers on their own.

I wish I could have met Louise Riotte, she seems such a fascinating person from her writings.

I originally bought this book over 20 years ago from Rodale press and lost it in one of my many moves. It is an excellent resource for companion and inter-planting of flowers, many of which are edible, with vegetables. I now garden in containers and the concepts in this book lend themselves easily to this kind of gardening.

Recently purchased this book and find it very useful, not only from the types of roses but for all the other things that you would never think of doing with them. A nice book for gardeners and anyone interested in roses to have

After reading the great reviews on this book, I was extremely disappointed with the book.

I use very few chemicals in my gardens and thought that with the title 'Roses love Garlic' that there would be some in depth discussion concerning the benefits of garlic to roses. There is less that 1/2 page total concerning 'allium' which covered onions, chives and garlic with a brief mention of roses. The only mention of benefical plants for roses was a 14 word article about 'rose chafer'; and a 32 word article about 'roses' that they do not like boxwood.

There was less that 2 pages total of useless ambiguious words about roses - titled "rose, wild', rose family, 'roses, climbing', 'roses, unique', and 'roses, unusual'. This contained absolutely not information about companion gardening with or growing roses.

There are lots of good books available about companion gardening and organic gardening; so it is beyond me why anyone would put this in their library.

If you want to move beyond just planting flowers and vegetables, this is a great book about what plants actually make other plants happy and help nourish each other. Some plants actually provide protection from pests for their adjacent companions. The author also throws in some additional tidbits about little known gardening facts. An enjoyable read.

This is, surprisingly, one of the few books out there about companion planting. A wise, observant gardener's insights are valuable to anyone wishing to know more about plants.

This book is a world of info. Layout is easy to use. Such wonderful bits of info are stuck in all thur the book. Recommend!!!

This is an inclusive set of information. It is not just a list of companion plants but also gives descriptive information about the plants. I would reccommended it to any gardener.