Roses by Deni, Joyce, David Bown - livre d'occasion

A lavishly illustrated, user--friendly handbook of roses. Packed with more than 350 photographs of over 300 plants, Roses is an inspiring handbook to help you identify, choose, and grow your favorite varieties. Discover at a glance the full range of roses available. Each entry combines a plant portrait with a concise botanical description, plus cultivation and propagation details. Helpful symbols indicate preferred growing conditions and cold hardiness. If you want a specific leaf or flower color in a particular season, The Plant Guide will offer you the perfect specimen. All the essential considerations such as selecting a rose, preparing the ground, watering, mulching, feeding, weeding, pest control, and transplanting are clearly explained. Pruning details are included for every type of rose. Details on propagation, including grafting techniques, are also given. Whether you are planting a new garden or seeking new features of interest for an established one, Roses is your indispensable, portable gardening companion. A lavishly illustrated flexibound, Eyewitness Garden Handbooks are the user--friendly guides that identify every type of garden plant with up to ten salient features, at--a--glance information on height, spread, and color, and useful cultivation symbols. There are also separate sections on gardening skills and a complete index of common names., Full of solid, practical advice and plenty of how-to pictures, Roses is an ideal title for those wanting all their questions answered about these lovely, surprisingly versatile flowers. Focusing on possible combinations with different varieties, training possibilities, containers, and growing conditions, you may be tempted to turn your lawn into an award-winning rose garden. With so much detail on one particular type of plant, you'll find plenty of direction for growing healthy blooms, no matter what your specific needs may be.

Designed to be a complete do-it-yourself guide, don't let the small format of this book fool you--it's absolutely jam-packed with ideas for all styles of gardens, and as always, publisher Dorling Kindersley manages to take fairly complicated projects and reduce them to a manageable size that even the gardening novice can handle. Practical considerations are dealt with firmly--choosing healthy plants is an essential beginning, and without intelligent pruning, your roses will never achieve perfection. The listings by size, bloom shape, color, and optimal conditions are very specific, and new gardeners will find all kinds of useful tips.

Inspirational ideas are plentiful--the garden photographs are lush and detailed and provide all kind of unusual notions for creating a truly unique gardening space. Whether you're looking to design a simple bloom-filled trellis or a garden filled with fragrant hybrid teas, you'll find options for all your projects involving these lovely and versatile plants. --Jill Lightner