Classic Roses

The Revised And Expanded Edition

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Ranked #42 in Horticulture

Updated, expanded and illustrated with more than 600 new full-colour photographs, "Classic Roses" is the authoritative history and essential manual for all serious gardeners and rose lovers. It identifies and describes all the species, cultivars and varieties that have stood the test of time, including the ancient Chinese teas, the York and Lancaster roses, the Provence and Bourbons and the humble and hardy rugosas. This definitive work is a grower's guide to the buying, propagation, feeding and pruning of old roses and important hybrids, shrub roses and climbers. There are new and improved... more
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Monty Don Peter Beales knows everything there is to know about roses. He has forgotten far more about roses than I will ever know. (Source)

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