Roses for Northern Gardeners

by Harrap, David

• ISBN13: 9781551050317
• ISBN10: 1551050315
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1998-07-01
• Publisher: Lone Pine Pub

Summary

Easy-to-follow advice with tips on buying roses, planting in beds and containers, rose care, pruning and insect control. Also includes recipes for jam, rose brandy and potpourri, how to handle cut-flowers, overwintering and more.

Author Biography

David Harrap, gardening specialist and rosarian, offers in this book the distillation of his decades of experience growing roses.

Table of Contents

A Rose is a Rose	p. 5
Classification of roses	p. 6
Preparing the flower beds	p. 7
Soil preparation	p. 7
How to select healthy plants	p. 8
What to look for	p. 9
Buying container-grown roses	p. 11
Caring for your roses prior to planting	p. 12
How to Plant Roses	p. 13
Planting	p. 13
Depth of bud union	p. 14
Planting distances	p. 15
Pruning newly planted roses	p. 16
Protecting the canes after planting	p. 16
Protecting Tree roses	p. 17
Planting Climbing and Rambler roses	p. 17
Planting container-grown plants	p. 17
Moving established plants	p. 18
Reasons why roses grow poorly or not at all	p. 19
Caring for Roses During the Growing Season	p. 20
Cultivation	p. 20
Watering	p. 20
Feeding	p. 21
Mulching	p. 22
Disbudding	p. 23
Dead-heading	p. 24
Suckers	p. 24
Growing Roses in Containers	p. 27
Watering	p. 29
Feeding	p. 30
Cutting Flowers for the House	p. 31
Five steps for lasting cut flowers	p. 31
Wilted roses	p. 32
Pruning	p. 33
When to prune	p. 34
Pruning equipment	p. 35
How to prune	p. 35
Identifying buds	p. 36
Pruning in cold-winter areas	p. 37
Thumb pruning	p. 38
Winter Protection	p. 39
Preparing roses for winter	p. 39
Mounding up the bushes	p. 40
Covering materials	p. 41
Roses in containers	p. 43
Removing the protective covering	p. 45
Why your roses never made it	p. 47
Keeping Your Roses Healthy	p. 48
The secret -- proper care and attention	p. 48
Rose pests	p. 50
Rose diseases	p. 56
A Few Recipes	p. 60
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