Roses for the Smaller Garden

by MATTOCK, MARK

• ISBN13: 9780847824182
• ISBN10: 0847824187
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-01-05
• Publisher: Rizzoli

Summary

Roses for the Smaller Gardencontains an extraordinary presentation of close-up photographic portraits of the best rosesall available in Americafor restricted space gardens. Seasoned gardeners, beginners about to create a first rose garden, and fans of roses as cut flowers will be inspired by photographs of over eighty choice selections of exquisite, life-size rose portraits by Linda Burgess, internationally renowned as the best garden and still-life flower portraitist today. Not just a beauty pageant, this book is as practical as it is inspirational. And it is the first book to delineate species and designs for growing roses in confined landscapes. Replete with a wealth of sources, there are comprehensive and up-to-date facts about: recently introduced rose types and hybrids, creative ideas for choosing the most suitable varieties and plant shapes, and designing and making the best use of them. Exciting, essential and authoritative, this book is sure to appeal to gardeners who value roses for their romantic beauty, their color and their scent but who have smaller plots, a busier lifestyle and a more relaxed approach to planting. Inspirational yet practical, it makes rose growing exciting and seductive but shows how simple it can be.Roses for the Smaller Gardenstands alone in the advice it gives on roses for compact outdoor spaces and in the glamorous allure of rose portraits specially photographed by Linda Burgess and described by horticultural expert, Mark Mattock.

Author Biography

Mark Mattock was formerly a director of Mattocks Roses, one of the leading introducers of new roses in Great Britain. During Mattock's tenure there, Mattock introduced such enduringly popular varieties as "Queen Mother," "Dreaming Spires," and the County series of ground cover roses. Sometime chairman of the British Rose Growers Association, Mark was recently awarded the Silver Medal of the Royal National Rose Society.

Table of Contents

The rose story	6	(12)
Early history	8	(5)
The evolution of modern roses	13	(3)
Classification of Old and Modern rose types	16	(2)
Roses in the small garden	18	(32)
Choosing roses for your garden	20	(6)
Planning rose beds and borders	26	(4)
Using Shrub roses	30	(2)
Using Ground Cover roses	32	(2)
Using standard roses	34	(2)
Climbing roses on walls and fences	36	(2)
Climbing roses on pergolas, arches, and pillars	38	(2)
Rose hedges	40	(2)
Growing roses in containers	42	(4)
Companions for roses	46	(4)
A collection of roses	50	(96)
Hybrid Teas	52	(16)
Floribundas	68	(22)
Climbing roses	90	(20)
Ground Cover roses	110	(14)
Shrub roses	124	(12)
English roses	136	(10)
Care of roses	146	(18)
Soil preparation	148	(2)
Planting roses	150	(2)
Pruning roses	152	(4)
Feeding roses	156	(2)
Keeping roses healthy	158	(2)
Roses for special purposes	160	(1)
Color schemes for roses	161	(1)
Rose suppliers	162	(2)
Index of rose names	164	(2)
General index	166	(2)
Acknowledgments	168