Old roses
By: David Austin
Publisher: Garden Art Press
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Suffolk
Language: eng
Number of pages: 183
ISBN-13: 9781870673693
Subjects: Old roses; Varieties
Description: "Garden Art Press published David Austin's The Rose, covering roses of all types and ages from the earliest known forms to modern roses of today. This handy pocket-sized title includes the material in that publication dealing with Old Roses, among them the lovely Gallica, Damask, Alba, Centifolia, Moss, China, Portland, Bourbon and Hybrid Perpetual Roses. Illustrated throughout with a riot of magnificent color photographs, this indispensable guide contains important information on rose cultivation with valuable advice on soil preparation, planting, pruning, feeding, diseases and pests. Many of the photographs included here are new to this book, and include breeds not illustrated in The Rose. Coming from one of the UK's foremost experts on roses, this advice can only add to the undoubted value and importance of this most useful and attractive book."--
Notes: "Parts of this text originally appeared in Old roses & English roses by David Austin, 1993 and The rose by David Austin, 2009"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 180) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: The old roses; title: The original old roses; title: Gallica roses; title: Damask roses; title: Alba roses; title: Centifolia roses; title: Moss roses; title: The repeat-flowering old roses; title: China roses; title: Portland roses; title: Bourbon roses; title: Tea roses; title: Hybrid perpetual roses; title: Old roses cultivation.