Growing Roses Organically: Your Guide to Creating an Easy-Care Garden Full of Fragrance and Beauty - Couverture rigide

Wilde, Barbara

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ISBN 10 : 0875968805 ISBN 13 : 9780875968803

Editeur : Rodale Press, 2002

Synopsis

It is a myth that roses demand chemicals and special care to grow, as Barbara Wilde demonstrates in her beautiful, groundbreaking book Growing Roses Organically. It contains an identification guide for over 100 roses that are the best choices for organic gardening techniques, and a month-by-month rose care calendar. By choosing healthy varieties and those best suited to the organic garden, gently intervening when it comes to pest and disease problems, and using proper pruning and planting techniques, a lush garden filled with roses is within reach of everyone from beginner to veteran gardener. For any gardener who has ever tried and failed to grow roses, for those intimidated by the care and feeding of these unique blooms, and for those committed to the organic way, Growing Roses Organically was written just for you.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Not many gardeners can resist the beauty of a rose-- a flower so divine and graceful in appearance and, in many cases, so wonderfully fragrant that it evokes thoughts of love and romance at first encounter. Many gardeners, however, also see a fussy plant that's hard to grow and needs special attention, as well as a host of chemicals to keep diseases and pests at bay.

In Growing Roses Organically, Barbara Wilde challenges the myth that growing roses has to be a time-consuming task that you can't do effectively without using chemical fertilizers and pesticides. In fact, she takes the intimidation out of growing roses by sharing her well-rounded, holistic approach for success. Wilde starts with tips for choosing healthy varieties, including hints for buying the best bareroot and container plants. She guides you through careful soil preparation and proper planting techniques and offers advice on how to gently intervene when it comes to pest and disease problems. Wilde also demystifies pruning-- a task that perplexes many gardeners. Her step-by-step explanation of various techniques makes this task doable for every gardener, including beginners.

You'll also find invaluable information in A Gallery of Roses, an eye-catching identification guide that boasts more than 100 roses best suited for organic gardening techniques. Each entry in the gallery includes a detailed description of the rose and its best uses, as well as ratings for fragrance, disease susceptibility, and shade tolerance.

To round out Growing Roses Organically, you'll discover how to incorporate roses into your garden. Wilde dismisses the notion that you need to grow roses in a formal setting and instead presents four garden designs that incorporate roses with everything from perennials and wildflowers to trees and shrubs. Her design do's and don'ts along with winning plant combinations demonstrate how naturally roses fit into the landscape.

In sharing her wisdom and experience, Barbara Wilde shows that growing roses doesn't have to be labor-intensive or frustrating. By choosing the right varieties and providing proper care, roses really can be a welcome part of every garden-- including yours.

Revue de presse

“Finally, a comprehensive rose book that takes the intimidation out of growing roses naturally. This book is a must-- not only for rosarians, but for gardeners everywhere.” —G. Michael Shoup, president and owner, The Antique Rose Emporium

“Barbara Wilde has compiled a complete approach for growing roses the way we need to, in the real world. This is information that all of us have been wanting-- not just the best organic methods, but also the most worthwhile and productive varieties. She tells us the species that can take care of themselves, the best ancient cultivars, and the very latest in breeding trends.” —Rev. Douglas T. Seidel, consultant for the rose collection at the Thomas Jefferson Center for Historic Plants

“I hope gardeners will take advantage of Barbara Wilde's thorough knowledge and experience in growing roses by using this book. Her sensible advice made me realize organic growing practices are at the heart of all the best gardens, not just those meant for food crops. I was particularly intrigued by her emphasis on the importance of the proper selection of roses and her knowledge of many European hybrids. And with all the work that modern hybridizers have done to increase hardiness and disease resistance in roses, it's well worth the effort to get these roses into our gardens. Wilde doesn't try to tell us there is no work involved with growing good roses but does tell us where to put our energies for a sustainable payback for our efforts.” —Saxon Holt, photo director, PhotoBotanic.com, and an award-winning photographer with six books on roses currently in print

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Rodale Press
• Date d'édition: 2002
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0875968805
• ISBN 13: 9780875968803
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible