Shrub Roses and Climbing Roses: With Hybrid Tea and Floribunda Roses

by David Austin

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The companion volume to Old Roses and English Roses by the distinguished rose breeder David Austin, this book is based on his rose compendium The Heritage of the Rose, published by the Antique Collectors' Club in 1988. An indispensable guide, in a convenient pocket-size format, this volume concentrates on Hybrid Tea, Floribunda, Shrub, Climbing, Rambling and Species Roses, and discusses some 560 roses in detail, with pointers as to flower and bud form and development, shape and size of plant, foliage, fragrance, date of introduction and breeder. Advice on cultivation and pruning is given for each main group of roses. David Austin is the proprietor of one of the world's leading rose nurseries, specialising in old and modern shrub roses and climbing roses.
  • ISBN10 185149166X
  • ISBN13 9781851491667
  • Publish Date 1 January 1999
  • Publish Status Out of Print
  • Out of Print 20 February 2012
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint ACC Art Books
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Language English